Crashed my 370z Nismo yesterday.

gumpy · 05-04-2010, 12:39 AM

Dude,

good to know that you're ok...

I'm sad to hear that it's your 3rd time. Back 10 years ago when i got my first car I had an accident because I was fooling around in an industrial area at night with no other cars or people around. I guttered my car and learnt my lesson and have never don't anything of that nature on public roads again... and I never will.

They will fix it fine, they'll unscrew the back suspension and put new ones back on...

just be careful dude... if you want to drift do it in freedom on the skidpan...

chuckd05 · 05-04-2010, 02:02 AM

The tags on this thread are hilarious....

and the rest of it is disgusting... Did you buy this car with your own money ? Do you realize the value of the car and of the dollar ? You say the 370 isnt the same as the 350z nismo... its not all that different...

How long did you have the 350z nismo ?

.

DubL Z · 05-04-2010, 02:31 AM

reading this thread was very funny. i need make sure my VDC is on. wait a minute, i dont drive like that!! glad no one was hurt!

rockhounds · 05-04-2010, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by chuckd05

The tags on this thread are hilarious....

and the rest of it is disgusting... Did you buy this car with your own money ? Do you realize the value of the car and of the dollar ? You say the 370 isnt the same as the 350z nismo... its not all that different...

How long did you have the 350z nismo ?

.

Yes I bought it with my own money, does it matter? For me whoever is paying doesn't matter since money is money... hard to get for me and for you. I had a couple of friends in the same situation years ago and never ever acted like the guys on this forum. Pointing out fingers to somebody else is not the best way to create a community sharing experiences. I'm disappointed overall with the conduct here because I could be totally selfish not posting this for other people. I have a family, my own company and I suppose the ones who believe that are more experienced than others handling their Z's should be more collaborative and not getting a condescending tone on their posts. Regardless on what happened to me or to the others in the past/future, I think you could take a better advantage on having somebody like me posting my own experience and try to collaborate with the new Z buyers to take care of themselves when driving it on the streets. My first impression is that you think I was drifting all over the place like a dumb. First, I don't know how to drift so I did my best to keep the car under control, and second, the area where I was at the crash time is not populated so I was a little bit faster than usual.

By the way, thanks for those who cared about me and my Nismo. I received a call from Nissan that the frame was not affected so it should be ok in a few weeks.

theDreamer · 05-04-2010, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by rockhounds

Yes I bought it with my own money, does it matter? For me whoever is paying doesn't matter since money is money... hard to get for me and for you. I had a couple of friends in the same situation years ago and never ever acted like the guys on this forum. Pointing out fingers to somebody else is not the best way to create a community sharing experiences. I'm disappointed overall with the conduct here because I could be totally selfish not posting this for other people. I have a family, my own company and I suppose the ones who believe that are more experienced than others handling their Z's should be more collaborative and not getting a condescending tone on their posts. Regardless on what happened to me or to the others in the past/future, I think you could take a better advantage on having somebody like me posting my own experience and try to collaborate with the new Z buyers to take care of themselves when driving it on the streets.

Yes, it is nice to know how not to be stupid when driving.
Sorry, but the negative I see is fully warranted. You have crashed multiple vehicles in the same manner in a few years, maybe you should re-evaluate what you drive? Also, why are you attempting to drive in an extremely illegal manner and very dangerous for yourself and more important others on public streets? I agree with others, your licenses should be suspended for some time currently, and hopefully once it is reinstated you will have learned how to drive.

Edit: Also, you are calling on this community for its treatment of you. This community is pretty top notch from others places I have been, and it is a very well known fact that illegal, stupid, and dangerous driving is no place on public streets. We fully welcome taking your car to the extremes on the track where you are in a closed environment and with hopefully proper safety equipment.

rockhounds · 05-04-2010, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer

Yes, it is nice to know how not to be stupid when driving.
Sorry, but the negative I see is fully warranted. You have crashed multiple vehicles in the same manner in a few years, maybe you should re-evaluate what you drive? Also, why are you attempting to drive in an extremely illegal manner and very dangerous for yourself and more important others on public streets? I agree with others, your licenses should be suspended for some time currently, and hopefully once it is reinstated you will have learned how to drive.

Edit: Also, you are calling on this community for its treatment of you. This community is pretty top notch from others places I have been, and it is a very well known fact that illegal, stupid, and dangerous driving is no place on public streets. We fully welcome taking your car to the extremes on the track where you are in a closed environment and with hopefully proper safety equipment.

