:-(

[psulja]

I see both sides here. I understand sometimes getting a little sideways UNINTENTIONALLY in the rain but drifting is a little different. My concern is what if it had been another car instead of the fire hydrant. I'm all for drifting and getting sideways but there is a time and place to do so where there can be as little harm to the general public as possible.

But I am glad that he walked away and that no other parties had been involved.

Seeing that he hit a hydrant rather than a car, I'm going to assume he wasn't doing it around other cars. He crashed and the only damage was to his own car, a simple mistake.

I slide around a tonne in the rain and snow, I've had someone slide into me before, it sucks, but you live and you learn. I haven't hit anyone or anything yet because I try to do it on my own or with some friends away from any other kind of traffic.

Not saying it's the smartest thing to do, but at least precautions are taken to avoid harming others.

[jef]

To clarify *I wasn't near any traffic or people

It sucks that I managed to do this ;l

Thanks for your comments and help guys! I will keep this updated when I hear more from insurance.

[treeafodo]

Suck to hear about the damage. Good luck with insurance.

[— Phatmiata —]

ouch!!! that looks like it could be a loss. Glad nobody was hurt!

[jef]

They said it will most likely be totaled, but the paperwork comes back Monday and they'll let me know then. Any one need Miata parts?

[jef]

SHE'S COMING BACK TO LIFE

Insurance called and said it wasn't enough damage to total it

The bumper, hood, radiator and I forget what it was, but the piece that connects the subframe and bumper are getting replaced. I miss my yata so much ;l

[Opgedronken]

As long as nothing big is bent too much out of shape this isn't that big a deal, it just looks bad. If the subframe's bent it's a bit of a hassle, but nothing more .

Edit: Damn, I always forget to read the last page on this forum .

[psulja]

What'd they say to you when they heard what happened? Or is it one of those things where they don't need to know what really happened?

[jef]

Oh nothing really, they didn't really seem to care. They just said they are glad I'm okay and asked about what had happened and I told them what happened. Maybe a little white lie here or there, but for the most part was pretty much what I described earlier.

[jef]

woop woop got everything replaced and it got all repainted, it looks REALLY good

the whole front end is new!

i can't believe my car didn't get totalled... $5.6k worth of damage, i only had to pay a $500 deductible.

got pretty lucky here - lesson learned.

[psulja]

Glad to hear you got it all sorted out! Surprised it wasn't totalled with that much money needed for repairs.

[jef]

ya, me as well thanks!

[—atank—]

Thats the hard way to get a paint job! Glad everything worked out.....

[jef]

Thats the hard way to get a paint job! Glad everything worked out.....

Haha, dude I was thinking the same thing. I mean, I paid $500 for a whole new front end and paint job. Even the windshield and middle console broke from the crash (my friend hit them with no seatbelt) and my insurance rates didn't take a hit from it due to not being in a collision for a certain amount of time. Not a bad deal ;-)

[WASABI]

Great to hear it all worked out in the end. Now post up some pictures!!!