acciDENT with SUV

crustychief · crustychief's Garage

My car got nailed on the freeway today by a GMC YUKON. no-one was hurt.

crustychief · crustychief's Garage

Any recommended shops in San Diego for estimates/ repair?

4flyboy · 4flyboy's Garage

Let me guess, he never saw you and made a lane change? Glad you're o.k. Can't help in S.D.

good luck,

S.

KarlCarrera · 10-30-2008, 04:26 PM

First, hope your OK. Could've been much worse. The car can be repaired. Sorry, I can't help with a shop in San Diego. Colorado, yes.

Karl
88 Targa

Flyer88 · 10-30-2008, 04:31 PM

they have GMC Yukons in California?

dimeified · 10-30-2008, 04:37 PM

Oh man i saw the title and freaked! Your lucky though, your fender took all the impact. These cars are built like tanks. I had a similar situation. A dent like that is salvageable. They reshape the fender and repaint. Your in luck, thank the germans for those steel fenders. Glad your ok.

dial 911 · 10-30-2008, 04:46 PM

when i saw the title i was expecting worst. im gald your ok and your car did not substain much damage.

crustychief · crustychief's Garage

4flyboy. BINGO!!! I was in the exit only lane staying back until the broken line turned solid and had just started to pull off the road and my spidey senses started tingling. I hit the brakes right when his non-turn-signal using late decision to exit tank quickly came into my lane. Like I said no-one was hurt but I was P.O.d ( still am kind of.)

crustychief · crustychief's Garage

I guess my 29 year old paint job is gonna get a freshening up.

ruf-porsche · ruf-porsche's Garage

Have the body shop remove the fender and pound out the dent. Don't let them talk you into a new non galvanized fender.

If they don't want to pound out the dent, find a shop that will pound out the dent.

4flyboy · 4flyboy's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by crustychief

4flyboy. BINGO!!! I was in the exit only lane staying back until the broken line turned solid and had just started to pull off the road and my spidey senses started tingling. I hit the brakes right when his non-turn-signal using late decision to exit tank quickly came into my lane. Like I said no-one was hurt but I was P.O.d ( still am kind of.)

Yeah Crusty,

That Spidey sense comes in handy in a Porsche.

I cut my teeth when I was younger riding a motorcycle in Los Angeles and I use the same sensibility driving my 911. Sometimes it isn't enough.

I'd like to see a special license for vehicles over a certain size/weight and a total cell phone ban while driving . I'm off on a rant.

Glad you're o.k. the car can be repaired. Tough little machines aren't they?

Scott

dimeified · 10-30-2008, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ruf-porsche

have the body shop remove the fender and pound out the dent. Don't let them talk you into a new non galvanized fender.

If they don't want to pound out the dent, find a shop that will pound out the dent.

+1, by the way, im jealous your turn signals survived

village idiot · village idiot's Garage

Just gives you a reason to put some turbo flares on it

Jagshund · 10-30-2008, 06:38 PM

Lightly hit it with a rubber mallet and some rubbing compound. It might come out, as I don't see any sharp creases. I know the old "it'll buff out" joke, but in some cases . . . it will . . .

acapella8 · acapella8's Garage

Glad no one was hurt, they are tough machines, as others have said, let them pound it out and keep the galvanized fender...

Controlled distraction - do you have other pics of your garage interior with that awesome Martini stripe -- details on THAT would be appreciated.

Tom

dimeified · 10-30-2008, 07:12 PM

I always think of this quote when hear accident stories... "Marty, he's in a '46 Ford. We're in a DeLorean. He'd rip through us like we were tinfoil."

Speaking of...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnkkgUUPWdQ
Don't feel so bad pal

crustychief · crustychief's Garage

1968 Cayman, the paint is fractured all along the top of the dent, I am afraid it is creased.
acapella8.. Garage makeover this weekend

pksystems · pksystems's Garage

eww..... better part it out

JMatta · 10-31-2008, 04:46 AM

Cell phone yapping, cappuccino drinking tank cammanders...

Just the other day, one wasn't paying attention (something new?), hit a flagger in a construction zone and nailed a gravel truck in the side. How could you miss it?

I was wondering why the traffic helicopter was hovering overhead.

Glad you're ok; the construction worker wasn't as lucky.

Zeke · 10-31-2008, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by 1968Cayman

Lightly hit it with a rubber mallet and some rubbing compound. It might come out, as I don't see any sharp creases. I know the old "it'll buff out" joke, but in some cases . . . it will . . .

Actually, that will bump out. I'd most likely remove the headlight bucket and weld it back in after the metal work, but a bodyshop won't do that I suspect. In the long run, it's less work. I've done it, I know. It needs to be painted.