Whether my license should be suspended is something that I think is not up to you to decide. I agree with the fact that it is a very well known fact that illegal, stupid and dangerous driving is no place on public streets, and that's the only reason for my posting just to reinforce the consequences.
About the comment on the other crashes, those were not in the same way and I don't owe you any explanation on it. If I should re-evaluate what I drive today is also not up to you. Don't be biased against others and try to take it in a professional/educational matter. Next Z could be yours (hope never happens to you) but be sure I would never judge anybody here in a personal way.

theDreamer · 05-04-2010, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by rockhounds

Whether my license should be suspended is something that I think is not up to you to decide. I agree with the fact that it is a very well known fact that illegal, stupid and dangerous driving is no place on public streets, and that's the only reason for my posting just to reinforce the consequences.
About the comment on the other crashes, those were not in the same way and I don't owe you any explanation on it. If I should re-evaluate what I drive today is also not up to you. Don't be biased against others and try to take it in a professional/educational matter. Next Z could be yours (hope never happens to you) but be sure I would never judge anybody here in a personal way.

It is not up to this forum, no, but per the states I know (Texas/New York) you would have lost your license for your driving incident at 3AM. My point of you re-evaluate your car of choice is not for you, but for the safety of others on the road. You clearly have demonstrated your ability to crash vehicles in unsafe & public locations, which now calls into question others safety. You picking to drive a non-sports car would benefit your safety and that of others on the road.

semtex · 05-04-2010, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by rockhounds

Yes I bought it with my own money, does it matter? For me whoever is paying doesn't matter since money is money... hard to get for me and for you. I had a couple of friends in the same situation years ago and never ever acted like the guys on this forum. Pointing out fingers to somebody else is not the best way to create a community sharing experiences. I'm disappointed overall with the conduct here because I could be totally selfish not posting this for other people. I have a family, my own company and I suppose the ones who believe that are more experienced than others handling their Z's should be more collaborative and not getting a condescending tone on their posts. Regardless on what happened to me or to the others in the past/future, I think you could take a better advantage on having somebody like me posting my own experience and try to collaborate with the new Z buyers to take care of themselves when driving it on the streets.

What do you want people to collaborate on? Do you think we're going to give pointers on how to properly drift on public streets? Is that the kind of collaboration you're looking for? The reason you're getting negative feedback is that the majority of people on this forum think it's irresponsible to go out at 3AM to live out one's Tokyo Drift fantasies, period. So the last thing they're going to do is "collaborate" on how you could have done it better! As for not being selfish by posting what happened to you, I will give you that. Credit where credit is due. But the only way I see your post truly benefiting others is in its service as a cautionary tale. In other words, your post is valuable only in so far as it serves as an example of what NOT to do. Also, I know you're quite new to this forum, so you may not be aware of something. Namely, you're not the first person to post about wiping out their Nismo while trying to slide around, have some fun with VDC turned off, etc. Point being, a lot of the negativity stems from the fact that we're seeing a pattern develop with all these posts, a pattern that actually makes me wonder what is it about the Nismo that appeals to a demographic that appears to have a higher incident rate of irresponsible antics leading to crashes. So one could also argue that by posting your experience, you're also helping to further sully the collective reputation of Nismo owners. I mean seriously. Based on all the posts I've seen from Nismo owners wiping out, if I ever were to consider buying a used one, I think one of the first things I'd ask is "How many times has this thing been crashed into a curb?" Now, I don't know if you think I'm being a negative prick after all that, and it's okay if you do. But I'm just trying to be honest with you.

rockhounds · 05-04-2010, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by semtex

What do you want people to collaborate on? Do you think we're going to give pointers on how to properly drift on public streets? Is that the kind of collaboration you're looking for? The reason you're getting negative feedback is that the majority of people on this forum think it's irresponsible to go out at 3AM to live out one's Tokyo Drift fantasies, period. So the last thing they're going to do is "collaborate" on how you could have done it better! As for not being selfish by posting what happened to you, I will give you that. Credit where credit is due. But the only way I see your post truly benefiting others is in its service as a cautionary tale. In other words, your post is valuable only in so far as it serves as an example of what NOT to do. Also, I know you're quite new to this forum, so you may not be aware of something. Namely, you're not the first person to post about wiping out their Nismo while trying to slide around, have some fun with VDC turned off, etc. Point being, a lot of the negativity stems from the fact that we're seeing a pattern develop with all these posts, a pattern that actually makes me wonder what is it about the Nismo that appeals to a demographic that appears to have a higher incident rate of irresponsible antics leading to crashes. So one could also argue that by posting your experience, you're also helping to further sully the collective reputation of Nismo owners. I mean seriously. Based on all the posts I've seen from Nismo owners wiping out, if I ever were to consider buying a used one, I think one of the first things I'd ask is "How many times has this thing been crashed into a curb?" Now, I don't know if you think I'm being a negative prick after all that, and it's okay if you do. But I'm just trying to be honest with you.

