Well great, I fixed this thing just a few months ago with fresh new front end parts, and some ASSHOLE fricking comes out of his driveway at mach 5 in reverse looking forward, and I stopped, tried to slam it in reverse when i stoped and steped on it, and he was STILL HAULING ASS in reverse not looking right at me, and Slams his jeep and its tow hitch right into the front of my car. It punctured my licence plate and bumper, DESTROYED the bumper cover, it ripped apart at the seams in places and those little center post spots just ripped apart, bent it all back into my wheel, and destroyed both my headlights, and fog lights. ALSO when i went to slam it in reverse to back up, it fricked somthing up in the shifter so now it doesnt know its it park, i can take it in and out of gear with the car off, and through all the gears, and it doesnt think its in park, so it wont release the key lock, and now my keys stuck in the ignition. So the total damage, including the key lock wich insureance will cover. 2100$ at one body shop, and 3000 at another. The 3000 Quote said i need a new condenser, and fan, but i told them my fan and the condenser were already bent up from a possible previous accedent by another owner. Soo i have no clue whats gonna happen, Im pretty pissed about it, all my hard work and money and this happens in an instant. Arrrhg, my claims adjuster said it will get fixed, and most likley not totalled, so thats a good sign.
Oh AND the guy had NO insurance, and no tabs. He got 3 tickets, 1 for not yielding the right of way, 1 for no insurance, and 1 for no tabs.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/Prospeeder/100_2672.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/Prospeeder/100_2673.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/Prospeeder/100_2674.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/Prospeeder/100_2675.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/Prospeeder/100_2676.jpg)
Replacment list includes
Bumper Cover - Wich they SWEAR is avalible - 600$
Headlights, 300$ PER LIGHT
Fog lights 100$ PER light
Headlight/Grill Reinforment - 100$
Front bumper reenforcment and impact bar
All assorted mounts
Turn signal
License plate braket
Front emblem
Ignition Fix at dealer
damn that sucks. sorry to read about this for sure. hopefully everything works in your favor, and at least no one was hurt.
Good thing you didn't get hurt. I'd sue that bastard. On the plus side, atleast the brand new valance is still intact, not even any paint damage form what I can see. Altogether, it doesn't look like the car is in that bad of shape at all, especially after he was driving, as you said, "mach 5". You're lucky!
Why cant that happen when a normal grand prix is coming down the road?
Just in case, My body shop guy cant get me a bumper cover. Anyone have one they might sell? My body guy says his data base is updated monthly, and tells him when parts are discontinued. The bumper cover has a price, and a picture in his computer. Also does anyone in the washington area have a hood?
what a douchebag.
you have the worst luck with that car man.
Agreed. Tell them to total it out, take their check, and buy my TGP.
Holy shit man! Glad you're okay and the TGP isn't horribly damaged. On the plus side, it looks as if your valence escaped relatively unscathed!! :icon_eek: :thumb:
Ouch Erik! Glad you're ok. It doesn't look like the TGP took a whole lot of damage considering. I kinda doubt they have a TGP bumper cover available through that bodyshop supplier since nobody else has ever mentioned them being available.
Agreed. When I had my first one estimated years back (had a few cracks in the plastic) my local body shop said they could get it. SO they ordered it, but the parts catalog is wrong. They list one for ours, but it's not...it's a standard SE cover. Then they brought in a 91-93 front end LMAO!
Oh well that sucks, Im not getting my hopes up he can get one. But does anyone here have one they might let go? I can pay top dollar with my insurance money.
I do...but it's attached to the TGP, and comes with the rest of the car lol.
Speeder I posted this a while ago and you are free to use this info as you wish. I worked for a Pontiac dealer and out of my own interest I looked up the part number for the fascia and it was in stock a year ago when I last checked. I do not have the part number, I may be able to get it but you can do it as well. The part will show discontinued in the dealers database but will mention it is available from the link I posted in the thread below. I know it will cost a pretty penny to get a hold of, but available nevertheless. The business is called Vintage Parts LLC and stocks many disco parts for many different cars. Good luck if you decide to repair it with a new cover.
http://www.tgpforums.com/index.php?topic=3804.msg25624#msg25624
that sucks big time. Hope you get her all fixed up again.
well i am going to the junk yard this week i willl look there. i need a new one to but my is not that bad so if i find one i will buy it. if you like i sell it for what i got for it.
dude, if worst comes to worst, get the b4u stylings for it and no one would ever know its a TGP, or go with the boring style... ultimate sleeper... well for us grand prix foke... it cant be over yet...
well i took out the fog lights, bungie corded the headlight so it shines down the road, and pulled out the turn signal, so it works. And bent the bumper forward and im drivin it still. They may be able to fit me in for body work next week but it will take a few weeks, as they will just work my car in. They said there backed up to the middle of september!
