Stupid things done to your Z
Man these front bumpers are pretty low. I have go at a 45 degree angle just to get my car in the drive. I generally take a 45 degree angle of attack on all driveways now.
I hit the front corner of my bumper on day two. I was pulling into a parking spot with a high curb on the side. The bumper didn't clear as I swung in scraped the paint on the lower section. Touched it up no one will ever see it.
Then a year later, I know better than to pull all the way into parking spots. Unfortunately, this one had a broken in half curbstone that I didn't see. It smashed my splitter that I installed for protection. Tore it right out of the mounting holes and was draging on the ground. I had a bungie cord in the car so I had to bungie the splitter up to my intake grill to make it the 50 miles home. I was able to remount the splitter by use of fender washers and now it acts like a mini shock absorber if it was to get hit in the future. Kinda like how it came out.
Here's a picture of it now:
I hit the front corner of my bumper on day two. I was pulling into a parking spot with a high curb on the side. The bumper didn't clear as I swung in scraped the paint on the lower section. Touched it up no one will ever see it.
Then a year later, I know better than to pull all the way into parking spots. Unfortunately, this one had a broken in half curbstone that I didn't see. It smashed my splitter that I installed for protection. Tore it right out of the mounting holes and was draging on the ground. I had a bungie cord in the car so I had to bungie the splitter up to my intake grill to make it the 50 miles home. I was able to remount the splitter by use of fender washers and now it acts like a mini shock absorber if it was to get hit in the future. Kinda like how it came out.
Here's a picture of it now:
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From: Riverside, California
Originally Posted by Paul350Z
Wheel rash at the Jack-in-the-Box drive up window - about an inches worth on the front driver's side ... nobody sees it but me. I'm use to my SUV where I just climb over little four inch curbs. 
I figure a couple more rashes and it's Volks.
I figure a couple more rashes and it's Volks.
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From: Anaheim Hills, CA
Originally Posted by ihatethatbobbarker
omg which jack in the box, the one in moreno valley got me when I had the G35
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From: Miami
Tried to drive during a Hurricane
Tried to drive 22 miles north straight into Hurricane Katrina during her South Florida landfall. Tree hit the driver's side of the car, went into 3 feet of water, tried gunning it, blew the engine, flooded the car to the top of the steering wheel and now....................
I drive a crappy 1998 Dodge Neon with broken AC and my Z has gone to the land of totalled cars.
http://jdmugen0.tripod.com/
I drive a crappy 1998 Dodge Neon with broken AC and my Z has gone to the land of totalled cars.
http://jdmugen0.tripod.com/
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From: Mississauga
Originally Posted by Jessie350Z
Tried to drive 22 miles north straight into Hurricane Katrina during her South Florida landfall. Tree hit the driver's side of the car, went into 3 feet of water, tried gunning it, blew the engine, flooded the car to the top of the steering wheel and now....................
I drive a crappy 1998 Dodge Neon with broken AC and my Z has gone to the land of totalled cars.
http://jdmugen0.tripod.com/
I drive a crappy 1998 Dodge Neon with broken AC and my Z has gone to the land of totalled cars.
http://jdmugen0.tripod.com/
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From: Lexington, KY
I had a dodge ram pick-up wanting to race one night on my way home. For approx. 2-3 miles he kept reving his engine at the stop lights and flooring it when they would turn green. I knew I would smoke him if we raced so I decided to address the situation a different way. I turned off the vdc to see what the z could do. (Keep in mind, nobody was on the road except for the 2 of us.) I spun wheels in 1st, 2nd, and into 3rd - that's when he backed off. Approx. 5 minutes later I pull into my gargage and that's when the city police arrived. The officer explained that an off-duty university police officer (the dodge pick-up??) called in a wreckless driving report and they traced my tags to my house. Luckily I knew the officer and he let me go w/ a warning.
Originally Posted by KompMan420
The most stupid thing I've done in my S4 is try to race a Z from a roll...
Must...mod...car...
Must...mod...car...
The most stupid thing I've done in my Z is try to race a S4 from a dig
Must...learn...to...launch
Originally Posted by Jessie350Z
Tried to drive 22 miles north straight into Hurricane Katrina during her South Florida landfall. Tree hit the driver's side of the car, went into 3 feet of water, tried gunning it, blew the engine, flooded the car to the top of the steering wheel and now....................
Originally Posted by overZealous1
ummm, i have a good pooping my pants story. vdc off, having a few beers, showing off for a girl i just met at the bar, wet out. ok, you can understand the situation now. we left the parking lot and i thought now is a really good time to see how fast i can get going while spinning the rear tires. first, piece of cake, second still pretty much straight as an arrow and coming up to a turn (thinking i could carry it around the turn), 3rd AWWW FHUNK!!! must have been ruts in the road cause the instant i let out 3rd the back of the car wipped around so fast i had no chance to catch it, so now we are going backwards around the turn in the other lane of traffic at about 35-40, not very good. i catch my bearings and pull off a dukes of hazzard style whipping around of the front end and manage to have the car pointing straight again back in my lane, i did touch the curb ever so lightly, but amazing that was it cause it was still just a narrow 2 lane road.
i thought my chances of getting laid were over and expected to be punched and told to stick it, but instead she said i was a good driver and thought i meant to do it, hahahha. the car only had a small scuff on the tire. i have alot of experience driving aggressively and have put in my share of track time, but dammmm, that was a little luck!!!
i thought my chances of getting laid were over and expected to be punched and told to stick it, but instead she said i was a good driver and thought i meant to do it, hahahha. the car only had a small scuff on the tire. i have alot of experience driving aggressively and have put in my share of track time, but dammmm, that was a little luck!!!
sure isn't worth risking damage to my Z.... let alone my wallet!
Originally Posted by jt1213
I had a dodge ram pick-up wanting to race one night on my way home. For approx. 2-3 miles he kept reving his engine at the stop lights and flooring it when they would turn green. I knew I would smoke him if we raced so I decided to address the situation a different way. I turned off the vdc to see what the z could do. (Keep in mind, nobody was on the road except for the 2 of us.) I spun wheels in 1st, 2nd, and into 3rd - that's when he backed off. Approx. 5 minutes later I pull into my gargage and that's when the city police arrived. The officer explained that an off-duty university police officer (the dodge pick-up??) called in a wreckless driving report and they traced my tags to my house. Luckily I knew the officer and he let me go w/ a warning.
A fat girl leaned against it.
What the hell happened?!?!? Probably written off right? Airbags are so costly to install. Door damage, rear damage, roof damage - ouch.
Originally Posted by LugZ
What the hell happened?!?!? Probably written off right? Airbags are so costly to install. Door damage, rear damage, roof damage - ouch.
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From: Phoenix
Coffee shop story
Second day with the Z. Pull in to my local coffee shop and order some jo. Clerks notice the new Z and I spend way too much time yakkin' and braggin'. Go out to start her up and don't realize I have my foot on the accelerator. After the engine screams to life and the tack reaches red line, I jump out of my seat and finally take my foot off the gas. Didn't need the coffee after that. Found a new coffee shop too. 