Finally a reasonable approach. As I said before, the only reason I posted it to prevent new accidents like this. Totally agree with you.

oo7mech · 05-04-2010, 11:49 AM

I did something similar to this when i was 17. My first car a Mazda Mx6.
V6 front wheel drive, 2 door.
It had just rained in this empty walmart parking lot. Real slick and shiny. Well i drove alittle too close to random curbs with grass on it. BAM, front left wheel smashed to the back of the wheel well. I was soo freak'n scared afterward, i just sat in my car for 5mins shaking my head.
(not my actual car)

CrownR426 · 05-04-2010, 08:18 AM

LOL
"My mom drove my z to the store"
Best tag ever, my mother is afraid of getting in my z lmfao.
Wish my mom drove manual sportscars

m4a1mustang · 05-04-2010, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by CrownR426

LOL
"My mom drove my z to the store"
Best tag ever, my mother is afraid of getting in my z lmfao.
Wish my mom drove manual sportscars

Trips · 05-04-2010, 09:53 AM

Tony, you should've had the AMC pacer?

2theextreme · 05-04-2010, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Triple's

Tony, you should've had the AMC pacer?

Let's be quite honest....I shouldn't have anything that resembles a wheel & tire under me.

semtex · 05-04-2010, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by 2theextreme

Let's be quite honest....I shouldn't have anything that resembles a wheel & tire under me.

Oh you know where this one's going, right?

05-04-2010, 02:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
chuckd05 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NY Posts: 2,391 Drives: No longer a Z Rep Power: 20	The tags on this thread are hilarious.... and the rest of it is disgusting... Did you buy this car with your own money ? Do you realize the value of the car and of the dollar ? You say the 370 isnt the same as the 350z nismo... its not all that different... How long did you have the 350z nismo ? . __________________ 09 370Z 6M PW - FBO Best 1/4 mile = 12.926 @ 109 SOLD -- 08 BMW 135i - FBO 12.1@120mph SOLD -- white 09 e92 335 Coupe Mtech - 11.9 @ 119 :-)

05-04-2010, 11:49 AM	#10 (permalink)
oo7mech Enthusiast Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Allen TX Posts: 328 Drives: White 370z Sport 7AT Rep Power: 16	I did something similar to this when i was 17. My first car a Mazda Mx6. V6 front wheel drive, 2 door. It had just rained in this empty walmart parking lot. Real slick and shiny. Well i drove alittle too close to random curbs with grass on it. BAM, front left wheel smashed to the back of the wheel well. I was soo freak'n scared afterward, i just sat in my car for 5mins shaking my head. (not my actual car) __________________ PW Sport 370Z 7spd AT\|\|Stock Intake (shopping)\|\|Stock exhaust (shopping)\|\|Berk HFC\|\|Stock Headlights\|\|19"inch Ray Wheels Click and Jiggle Action Crossfit = No Quitters

05-04-2010, 09:53 AM	#13 (permalink)
Trips Administrator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Disneyland, Ca Posts: 8,732 Drives: 🔰 Rep Power: 10	Tony, you should've had the AMC pacer? __________________

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05-04-2010, 12:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
gumpy Enthusiast Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sydney Posts: 449 Drives: 09 370z white manual Rep Power: 16	Dude, good to know that you're ok... I'm sad to hear that it's your 3rd time. Back 10 years ago when i got my first car I had an accident because I was fooling around in an industrial area at night with no other cars or people around. I guttered my car and learnt my lesson and have never don't anything of that nature on public roads again... and I never will. They will fix it fine, they'll unscrew the back suspension and put new ones back on... just be careful dude... if you want to drift do it in freedom on the skidpan...

05-04-2010, 02:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
DubL Z Base Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Va Bch Posts: 27 Drives: 09 370 Blk 6spd Rep Power: 15	reading this thread was very funny. i need make sure my VDC is on. wait a minute, i dont drive like that!! glad no one was hurt!

05-04-2010, 08:18 AM	#11 (permalink)
CrownR426 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: South Korea Posts: 4,676 Drives: Manual Rep Power: 848	LOL "My mom drove my z to the store" Best tag ever, my mother is afraid of getting in my z lmfao. Wish my mom drove manual sportscars