Sorry to hear about it man. That was a extremely nice TGP weiner mobile. Hopefully you can fix her up...
Got an idea for you thou, There is that Black TGP on ebay right now. Should have all the parts you need. For 500 bucks, might be worth it for the parts...
I will take your old bumper if you do find a new replacement.
u want my old bumper? how come? U gotta pay shipping and its urs
Why? Its in far better shape then mine man. And I might be able to do some fibreglass resin repair to it, and get it back to new..
Tell the shop you want the old parts, and let me know when you get it back and we can figure things out from there..
Where you located at anyways?
Washington.
You would be located half way across the country LOL..
ha shipping may be a tad high, let me know by next week if you REALLY want it
there is a front cover for sale in the for sale section right now.
http://www.tgpforums.com/index.php?topic=4265.0
Tim
Well. I got my car looked at by the state farms claim adjuster, $3022.51 worth of damage. So i call back 2 days later to check up on the claim. They said "Oh, well we need to transfer you to the totall loss section" I was just like the WHAT??? And when i talked to them, they said the car is boarder line, the damage and the value are nearly the same. Soooo they asked if i wanted it fixed or totalled. I said please please please fix it!!! And they reviewed all the options with me, and recent things i replaced, and called me back in ten minutes. "we have decided, to repair your car, and it will be fixed with ALL NEW parts, and we are going to transfer you to claims" Wow, so now my car will be fixed middle of next month, I get a NEW hood, Bumper, headlights, fog lights air conditioning condensor, EVERYTHING! Sooo im glad i now no longer have to worry about my car being totalled, whew!
that's awesome news man!!!!
Awesome!!
so do you need to get any of the parts or are they taking care of all of it for ya?
well., im gettin a check, but im gonna try and use some junkyard parts, to keep the cost lower, and ill have some left over and can buy somthing nice for it. Im thinking the impact bumper, its supports, the grill/headlight supports, turn signal, and a few other little things, things i WANT new, Fog lights, bumper cover, and hood, i kinda want new, doesnt matter that much tho. Headlight might be nice to have new, as the junkyard ones usually have the insides fading and cracking, so they are dimmer.
Take the money and run! :leaving:
He ain't kidding
im using junkyard parts for everything but the bumper, so i will save abunch of money. Plus for 3k, im not gonna be finding a car this nice, quick, and loaded that turns heads for that much.
Except another TGP...
aint that the truth...
add $1500 to that total from insurance and you've got the title to mine! (42k)
You have to get it to WA though.
I'll deliver it to a transport hub, or pick you up at an airport. :icon_cool:
Here that guys, $4500 takes my car. :laugh:
$3000 and we'll talk...
$4500 and the negotiations begin. Keep in mind I have an entire 282 setup and another TGP that is a perfect candidate.
42k miles and a brand new engine. There isn't much more talking to be done my friend.
I'd like to buy a nice new TV and pay down this Subaru I bought.
Around here your TGP would easily go for that much, cars here are WAY freakin overpriced, and people buy em. Findin somthin under 3k means getting some base model, early 90's car, usually a chevy cavalier or Ford escort or neon or some shit. Usually high miles, in decent shape and theres usually very little room to talk them down to "real" prices. Iv looked at cars worth maby 1800 people are wantin 2800+ for and they dont wanna go down in price. uhgg...
Quote from: Prospeeder on September 01, 2007, 09:10:46 PM
Around here your TGP would easily go for that much, cars here are WAY freakin overpriced, and people buy em. Findin somthin under 3k means getting some base model, early 90's car, usually a chevy cavalier or Ford escort or neon or some shit.
Jeez cars go for way cheaper than that up here... cavys, neons, and the older base model stuff go for $500-$1000 up here :laugh: That kinda reinforces why Kyle said $3000..... not to be rude, but its true.
Quote from: R Dubya on September 01, 2007, 08:46:36 PM
$4500 and the negotiations begin. Keep in mind I have an entire 282 setup and another TGP that is a perfect candidate.
42k miles and a brand new engine. There isn't much more talking to be done my friend.
I'd like to buy a nice new TV and pay down this Subaru I bought.
Sometimes I wish I didn't have my Cutlass, and just could buy your TGP. too bad I got way way too much into the Cutlass to let it go now. Maybe if I wanted a second turbo w-body! lol....
Quote from: R Dubya on September 01, 2007, 08:46:36 PM
$4500 and the negotiations begin. Keep in mind I have an entire 282 setup and another TGP that is a perfect candidate.
42k miles and a brand new engine. There isn't much more talking to be done my friend.
I'd like to buy a nice new TV and pay down this Subaru I bought.
Would you trade it for a nice, fast 5.0 Mustang?
Nick......fast?.....understatement!