It doesn't take much to total a Stang w/pics!

[droid#83853]

I don't feel like writing a book, but my Mustang was written off as total loss in the last part of April. I hit a curb at 35mph swerving to miss a blind old man from Maryland in a four door sedan of some sort. The body shop started writing up all kinds of junk on the car that wasn't even effected by the crash. I already had slightly misaligned fenders and doors from the factory like most other 99-04 Mustangs have. The subframe and k-member mounting points were bent, so they totalled the car. The front bumper was okay. It just needed a little touch up paint. I didn't get to keep it. It doesn't look like much damage, but the wheel was pushed back into the fender, and the rim was nothing but hunks of metal. It didn't have much structural integrity for a factory wheel.
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I am going to buy a cheap little truck for now, and maybe get a 'Vette or a Boxster in a few months. I still like the Mustangs, but it is hard to find clean 02-04 GT's with low miles and good price. I still haven't ruled out an '03-'04 Cobra. I wouldn't mind an '01 Cobra, but those are as rare as rocking horse crap it seems. Mach 1's are too pricey IMO too. I can get an '03 Cobra for Mach 1 prices.

 

[281CI96Coupe]

Wow, I seen alot worse and people manage to get it looking perfect like there wasnt an accident. That doesnt even look bad at all! Can you get the subframe to be bent back and like a MM K-Member?

 

[droid#83853]

The "pros" at the frame alignment shop tried twice to it back in specs. My uncle fixed an SN95 that was bent on both sides with a come-a-long and a strong steel beam. The costs to fix it were getting to be worth more than the car. Plus all the little things they wrote up. Even if it was straight, I wonder about its strength. The car is gone. I'm not spending the $14,395 the insurance company wants to buy it back. I can get another non-wrecked GT for that.

 

[SilverBullet00]

What year was it and what did you all have done to it?
Did they cover your performance parts(if any)?

 

[Shiroelex]

Wow, that's a shame. They totalled mine out, but it was much worse than yours. I got mine back for $1700.

 

[droid#83853]

It was 2002 GT. I owed about 14k on it. I had just bought it. All it had was some Steeda springs. I tried to buy it back, but the insurance said I would have to pay what they payed off. It's NADA/Blue Book value was 14,800 or something like that. It had no miles on it, and was very clean.

 

[streetstang03]

thats b/c mustangs arent worth crap.

 

['13_ImpactBlue_GT]

Then why do you own one???????

Ive got it........

lets all drive Honda's and Toyopet's and blend in with the herd.

 

[streetstang03]

like mustangs dont blend in with the eleventy billion other stangs on the road

 

[65fastback2+2]

you can find mach's with under 30k miles for around 16k...i dont consider that too expensive at all...especially when they ask about the same money for a 04 GT.

www.mach1registry.com/forums

great for sale ads on cars there

 

['13_ImpactBlue_GT]

like mustangs dont blend in with the eleventy billion other stangs on the road

True

Then why do we buy them????????????

Can you answer me that?

 

[TrueBlue03]

you just gotta learn to live with streetstangs comments.
he really doesnt have much positive to say in general, but he's always there to let you know when crap doesnt go right

sorry to hear about the car. that sucks. vette would be fun. no boxter though

 

[streetstang03]

you just gotta learn to live with streetstangs comments.
he really doesnt have much positive to say in general, but he's always there to let you know when crap doesnt go right

sorry to hear about the car. that sucks. vette would be fun. no boxter though

I've got plenty to say thats positive, too bad none of you losers are able to do anything right (except you true blue...b/c your car is sick.)

 

[Kilgore Trout]

you just gotta learn to live with streetstangs comments. he really doesnt have much positive to say in general, but he's always there to let you know when crap doesnt go right

+1 and he will be bant again soon anyways I am sure...

What is it now SS? Like 14 times or so that you have been

 

[streetstang03]

True

Then why do we buy them????????????

Can you answer me that?

b/c they sound amazing and are affordable.

 

[streetstang03]

+1

thats enough out of you wiper blade man

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Man, people on this forum and others really object to me having wiper blades and headlights in my mod list

Its the first thing people always go for when they "attack"

I have already had my chain yanked about it three times just this morning

 

[streetstang03]

+1 and he will be bant again soon anyways I am sure...

What is it now SS? Like 14 times or so that you have been

if I'm lucky

 

[streethorse]

The front end of Mustangs will crush like a cheap beer can. I totaled my 99
in a 1 car accident with a gaurd rail.... my own fault. But if you notice
people dont get hurt many times in hard hits... which is the positive aspect.

 

[streetstang03]

The front end of Mustangs will crush like a cheap beer can. I totaled my 99
in a 1 car accident with a gaurd rail.... my own fault. But if you notice
people dont get hurt many times in hard hits... which is the positive aspect.

thats true. theres been some nasty accidents posted here and many were lucky enough to be unharmed.