Turbo Optra - Now on tuned Haltech @ 225whp

nexia182 · Post by **nexia182** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:59 am

nice job bro, if you buy drag slicks you should run at 13s!, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

exist3nce · Post by **exist3nce** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:42 pm

Thanks to my stupid city that doesn't know how to fix roads........... I destroyed my oil pan!!!

I'm soooo mad right now :gib:

Pictures to follow shortly....

exist3nce · Post by **exist3nce** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:16 pm

The Scene... They did some road construction and left way too big of a drop in the area they dug up

And no signs saying to slow down. It was an 80 km/hr zone, and you really needed to slow down to about 20km/hr for this!!!!

Fantastic how the marginally-reflective sign is knocked down...... even if it was up........ WTF does that mean?? A pogo stick up your ass?!?!

Cops showed up after the same thing happened to about 4-5 other cars

This is where it happened..... first drop causes the car to dive down, then smacks into that metal piece!!!

The aftermath....... downpipe flange gets pushed through the oil pan

What a shitty night...... I just hope the motor is OK

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:33 pm

OMG!!!!

sorry to see that bro... hope you get it fixed soon

i recon as long as you didn't leave the engine running with no oil then you are OK... thinks like this happens all the time 'cause our roads are messed up by default, saw the same thing happened to a jetta but it was due to a partially open sewer cover... the cover smashed the drain plug area and car dropped all its oil in seconds... engine survived crash as driver turned it off as soon as he heared the smash

MMamdouh

gse_turbo · Post by **gse_turbo** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:11 pm

that's some shit luck, will the city cover the charges? perhaps they will give you a rental if you bitch enough... then you could have the clutch kit done at the same time and not be without a car.

Pir0 · Post by **Pir0** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:04 pm

Did the downpipe/exhaust get damaged much? Looks like a right mess, but relativly easy fixed at least. Hope your compensation for the recovery truck and for the damage.

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:04 pm

thats some shitty luck bro, as long as you didnt run the car with no oil you should be fine. the city/county should have to pay for the repairs, towing and a rental.

Nubira2.2 · Post by **Nubira2.2** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 6:14 am

i hope this story has a happy ending ...
sh!t happens mostly because of irresponsible people

exist3nce · Post by **exist3nce** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:17 am

So we had it up on the hoist today.......... bad news.... more than just the oil pan took damage. The downpipe is bent upwards and the midpipe is also bent along with the flex joint wrecked as well. We still don't know if the turbo or manifold took any damage

I've called my city in regards to this and had to leave a message...... I wonder what the chances are that they will do anything for me.

xiaogary · Post by **xiaogary** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 11:56 am

If you are in SIngapore, the somthing that they will be doing is.....

you will be slapped with a $500 dollar fine and your vehicle will be compounded (confiscated) for illegal modification.

Big Jeff · Post by **Big Jeff** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:35 pm

your city should pull it's pinger out off there asre's, and give a shit load of money to you

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:07 pm

exist3nce wrote:So we had it up on the hoist today.......... bad news.... more than just the oil pan took damage. The downpipe is bent upwards and the midpipe is also bent along with the flex joint wrecked as well. We still don't know if the turbo or manifold took any damage

I've called my city in regards to this and had to leave a message...... I wonder what the chances are that they will do anything for me.

In Arizona I've heard of a couple tuners getting compensated for this kind of stuff. One guy had several thousand $ worth of damage

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:05 am

if you were in Egypt... no one will give a damn about you

MMamdouh

Nubaroo · Post by **Nubaroo** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:53 am

Hey bad luck man sorry to hear this - DAMN road engineers

- -hope the damage is contained to the piping only. As long as you did not continue driving with an oilpressure light lit your engine should be OK. If you were in South Africa and you phoned them all reply you would get is - "Eishhh... is not our prooooblem"

exist3nce · Post by **exist3nce** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:00 am

Nubaroo wrote:Hey bad luck man sorry to hear this - DAMN road engineers - -hope the damage is contained to the piping only. As long as you did not continue driving with an oilpressure light lit your engine should be OK. If you were in South Africa and you phoned them all reply you would get is - "Eishhh... is not our prooooblem"

I hope its just the pan and piping only as well...... When I shut off the engine, the oil pressure light had not come on yet, so I'm thinking it should be ok.

Thanks everyone else for your comments! Its times like these where my custom modded daily driver gets me down

I've been in contact with the city, and I'm going through the ropes to try to get some compensation..... hopefully something comes of it.

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