well.. 4 years without an accident wasnt bad.. but i always thought if i ever did have an accident it wouldnt be me at fault, i was wrong and im regretting it so badly, my pride and joy is broken.. but repairable.. and ive got over a year to build her up back to her former glory.. no.. BETTER.. than before.. the reason this happened is after my brothers wedding i didnt wanna sleep in the car and had no money for a taxi so i decided to risk it, all was going quite well untill i decided to show off and boot it, back end kicked out after grabbing 2nd gear and it began to 180, with shop windows to my right and just the poles to my left, i decided to just put the brakes on and minimize damage, didnt do too bad hit the poles at about 5-10km.. only had about 2 meters to brake.. i feel like the biggest idiot, the cops came 2 minutes later and took me to the station to get the official reading (0.13) and filled out the paper work, and then released me (i was just short of ass kissing politeness, and utter truth confessing it was me who had the accident and notifying them of my last drink and how much i consumed and that i accept responsibility, they said the summons to court will come in the mail, my lisence is suspended immediatly, no 21 day period.. please no lectures i know what i should and shouldnt have done and ive made a big mistake in my life yesterday and acknowledge that fact. so.. yeah.. heres the pics so if anyone has any of the parts im needing (anything in the pics) please pm me and we can discuss a price, ive already got a passenger side fog light and side indicators
woahhhh shittt...dude main thing is you walked out ok...like said above cars can be fixed....how long is the licence cancelled for....
minimum 1 year, with a max of 2 years im guessing.. looks like i get to lose weight been wanting to for a while.. gonna b doing alot of walking
Shouldn't be too hard, or expensive to repair... From what I could see from the pics. Drivers side front fender Drivers side headlight Drivers side indicator Sideskirts (to cover the ding in the lower chasis) Passenger foglight (which you got) Waterwasher bottle Front bumper
Damn, that sucks man. The bright side, being .13 and driving, if you killed someone, you'd be in jail. Just be glad those poles can't sue
Its a good thing no one got hurt Sorry about your licence though, that will be the most painfull thing by far to deal with. Did a bystander call the cops straight away? Its a shame people are willing to dob you in instantly, pitty you couldn't have snuck off home and not had to deal with the police. Anyway I feel your pain, good luck with it all and hope they dont throw the book at you. It's not so bad mate
Bloody hell .13 is thirteen months trav, cars not to bad though. Give the piss away now mate! When you get your licence back, your going to be on 00 for three years. Get pulled up with anything piss in ya then, or blow any reading at all, you'll be walking for a very long time. Bad luck dude!
Dam, what a shame...to try and turn this into a good thing, what are your planned upgrades? Going for the same front bar or something new?? Does your FMIC need repairs, looks like it got a bit of a hit
dont care about having to be .00 for 3 extra years i wont ever dirnk and drive again i'll just sleep in the car if worst comes to worst. but the next 2 years is going to kill me.. i may sell her after its repaired.. wether i could physicly go through with the transaction is another thing.. the car feels like family to me.. wierd i know.. but its how i feel about it i think a taxi dobbed me in hey geoff with the 13 month thing.. do you think the judge will be extra generious and give me another 6 or 12 months to make an example out of me? i can tell they are gonna throw the book at me, these cops didnt mess around, straight to business.. i hope i can get a working license for my new job as a courier, it's something i'll have to ask at court.. otherwise bringing the car back to speed is gonna take a long time..
one of the side effects of being .13! honestly i have no idea how or why it decided to 180, no amount of opposite lock brought her back.. so she made love to the poles
Yeah you cant sleep it off either A guy I know lost his license for just walking out the front of his house and getting something out of his car while he was drunk, the police saw him. Apparntly you cant go anywhere near your car with the keys if you are drunk. If you sleep in your after drinking the logic is that you may wake up during the night and decide your ok to drive and still be under the influence
I know the feeling, went through a fence a few months ago, didn't have anything to drink, just too fast The people out here at Samford are pretty good, just said fix the fence (dogmesh) and we wont bother with the cops... I think they just wanted to go back to bed. I know a guy who can fix that and give you a full respray for $3500, your damage is identical to mine, pretty freaky!! Don't sell the Z, you'll miss it and then just buy another one. You might be able to go the one point for a coupla years for work, don't know how that goes for DUI though. Least your alright and the Z is more than repairable.
not sure about that I think you may find the law states you have to be sitting in the drivers seat to be nailed for drinkdriving,It would look stupid in court to be charged for drink driving while u were walking ??,maybe drinkwalking or being intoxicated in a public place
Bad luck there lad I feel for ya. If you plan to sleep in your car next time and it not parked on private property (and off the driveway!), hide the keys really good and tell a mate if anyone rings him he has your keys cause you can still get nicked for drink driving even if the keys arent in the ignition! Bloody taxi drivers!
All I can say Trav is make sure you "Learn from your mistake". Been there done that (no accident). 0.01 on P's, not much but enough. It should be one of the biggest reality checks for any driver who thinks it's ok to have a couple before driving or as they say "risking it". Now to get that Z of yours running just how you like it and we can all enjoy it once more. Cheerz