i just recently bought a dvd player with flip out screen function. i was happy because i saved up for it and stuff. i asked my "friend" to install it for me and he said sure. so we exchanged cars so he can use my mini while i use is 350z while he works on it. he gives me a call and says he crashed my mini. he plays around a lot so i thought he was joking and hung up on him. he calls me again and tells me that he is serious. so i take him seriously.

he takes it up on the hills near tracy, ca and says he couldnt see and that he was paying attention to the oncoming traffic. obviously he is lying because if you cant see, you drive slower right? and why would you take it to the hills if all you had to do is just install the dvd player? he said, " i had to test out the dvd player so i took it up there" there goes another lie. if you wanted to test it... just drive around the block. so now, he tries to talk to me acting like nothing has happened. he didnt pay for any damages... i lost the wheels that were brand spankin new. the tires only had like 500 miles on them. lolol. ::sigh:: so its been 4 hard and long years away from the community and now im extremely happy to be back with them. well... ill be back with them as soon as i receive my new mini

 

Nice friend...

 

I would have sued thwe living s*** out of him. and taken and sold his 350z

 

So sad

 

haha yeah... i only had that car for 5 months as well. but eh its ok.

gotta keep my head up high. i just want my mini right now!!

 

hows this for bad luck.
I was parked on a street corner. and some lady driving a moving truck didnt make a wide enough turn and the back tires just hooked on to my MINI and tore everything ( as you can see in the pictures )

this isnt as bad as the others ive seen so far, but what sux is that i wasnt even moving, i was parked.

 

Well insured, I hope.

 

oh yah, that lady is, cuz her insurance is paying for everything!! my friend happened to walk by the time it happend and called me. during that time she got all of the ladies info for me.

what a great friend.

 

I would've been pi$$ed!!

 

yeah what a great friend.... lol i wish i had friends like that.. dangit...

 

...this pales in comparison to some of the more tragic posts here - and I truly sympathize with you, fellas - but I cried, nevertheless:

 

Looks like a nice, neat repair, and you have documentation of what had to be done if the next buyer wants to know.

 

That was you? Sorry to see that, but what a cool thing to have.

Here are the pics of my totaled 04. I was hit by a Chevy 2500 pickup truck.







Note the rip in the dash. Now that's some force...




Gas soaked cat litter, compliments of the RFD...

 

Mishka in post #39....you were hit broad size at 35-40mph? what kind of car? did your side air bags go off? if so, the seat air bag +/or the side curtain bags?

 

any other pictures with descriptions of head-ons but with the passenger compartment staying intact and saving the perosn's life?


a friend of ours fell asleep and hit her MINI into a tree, at high speed...the dad didn't have any pictures but said the front end was like an accordian, but the daughter was OK but couldn't 'walk away' because both ankles were broken, but he said the car saved her life..then the dad bought her an SUV because he thought that would be safer...go figure!

 

Not my car, but I took the picture!


Found this at a local junkyard. Does this car look familiar to anyone?



My friend told me he always wanted to jump on my exhaust, so he jumped on this cars. Didn't bend or anything, the exhaust is pretty sturdy.

Got these from another forum.

Anyone ones car, I think it happened in FL?

 

ouch on the tl. that looks painful but at least the mini held up.

 

ya that TL was brand new Type S as well....

 

Add this one to the flaming MINI's list.

 

this thread is too painful, eh...

 

MINI hit by Ram 3500 with brush guard. Not a scratch on the truck.

 

here is where i work, please share with any teen drivers or parents of teen drivers. we allow adults also but our goal is new drivers. looks like some adults could use it also.

http://www.1800bepetty.com/SafeDriving.aspx

we'll be in chicago this weekend.

 

Teenage driver right here! I know it isnt really the same as what is being suggested in the post above but as soon as i turn 18 i am going to try to get some time at my "local" track. This way i at least have some idea of what my car is like at it's limits (plus it looks like fun to boot).

Hmm, that gets me thinking, i wonder if...

 

Sign me up if you guys are ever in the NE!!!

 

Oh man, all the pics are just gut wrenching . Makes me think twice now before I take my MINI out of the garage