Got up this morning to go to a tech day with Chesapeake Area Roadsters, and my car had it's front tire on the grass. "That's funny" I said, I know that it was parked straight last night...
I will post pics later, but it looks like a pickup with wide tires caught it in the rear wheel well, and then proceeded up the door. She'll be written off, but thankfully is worth more than I have in her. Thankfully it happened BEFORE I spent time putting a suspension in her.
Anybody willing to bet it was a Dodge Ram truck? 
Sucks though, I hope insurance makes it right.
that seriously sucks.. My work scheadule either has me going to work at 5am or coming home from work at 5am... it is scary how many drunks I see at that time. I saw three in my 12 mile drive today
That sucks -- but maybe you can take the pay out, and put the money back into it and make it even more fun.
I have seen to many cars totalled in hit and run accidents while parked on the street. I live in a court, but I wouldnt ever leave a car that i cared at all about on the street anywhere else.
Well it could be worse. I crashed mine three weeks ago
Sadly, it's an off the path street, doesn't take you anywhere but the end of the road. I am guessing that someone down the street was entertaining, and let them leave inebriated. I DO have a '92 tub that I could transfer everything into, but it will depend on the buy back.
Sorry to here that.. . .. Any paint color left on your car? Wait you actually have collision of a 90 miata? Here in MA the amount you pay for that insurance would pay for a replacement every 2-3 years.
No collision. Uninsured motorist and comprehensive. Having a hard top stolen a few years back made it worth having the insurance, and it isn't much more than just having liability. Like an extra $100 a year.
Does anyone know what State Farm uses to determine value? NADA book?
When I wrecked my Civic about 15 years ago, State Farm was quite reasonable on value. The car was 6 years old, and had 125K miles, but I still got nearly 1/2 what I paid new...minus the purchase taxes. The adjuster said it would have been more but for the high mileage.
Everyone here is thinking one word, but they're too sensitive to say it. Starts with "L", ends with "ocost".
Good luck with the insurance. That's not a fun thing to wake up to.
I raise your Locost with "rust". I wouldn't want to use this car as a basis for a Locost. The undercarriage is quite aweful. Not that I will mention that to the insurance co.
mistanfo wrote: I raise your Locost with "rust". I wouldn't want to use this car as a basis for a Locost. The undercarriage is quite aweful.
??? I didn't know the undercarriage mattered. I always thought the drive train and the rear suspension were what people used to make a miata-based locost.
Zacktly. Rust = more Locosty. You don't even need the rear control arms if you're willing to fabricate your own. You need the engine, trans, diff, wiring, uprights/brakes, wheels - all no rusty stuff.
Then let the insurance write it off. Use the money for tubing. 
Argh sorry to hear about it. Just think, yesterday that car was in my driveway!
This just stinks. I speak from experience.
FWIW when my 96 got killed a couple years ago State Farm gave me slightly better than NADA value for it, something like $4700 for a car I bought for $4500 eight months before. They oughta treat you fairly. Buyback was more than I was expecting at the time, $700 or so if I recall correctly.
Well, I have a rental through April 5th. Looks like I'm going to Florida in a car with a non-retractable roof (at least, not as delivered from the factory). State Farm will be picking the car up tomorrow, and I might hear something by Friday (at which point, I will be heading to Florida...).
There is a chance that the car will be bought back, and parted out. If I had a garage, a Locost would be cool, but I would need a garage first. That would set me back way more than anything I am likely to see from the insurance.
mistanfo wrote: If I had a garage, a Locost would be cool, but I would need a garage first. That would set me back way more than anything I am likely to see from the insurance.
You should sell it, either here or at locostusa.....I'm sure you would find a buyer.
The good: 4200 value assigned. The bad: 1000 buy back. The good: paid 1000 for her The better: not turning in the hardtop that she came with at no penalty. Too bad it would ruin my challenge sell off budget.
So, in other words you made a $3200 profit and got a good hardtop. Man, getting in an accident never works for me like that. You should tip the guy that hit it.
mistanfo wrote: Well, I have a rental through April 5th. Looks like I'm going to Florida in a car with a non-retractable roof (at least, not as delivered from the factory). State Farm will be picking the car up tomorrow, and I might hear something by Friday (at which point, I will be heading to Florida...). There is a chance that the car will be bought back, and parted out. If I had a garage, a Locost would be cool, but I would need a garage first. That would set me back way more than anything I am likely to see from the insurance.
Well shoot, if you want a grand for it, let me know. I'm somewhere near you if you were going to a Chesapeake meet.
Would I get the hardtop for that grand?
I consider the grand to be sunk cost, as I drove the car for a year or more. Foxtrapper, I would need to know by 9am, and the hard top has already found a home on my '97, which donated it's soft top to the '90. The car is in Silver Spring.
Well, I missed that dead line.
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