G2IC.. it's been a while. Another one bites the dust :(

GENERAL General G2/G2IC Discussion
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This happened this past summer sometime in July. Lady was turning left and hit me while I was going through an intersection. Car was written off :frowning:

Here she was in her prime:

This is the new car:

Iā€™m a photographer and I do a lot of rock climbing, camping and road trips so the element really suits my lifestyle.

There will always be a place in my heart for g2ā€™s and g2ic. I miss her so muchā€¦ :cry:

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Sorry to hear that man. Iā€™ve always really liked your car. No plans to get another DA?

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Oh no, thats horrible man. Plans for the element? :stuck_out_tongue:

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rollinmyda: Thanks. No plans at the moment. I just bought a condo in Vancouver so Iā€™m kinda poor at the momentā€¦ condo living doesnā€™t really go very well with building project cars unfortunately.

Charly: Plans? Tons! Iā€™m doing a road trip to Bishop, California at the end of this month do do some climbing/camping. After thatā€¦ nothing much. Might just get a set of SC rims and throw some summers on there.

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This is unfortunate. At least the rest of the car is salvageable. What are you going to do with it?

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I got $1400 for it from insurance, then sold the salvaged body to a buddy. Heā€™s going to put the engine, seat, and some suspension into his db2 then sell the rest

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Nice nice. Sounds like fun.

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But the optional lip looks to be okay?-!

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Damn sorry to hear. Car is looking sweet in the pics.

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Bummer, your car was a beauty. At least its getting parted and your friend is getting parts. Iā€™d hate to see it go to the crusher with all those parts on thereā€¦

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Iā€™m sorry to see that. It sucks! I am always fearful that something will happen to my db2. Will your buddy post on here when he decides to part out the shell?

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I like the new whip, and the idea of the SC wheelsā€¦

But damn what a heartbreaker. I have always liked this carā€¦ Sorry for the loss man.

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:salute:

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too bad man,it was a very nice ride. BC living is expensive.

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Rip :frowning:

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Noooooā€¦ that sucks. But good thing you found something that suits you.

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Wow David, Iā€™m so sorry about your accident. I thought you were going to keep that thing forever! It looks just as good in pictures as it did in person. On the brighter side, Iā€™m happy to see you picked up an Element. It totally suits your lifestyle and youā€™ll put that thing to use without a doubt.

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Kinda sucks that such a minor amount of damage will total a car these days. Granted they are not worth as much anymore, but when you look at the labor costs provided by ā€œRichardā€™sā€ (the firm that dictates how much it costs to do body work) it adds up to A LOT of money. For example, Richardā€™s dictates that it takes 1.5 hours to remove our front bumper. Anyone here who has done it before, knows that it takes maybe 10 minutes. At $75/hr ā€¦ you do the math.

Itā€™s ridiculous.

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[QUOTE=N FUL FX;2303031]Kinda sucks that such a minor amount of damage will total a car these days. Granted they are not worth as much anymore, but when you look at the labor costs provided by ā€œRichardā€™sā€ (the firm that dictates how much it costs to do body work) it adds up to A LOT of money. For example, Richardā€™s dictates that it takes 1.5 hours to remove our front bumper. Anyone here who has done it before, knows that it takes maybe 10 minutes. At $75/hr ā€¦ you do the math.

Itā€™s ridiculous.[/QUOTE]

That does suck. I wonder if anyone has gotten classic insurance under Hagerty or Grundy etc yet. That would eventually solve this issue as you name your price/investment and they appraise the car and insurance based on that value.

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[QUOTE=N FUL FX;2303031]Kinda sucks that such a minor amount of damage will total a car these days. Granted they are not worth as much anymore, but when you look at the labor costs provided by ā€œRichardā€™sā€ (the firm that dictates how much it costs to do body work) it adds up to A LOT of money. For example, Richardā€™s dictates that it takes 1.5 hours to remove our front bumper. Anyone here who has done it before, knows that it takes maybe 10 minutes. At $75/hr ā€¦ you do the math.

Itā€™s ridiculous.[/QUOTE]

Quite ridiculous!

The damage doesnā€™t look too bad in the photo, but it was actually quite bad. Rad support and rebar were toast. There was also quite a bit of frame damage on the driver side fenderā€¦ once i saw that, i knew it was done for :frowning: