it was all a bit off fun, car is in now heaven, i def need more practice in emergency times.

 

brakes locked up and the time i took my foot off the brake and tried to recover it, i was looking at a pole.

So you didn't actually clip the other dude?

 

I've always wondered about the outcome of an accident caused by someone without ever coming into contact with their car.

Sorry to hear about the car Evan. Glad you are OK though.

thanks fellas,

 

no insurance is gonna get involed etc etc, I'm gonna keep my car, get paid out, get another car and swap everything over :worship:

sad to see this car end like this :worship:

main thing is ur ok at end of day

sorry to burst your bubble, but you wont be able to keep your car when you get paid out... technically you'll need to buy it back from the insurance company, as they buy the wreck from you when they pay you out.

 

good luck with it all mate.

Not good man. Sorry to hear about your cars demise.

 

Were you still running that big swaybar on the back? If so I think it has a lot to answer for in the way it made your car want to loop once you got it sideways in your vid... let alone swerving to avoid another car.

 

Yea as BKS posted above, if the car is declared a writeoff, you will have to buy it back.

Edited September 8, 200917 yr by Felix

Felix makes a good point. The bitsa approach to suspension mods.. Massively heavy falcon springs.. sway bars from other cars.. all adds up to a car that might be less predictable. Not sure how far you had got with those mods though, so it could have been all the stocker stuff!

I advise that you really consider doing an advanced driving training course with your next Corolla, as it will show you just how unpredictable these little cars can be with a factory suspension setup.

Totally agreed Mick :worship:

 

Has anyone noticed that this happened just 3 days after posting the Youtube video................

I am asking myself was Evan filming his own "Drag Racing" again when this "unfortunate incident" happened ?

Just a thought............

sorry to burst your bubble, but you wont be able to keep your car when you get paid out... technically you'll need to buy it back from the insurance company, as they buy the wreck from you when they pay you out.

 

good luck with it all mate.

 

You are correct, but you only have to pay wrecker value for a car like this to buy it back, which would probably be about $50 for scrap given the metal price at the moment.

 

You would get market value on your payout, so then minus the wreck value to buy it back and that's what you get for it :worship:

we are gonna make a legal document that he pays me $200 a week till the full amount is paid off, this way no insurance is going to involed etc and i keep the wreck

 

felix - i reckon i swerved to much therefore couldnt recover it

we are gonna make a legal document that he pays me $200 a week till the full amount is paid off, this way no insurance is going to involed etc and i keep the wreck

 

felix - i reckon i swerved to much therefore couldnt recover it

 

Would want to be a pretty legitimate legal document......considering the legals cost of drafting it up, and the stresss of wondering if the bloke will pay up anyway. I know i wouldnt bother with it over a $1600 Corolla.

 

Would make more sense to go through insurance. You get your money there and then, less salvage costs. It wont cost you a cent as the other bloke is at fault, and your premium wont change as your not at fault. (This is assuming he has insurance - i only skim read this thread). I wouldnt be copping a payment plan and not going through insurance from some tool that just inconvenienced me and caused my car to be written off. Then again, I trust very few people these days.....but i hope it works out for you.

 

When a 4wd wrote off my first KE30 off, it was valued at $1600. Less $300 Salvage Fee. Less Towing costs to get my car home. I ended up with a $1000 cheque in the mail within 2 weeks from the accident.

That legal document will bite you on the arse when he stops paying after two weeks. Don't do it mate.

if he stops paying ill take him to court?