Bad day on the I-8 Freeway...
 

Bad day on the I-8 freeway in SD. It was raining, my Z was oddly merging on its own onto the right lane wherein I was at the middle lane. On those few seconds, I noticed a black beemer I tried to avoid and from there, I lost control of the car when the VDC kicked in.

Insurance still has to see the vehicle. As far as damages goes, it does not look big on the photos, but are major if you saw it personally.

All of the damages are on the driver side; front and rear wheel, front and rear axle, side skirt, bumper, suspension and toe kit, seat belt which ripped out and the airbags did not deploy, and some loud hissing noise coming from the engine. Came out without a scratch, and still waiting what the insurance will say.

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Sorry to see
 

Gotta feel bad. It will be repaired.:confused:

Sorry to see that, KarotZ, but I'm glad you're ok.

Ughhh. Im sorry to see that. Hopefully, as it looks, the damage is only cosmetic and can be easily fixed.

That sucks!

Good to know you came out of it without a scratch, the car can be fixed/replaced.

Sorry to see. :( Glad you're ok, though.

You say the car started to merge on its own... hydroplane?

is that the real amuse kit or some knock off ones? it looks to me its a carbon fiber kit LOL

Glad to hear you are alright. Ever since I spun out rain makes me a bit nervous when I have my summer wheels on.

It will be back to looking like new before you know it :tup:

Glad you are okay, sorry to see your Z isn't doing so well. All looks repairable though.

That's nothing but a slight inconvenience .. It will be fine ....

Thanks for the concern guys.

To answer some questions:
1) Yes, it is the UAM CF Amuse kit
2) Could be hydroplane, also I'm still rockin my stock tires at 25k
and I was in the process of having a set of RE-11 installed.
3) Mostly cosmetic damage, I'm just worried about the axle, toe kit, suspension and the loud hissing noise from the engine bay.

I'll keep everyone posted for updates. If the car needs replacement depending on my insurance's decision, the replacement most likely wont be a Z34 anymore.

What spooks me the most was I was going 55mph, and the bags didn't even bother deploying... :shakes head:

Stock tires at 25k... chances are you're way low on tread and hydroplaned. Can't really tell from the pics how much tread you still have.

Don't worry about that. I had a much more significant "front left corner" crash in my tC at 75+mph and the airbags didn't go off. It all has to do with the contact angle and the impact forces at different points.

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I pushed the thread limit too far since I was saving up for really good tires. Initially wanted the kooks, but test drove a friend's friend Z33 and I didn't like how it responded even on simple turning. Lesson learned, right? *sigh*

Wow very sorry to hear :(

But glad your OK :tup:

I was thinking Thank God!! it wasn't a front impact

For not having a front airbag? That wouldn't have been good. :(

The downsides of guys using aftermarket steering wheels I guess.

Again just a thought and glad you're OK :tiphat: