My old car is TOAST! YEAH TOAST!

[BlkMaxima]

Well I ran into the guy who bought my old 240SX at Walt Healy. I talked to him for a minute or so. He said he was taking the car to Race city last night for the drift practice.

So I went last night to check it out. I watched the guy make a couple of runs in the car. He seemed to be doing well. Then on his next run he came out of the last S bend going onto the drag strip and the car kicked out and pointed itself right at the wall. He kicked the wall really hard too.

Pretty sure the car is a write off. I didn't have my camera so if anyone has updates or pictures post em up.

Pretty shitty thing to happen for his first time out drifting. This is exactly why I'm glad I never tried drifting this car on a road course and kept to the oval with pylon's. If the new owner is on here, Sorry about your luck.

RIP

[blueripper6]

Ohh snap.. that fucking blows. Nice car

[talonboi]

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn11/Ca_Silvia/TrackDay052.jpg
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn11/Ca_Silvia/TrackDay053.jpg

[gretz]

:eek:

[The Cosworth]

:cry:

[benyl]

well it won't be a write off unless he lies to the insurance company. Pretty sure most policies don't cover you at the track.

If he does lie, he will have to get a police report as the damage is over $1K. In that case, he would also have to perjure himself to the police.

[Antonito]

Ouch ouch ouch, that sucks.

Is the guy ok? Any whiplash?

[Stunt66]

Damn, if insurance doesnt cover that he's fucked. I doubt he's going to be able to come up with a story to say that happened anywhere else.

[Aleks]

Considering these pics are online already lying would not be a good idea.

Hope he's not hurt...

[jdmXSI]

Wow thats SHITTY! Looked like a clean car.

Maybe he could use the same excuse for the insurance company as kids do when they come home with a hickey, "I dont know what happened, i think i may have fell into a door handle or something..."

[BlkMaxima]

Originally posted by Aleks
Considering these pics are online already lying would not be a good idea.

Hope he's not hurt...

I think he was fine. He was walking around and ripping shit off the car after the crash. He wasn't complaining about anything.

[Tomaz]

That freekin sucks. Looked like a really clean car too!

[brown_guy]

:eek: aww man thats sucks hard core RIP Car

[Crymson]

Wait -- do people actually beleive their car is still insured if they crash it at the track?

[Cooked Rice]

well... if they are too broke and have to get insurance to fix their car if they get into an accident drifting, they shouldn't be doing it in the first place. pretty much all the guys know of the risk and are willing to pay out of their own pocket for fuck ups. otherwise they'd be committing insurance fraud. What would one say? Hit and run? lol

[dino_martini]

Shitty :thumbsdow

[Primer_Drift]

Paging TomCo PDR.. :rofl:

[rc2002]

Ouch. The car might still be repairable. It's a good thing no one got hurt though.

[SkittleFreak]

"Hey, its my first time drifting, lets just take this corner really fast"

RIP 240

[Idratherbsidewayz]

LAWL! Drifting is sooooo ghey...

RIP nice 240.

[SR240SX]

That will buff right out. Dont tell insurance....you obviously planned on drifting the car...Fix it as best you can and go back to the track!!!!

[KuruptEX]

damn such a nice car:banghead:
he gonna part it out?

[redline]

if it was a JDM 240 he would have not wall.... When the steering wheel is on the other side it gives you madddd drifting skilzzzzz


JDM Rulezzz:rofl:

[pulse_crx]

it was his second practice actually.

At least he was out there trying, definatley going hard.
You cant see from the pics posted, but at the exit of that corner was a gravel pit, over the course of the night it was getting deeper and deeper, his back wheel dipped it and that threw him into the wall.

[Eleanor]

RIP clean 240 :cry:

[BlkMaxima]

Originally posted by pulse_crx
it was his second practice actually.

At least he was out there trying, definatley going hard.
You cant see from the pics posted, but at the exit of that corner was a gravel pit, over the course of the night it was getting deeper and deeper, his back wheel dipped it and that threw him into the wall.

I never saw him dip a wheel in the gravel. When he came around that corner he was hugging the inside of the turn. Not the outside.

I think that when he let off the gas coming out of the turn the tires grabed and kicked the car around and aimed him right at the wall.

If he didn't have those high profile tires with donut wheels. He would of had more control of the car. I think they are part of the reason he lost it.

[Das Auto]

Originally posted by jdmXSI
Wow thats SHITTY! Looked like a clean car.

Maybe he could use the same excuse for the insurance company as kids do when they come home with a hickey, "I dont know what happened, i think i may have fell into a door handle or something..."
Got in a fight with the vacuum cleaner.:dunno:

Always sucks to see a nice car crashed, hope the guy came out alright.

[ThisPersian]

looks like toms got his work cut out

really sucks, good luck to owner

[legendboy]

haha doh

I often wonder where my old car is

If anybody knows holla!

[BlkMaxima]

Originally posted by legendboy
haha doh

I often wonder where my old car is

If anybody knows holla!

Yeah I was wondering for a little while as well.

But I know where it is now.:zzz:

[bituerbo]

It's really unfortunate when things like this happen at the track, as a few people have posted - insurance won't cover it.
At least he had the sense to take it to a track, otherwise he'd be drifting around a maze of carts and lightposts in the wal-mart parking lot, being a danger to others and not just himself.

