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Old 11-22-12, 09:44 PM
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Long story short, the other guy thought he had safe distance to make a left turn. Before anybody asks...airbags deployed, even cracked my windshield. Wheels are rotas, front left doesn't hold air now, and front left arms are bended (front left is now sitting like it has -7 degree camber, not shown in picture)

I've owned this car for merely 14 months, put less 6k miles since my ownership (including my drive from ATL back to Dallas last Sept when I purchased this car from another forum member here).

Very much of a waste, this car was mechanically perfect. Besides having a little squeaks from the bucket seats, car was solid. Previous owner spent some major time with it and it showed.

Original FS thread that has some beauty shots
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/lex...00-7900-a.html

My drive home (I was ecstatic and in love)
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc-...old-red-2.html

Just venting and reminicsing a little bit here. I loved this heavy pig, and I'll miss it dearly.
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Old 11-22-12, 09:50 PM
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That sucks much. Find another.
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That sucks man...That car was really clean
Old 11-22-12, 10:10 PM
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man the previous owner did one hell of a job on this car, sad to see this one down
Old 11-22-12, 10:17 PM
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Wow, sorry for your loss...you should be able to find another one? Probably not as clean, but then again you never know? GL with your search.

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Old 11-22-12, 10:27 PM
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thats too bad man. hopefully you can get in another one asap
Old 11-22-12, 10:41 PM
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Thx for the love guys...got car pymt on another car so it's kinda hard to justify getting a replacement right away. But I do have one that I would loooove to have....there is a RSP sc400 asking 11k firm on this forum, exactly what I want, but price is a tiny bit steep for me (not saying it isn't worth the $)
Old 11-23-12, 12:22 AM
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damn my cars twin :'(
Old 11-23-12, 01:43 AM
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honestly doesn't look that bad... new control arm, hood, bumper, fender, wheel and repaint front clip. probably $6k worth of repairs.
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Get it repaired please not totally gone
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its probably totaled most insurance company's will total them out if the airbags deployed.
Old 11-23-12, 09:28 AM
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My condolences to you cv129, she was a beauty. I hate hearing/seeing these post and wince when seeing such horrible pictures of the aftermath.
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Can you buy it back and use it as a parts car for your next purchase? Sell off the parts you don't need to recover any costs.
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Oh man... whats important is that you're not injured. I guess insurance will give you its value and sell it with a rebuilt title, you can always buy it back when they fix it, or buy another with beat up interior and use this for parts.
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Always sad to see and hear this kind of stuff. I remember seeing this car in Atlanta a few times and loving it. Its the car that inspired me to get my SC...
I snapped this pic back in June of 2011, and from that day I knew I wanted an SC...

pardon the crappy iPhone 3G and edited picture, haha


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