93sundance
04-25-2006, 11:09 AM
:( My 95 Spirit 3.0L A670 was totalled on Saturday. While I was racing my duster at the track, my 16 year old brother decided to take my spirit out on a joy ride, when he knew he wasn't supposed to. The Spirit doesn't have any insurance on it and he knew it. He passed a few cars at high speeds then tried to get back in his lane the last second to avoid a head on collision, and he ended up rear ending a 99 tauras wagon. The passenger in the spirit was not wearing his seatbelt, so his head hit the windshield and he had to have plastic surgery. The good thing is no one got killed. My brothers friend is out of the hospital and doing fine. The driver of the tauras said his neck is a little sore, but that is all we know at this time. Hopefully he won't sue. At least I am not involved. He basically stole my car, so I am not held responsible. I do not want to see my parents get sued though.
Well it sucks the spriit is gone, but at least it was a free car. However, I feel I could have sold it for $600 - $800, which I was about to do since I am low in funds. I just did some work to it before it died. Why does that always happen? I replaced the timing belt, water pump, battery, changed the oil, installed a gauge cluster with a tach, and 52mm TB. It had a set of 15" cathedral rims with 225/50/15 dunlop qualifier GT tires on the front only for the track. Those were from the duster, so I took a loss there. The tires had flat spots on them, So I didnt even bother taking them. Not to mention, on one side I would have to cut off some metal just to get to the wheel. I didn't wan't to screw with taking anything off the car. It was in bad shape. So I just signed the title over to the impound lot and took a loss. Its a shame that happened to that car. It was one of the best cars I have ever owned. It just ran a 16.179 @ 84.71 with most of the interior, and only a 52mm TB with no air filter. Not bad for a granny car with 165k miles.
:banghead:
Oh well, life goes on.....
Well it sucks the spriit is gone, but at least it was a free car. However, I feel I could have sold it for $600 - $800, which I was about to do since I am low in funds. I just did some work to it before it died. Why does that always happen? I replaced the timing belt, water pump, battery, changed the oil, installed a gauge cluster with a tach, and 52mm TB. It had a set of 15" cathedral rims with 225/50/15 dunlop qualifier GT tires on the front only for the track. Those were from the duster, so I took a loss there. The tires had flat spots on them, So I didnt even bother taking them. Not to mention, on one side I would have to cut off some metal just to get to the wheel. I didn't wan't to screw with taking anything off the car. It was in bad shape. So I just signed the title over to the impound lot and took a loss. Its a shame that happened to that car. It was one of the best cars I have ever owned. It just ran a 16.179 @ 84.71 with most of the interior, and only a 52mm TB with no air filter. Not bad for a granny car with 165k miles.
:banghead:
Oh well, life goes on.....