I guess props to him for being responsible.

[ercchry]

Originally posted by pulse_crx
it was his second practice actually.

At least he was out there trying, definatley going hard.
You cant see from the pics posted, but at the exit of that corner was a gravel pit, over the course of the night it was getting deeper and deeper, his back wheel dipped it and that threw him into the wall.

i was getting tech'ed right before that and i asked about how many people crashed then BAM! crash! it sucks i spun out in the same area twice but just glad that i could control that shit. takes lots of practice! i have definitely learned the hard way before though haha

but i dunno how you guys were so close to the gravel i was always on the other side coming around :dunno:

[Hakkola]

That sucks, looks like it was a nice car.

[gen2teggy]

Originally posted by BlkMaxima


I never saw him dip a wheel in the gravel. When he came around that corner he was hugging the inside of the turn. Not the outside.

I think that when he let off the gas coming out of the turn the tires grabed and kicked the car around and aimed him right at the wall.

If he didn't have those high profile tires with donut wheels. He would of had more control of the car. I think they are part of the reason he lost it.

i saw him hit the gravel, there was a grove in the gravel...his back wheel was in..when he poped out...his car turned and hit the wall

[Micho]

Ouch, part out?

[pulse_crx]

Originally posted by gen2teggy


i saw him hit the gravel, there was a grove in the gravel...his back wheel was in..when he poped out...his car turned and hit the wall


and probably all the gravel that came out of his fenders afterwords would probably point to the pit too.

[tabouli]

Originally posted by bituerbo
At least he had the sense to take it to a track ...

:werd:

:closed:

[kvanderlaag]

Give me a torch and a really big hammer.

[Mr_ET]

wow man that's too bad

[Kennyredline]

The car died doing what it loved to do.....:cry:

[b_t]

Originally posted by Kennyredline
The car died doing what it loved to do.....:cry:

Actually, it was murdered by its new owner

[Canmorite]

Damn. Such a clean car too.

[jdmSiR]

oh geez:(

[xLostx]

looks like hail damage to me....

[Gibson]

Sad to see a car with such a history go.

First picture is epic win though.

[pulse_crx]

Some more action shots, hopefully theres at least a vid coming soon

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g95/ChromeDragon78/0708practice/smIMG_5000.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b211/devonmc123/009-9.jpg
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn11/Ca_Silvia/TrackDay003.jpg
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn11/Ca_Silvia/TrackDay025.jpg

[eb0i]

Originally posted by pulse_crx
Some more action shots, hopefully theres at least a vid coming soon

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn11/Ca_Silvia/TrackDay025.jpg

Having your arm outside the window doesn't seem like the best idea while your buddy is drifting around corners...

[Idratherbsidewayz]

Originally posted by eb0i


Having your arm outside the window doesn't seem like the best idea while your buddy is drifting around corners...

Werd, you could end up like the claw.

Hes also one hand drifting, maybe if he had both on the wheel this wouldn't have happened...

[Genjuro]

Save the car as I have an S15 kit waiting for you at my place. :)

At least he didnt do this on the streets.

[Jackc]

Originally posted by Idratherbsidewayz

Hes also one hand drifting, maybe if he had both on the wheel this wouldn't have happened...

Yeah...he totally should have taped his e-brake to his knee right?

[Idratherbsidewayz]

Originally posted by Jackc


Yeah...he totally should have taped his e-brake to his knee right?

Theres other methods of initiating a drift...

[Jackc]

Originally posted by Idratherbsidewayz


Theres other methods of initiating a drift...

Have you ever drifted the north end of the road course?

[BlkMaxima]

Originally posted by Jackc


Yeah...he totally should have taped his e-brake to his knee right?


The E-brake in this car isn't good for anything but parking.

[KuruptEX]

parting out?:dunno:

[Jackc]

What I'm saying is he obviously initiated wayyy earlier than right there. He had good entries all day.

If you've ever drifted that section you would know that its super tight and e braking helps hold you sideways and correct yourself. He probably fixed the ebrake anyways, it takes like a half hour.

[pulse_crx]

Originally posted by BlkMaxima



The E-brake in this car isn't good for anything but parking.


and how long ago was it that you owned this car???

I've never seen any of you guys ever out at the track, so stfu and go back to keyboard drifting and stop making comments about something that none of you know how to do.

And yeah his ebrake works fine, I guess you just werent trying hard enough.

[BlkMaxima]

Originally posted by pulse_crx



and how long ago was it that you owned this car???

I've never seen any of you guys ever out at the track, so stfu and go back to keyboard drifting and stop making comments about something that none of you know how to do.

And yeah his ebrake works fine, I guess you just werent trying hard enough.

I just sold the car in April you dumb shit. The guy who bought it from me had it for a month or so. He probably drove it for a week or so before he sold it to this guy. I talked to the guy who bought it from him at walt healy the same day he crashed around noon. He told me it was his first time out with it. Which would make sense because he just bought a helmet from walt healy for drifting.

I highly doubt he touched the e-brake or tightened the cable. The car had more than enough power to initiate a drift without it.

I guess you didn't go to the Lethbridge drift practice 2 years ago. Or the Calgary Practices last year. I had it out twice there too.

Maybe you should get your shit straight before you talk.

PS. I never claimed to be a Pro drifter. :thumbsup: