Man that sucks! Thankfully you are alright. Cars can always be replaced. Good luck with all the insurance stuff. I hope it all works out for you in the end.

Kevin, sorry to hear that happened. Thankfully you weren't hurt. I have never seen a strut ripped out...wow.

Glad to hear that you are ok.

Did you take that first pic from up in a tree?

Thanks for the well wishes everyone.

The car is definitely totalled. The passenger side of the car near the gas lid is buckled like the driver's side is below the c-pillar, just not as much. No way that car is salvagable, even for a track project. All of the rear subframe points are probably out of whack, along with the whole rear quarterpanel having to be replaced. At this point, I'm not really planning on buying any of it back for part out.

It definitely could have been much worse, but it's not really bothering me. It was over and I knew I was okay before I had time to think about what could have happened. I don't really stress over close calls or things that might have happened. Just ones that did or will.

Oddly enough Mike K, the clutch trouble more or less is why it happened. If I hadn't been a little bit late to work because of that, I wouldn't have been the one hit by him. However, there was apparently a much worse accident somewhere farther up 431. the fire truck that was the first response to the scene, and the first NHP officer that got there both hauled ass up the hill after determining we had no injuries and everything was under control, then another fire truck and another NHP flew by with lights and siren blaring. Maybe I missed out on that one for a reason...

Since I already took off some of the mods, I will post up what's for sale later.

The pic was taken from up the incline on the side of the road.

Well you're right, there's a reason for everything. Make the most out of this outcome.

So what's the next project car?

Next project is a Miata. I've coveted one for years, and modding them is much cheaper than modding subarus.

Sweet! Are you going the Spec-Miata route?

No, I don't have the resources to actually race it. Just going to use it for autocross and trackdays.

OMG Kevin this sucks!!! Well, at least it will make the downtime less of an issue like you said... I know you said to look and see what happened while I was gone, but man I didnt expect to see this :(

Sorry man :(

Okay Folks, if you or anyone you know is interested, the shell would cost me $3500 to re-acquire. The actual price for it is $1900, but then I lose the sales tax and other fees I'd collect from AAA since they wouldn't actually be buying it, which knocks my settlement from $13,500 to $9800.

For those who don't know the details, I would say it's actually worth that much if you had another shell to swap things into. Every single mechanical bit forward of about the B pillars is fine, but the left rear suspension, strut, wheel, control arms, and possibly the rear subframe, halfshaft and/or rear diff is toast. The disc brake components should be okay except the line is broken off in the caliper and the parking brake cable was yanked out. It would be a great candidate for an all-motor build or even turbo project if you wanted to take it a step farther. I have Cobb cams I would part with cheap for anyone who wanted to buy it for that purpose. Also, I would need to have cash in hand or a solid commitment by Monday afternoon, as that's when I'll be signing paperwork.

Did someone say cams? Are they in the car or are they laying around?

They're in my garage in a spare set of heads I was going to get PnP and all that jazz.

Bah heads will cost more than I need to spend.