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Will
Will SuperDork
3/27/15 9:30 p.m.

I don't have pictures, and I don't want to post more details yet (even though it wasn't my fault), but the car is totaled. I haz a sad...I went all the way to Kansas for this car. It was a hardtop.

In happier days:

nepa03focus
nepa03focus HalfDork
3/27/15 9:49 p.m.

Sorry for your loss, hope everyone is okay

Tom_Spangler
Tom_Spangler GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
3/27/15 10:20 p.m.

Glad you are still around to type this. Cars can be replaced.

SlickDizzy
SlickDizzy GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
3/27/15 10:22 p.m.

Agreed. I was absolutely gutted when my buddy crashed my grey market E28 into a suicidal deer but he walked away and that's the important part. Chin up, you're alive to build another car.

ssswitch
ssswitch Reader
3/27/15 10:33 p.m.

Glad you're all right. Cars are just things.

Will
Will SuperDork
3/27/15 10:45 p.m.

I'm fine. The hit was hard enough to set off the airbag, so that scraped up my right arm. And it's the damnedest thing, but my knee hit the dash hard enough to melt plastic into my pant leg. I'll be sore in the morning.

There was a minor injury in the Explorer, but that was it.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/28/15 8:08 a.m.

ouch... hope you are only sore today

Acme Lab Rat
Acme Lab Rat New Reader
3/28/15 9:07 a.m.

That's crappy, man. Glad you're okay, sorry for the loss of a great car.

ncjay
ncjay Dork
3/28/15 9:26 a.m.

"cars are just things" What the...??? I don't even know who you people are anymore. It's always nice when everyone gets to walk away, or even maybe limp a little.

Will
Will SuperDork
3/28/15 11:47 a.m.

I stopped for pizza just before the wreck, and I didn't even get to eat a bite of it...

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/28/15 11:59 a.m.

ok... my Malibu came out a lot better from it's explorer moment than your MR2 did.

I think you are very lucky to just be sore

Desmond
Desmond Reader
3/28/15 12:23 p.m.

Well the engine should still be completely intact from the looks of it. Was it the turbo version? Might be able to salvage it and do something fun with it. I dunno, I'm just looking for silver linings I guess. Glad you're ok. Could have been much worse!

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/28/15 12:26 p.m.

good point.. one of the unexpected bonuses of a mid-engine car.. it takes a serious wreck to destroy the drivetrain. Yank it and find another MR2?

Will
Will SuperDork
3/28/15 12:48 p.m.

It was the NA version. Believe me, the engine isn't worth saving. The hardtop tub was the best part about the car.

BoxheadTim
BoxheadTim GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
3/28/15 2:03 p.m.

Yikes, that MR2 looks like it sacrificed itself for you. Glad you got to walk away.

Mr_Clutch42
Mr_Clutch42 Dork
3/28/15 4:48 p.m.

I'm glad the both of you have only minor injuries, also.

Cotton
Cotton UltraDork
3/28/15 9:01 p.m.

That sucks. Glad you made it out okay.

Kenny_McCormic
Kenny_McCormic PowerDork
3/28/15 9:18 p.m.

Time to build a Midlana?

Will
Will SuperDork
3/28/15 9:47 p.m.

In reply to Kenny_McCormic:

Not something I'm interested in doing, but assuming the insurance company totals it, I might buy it back to part out.

Javelin
Javelin GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/28/15 10:53 p.m.

Dude, that fared surprisingly well. That tub looks fixable! The a-pillars are still super straight, and so are the doors and door to quarter seams. Glad you walked away!

(Also, why is it always an Exploder?!?)

emsalex
emsalex New Reader
3/28/15 10:56 p.m.

Oh no a hardtop! my extreme condolences.

mndsm
mndsm MegaDork
3/28/15 11:18 p.m.

I still would a ate some of that pizza.

SnowMongoose
SnowMongoose Dork
3/28/15 11:24 p.m.

I feel like the only MR2 owner on these boards who doesn't have a story of one getting murdered.
Granted, I've had mine for less than a month, but still.

Glad you're OK, survive to build another car.
Another MR2 or... or what?

Trackmouse
Trackmouse Reader
3/29/15 12:06 a.m.

1) that'll buff right out. 2) your pizza now looks like your car.

Will
Will SuperDork
3/29/15 7:23 a.m.
SnowMongoose wrote: Glad you're OK, survive to build another car. Another MR2 or... or what?

I'm not sure yet. I may not replace it at all, since I already had too many cars. But I admit I have been checking CL for possibilities. So far my brain is all over the place, and my search has ranged from MR-Ss to Lincoln Towncars.

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