How to ruin your Day

[buddah51au]

It seems that it is no longer safe to park in a quiet street in a small country town, either that or this particular female driver had something against Honda's.
Add to that I always stay with the car just in case, but in this case it didn't help, as i was sitting on the Left Hand Front guard with my feet on the footpath. The end result was i finished up about 12 feet away unable to move, not a good situation after having 6 previous spinal surgeries. Most damage seems to have been done by a tow bar, The radiator fans are hard up against the exhaust. Although the damage is basically superficial, my concern is the Auto transmission as the car was pushed backwards about 8 or 9 feet while in park. For this reason I have decided to trade the car as soon as it is repaired.
On a side note it will be interesting to see if 2 identical cars can return the same fuel consumption figures as those of you who have seen my previous posts on
this subject will have noticed my unbelievable fuel usage. As i am considering fitting 17" wheels with 225/45x17 tyres on the next car can anyone advise if the offset on the euro accord is similar to the FD1 Civic.

[dyljoy]

oh, sorry to hear your story here, I hope ur car can return to normal soon. From another side, it seems FD is easy to damage by Holden.

[ahmondjai]

oach, what a heart breaking moment, felt deeply sorry for your precious car....

[whtteg]

1st of all are you ok?

Did she hit the accelerator instead of the brake? some people shouldn't have licenses. she must have really gunned it to push your car back so far no wonder if sustained so much damage. fingers crossed it will be fixed quickly so you can trade it in.

[FallenAngel]

You'd be surprised how easily the FD can take damage..
Body wise, it isn't strong at all. With my accident the guy was going @ 20km/h when he rear ended me and still smashed my rear bumper

[rayb3na_]

1st of all are you ok?


at the end of the day thats more important then the car.. but it looks like carsex 3some with 2 holdens jesus.. hope everything works out with insurance and that nasty spinal stuff u mentioned before!

[buddah51au]

As for me, i was taken to Gladstone hospital initially, then by road to Rockhampton, then RFDS to Brisbane. To answer the other question, the Dunnydore was parked in front of me, then i remember her wheel spinning in reverse, she then had a second attempt. Rear B/bar and boot lid need to be replaces as well.

[whtteg]

so are you going to be ok?

i thought she must have been moving to have pushed your car so far

[buddah51au]

Am i going to be ok, only the future will tell as i have been living with back pain and leg problems for the last 17 years anyway. At this point in time i can get around a little, but with difficulty.

[dyljoy]

say to hear about ur injury, that felmale should cancel her license forever. Did she explain what she doing at that moment? I think she want to kill u!

[civic_07]

Sh*t! what's with the new Civic? Few members here already got their new car smashed :(

Hope you recover soon dude. I did read your post abt the fuel usage awhile back, in fact i printed out to compare it with my car and others. All the best!

[Limbo]

yeah lots of idiot drivers out there. Sad to see it happen, just lucky your ok

[TheSaint]

i was a passenger from perth to busselton over the weekend (3 hours up 3 hours down) and OMFG MOST people should not have their liscence....

after having a serious accident + injury myself from an idiot ford driver i feel your pain, at least the car isnt destroyed and you didnt pour tonnes of time and money into it =(

and again the main thing is that we are all alive!

hondas crumple up so easy =/ police man asked me how fast we were travelling because of the damage on my car (total destruction) and i was like... erm 50kph (only speed u can actually make it to on that street lol) and the falcon only had a few scratches etc on it

man i would have had to contained my rage and desire to clean up the human gene pool after that happened =(

good luck with it all man =)

[mattchuej8]

someone told me that,
apparently all or most honda cars these days are all "pedestrian friendly" meaning they break easily.

[TheSaint]

the motor and chassis arnt bad but all the sub panels around the outside are made of a really weak plastic =/

[buddah51au]

The car has been accessed and is in the panel shop for repairs. I have been told that all damage is superficial and the only metal parts damaged are the upper and lower radiator supports. Considering most of the damage was caused by a tow bar i believe it stood up to the impact reasonably well. However, there is still a big question mark on the Auto trans as the car was pushed backwards 7 or 8 ft while in park. It is therefore not a matter of if there is internal damamage, but more a case of how much.

[Ry_]

Like everyone's mentioned, main thing is you're alright. Feel sorry for your poor car. Hopefully things sort themselves out soon!

[j.meng87]

Glad your alright. If your worry about the transmission, maybe it would be better off trading it for a new one for your piece of mind. Btw is that a lightforce driving lights?

[buddah51au]

Lightforce driving lights they are.

[aimre]

The car has been accessed and is in the panel shop for repairs. I have been told that all damage is superficial and the only metal parts damaged are the upper and lower radiator supports. Considering most of the damage was caused by a tow bar i believe it stood up to the impact reasonably well. However, there is still a big question mark on the Auto trans as the car was pushed backwards 7 or 8 ft while in park. It is therefore not a matter of if there is internal damamage, but more a case of how much.


http://auto.howstuffworks.com/automatic-transmission5.htm

if it still works, its ok, if not, then its not.

[VTECMACHINE]

WTF?!?! She backed into you that hard?!?!? And didn't move forwards after... Crazy shit man...

[Crapdaz]

Sorry to hear that, hope you recover dude.

Hondas are designed to reduce impact force therefore it crumples easily.

[EG30]

late models Honda are so much stronger than the popular early models ie dc2 eg, ek. While the car will crumple to protect you and lessen the shock to its occupants, the cabin/survival cell stays a lot more intact than earlier models.

Here is a FD2R someone crash tested in HK a few mths back, driver walked away with a stiff neck after flipping it on a flyover exit.

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/6708/21la6p4xk3.th.jpg (http://img49.imageshack.us/my.php?image=21la6p4xk3.jpg)


and here's another one from HK over a year or two ago, an EK4 sedan hit a pole around a bend and became an instant front cut. Driver and passengers perished.

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/5661/m922110spnp8.th.jpg (http://img110.imageshack.us/my.php?image=m922110spnp8.jpg)

[Lukey]

Glad ur alright mate, so she just backed into ur car?

to above poster.
hitting a pole and flipping a car are two totally different situations.

[aimre]

late models Honda are so much stronger than the popular early models ie dc2 eg, ek. While the car will crumple to protect you and lessen the shock to its occupants, the cabin/survival cell stays a lot more intact than earlier models.

Here is a FD2R someone crash tested in HK a few mths back, driver walked away with a stiff neck after flipping it on a flyover exit.

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/6708/21la6p4xk3.th.jpg (http://img49.imageshack.us/my.php?image=21la6p4xk3.jpg)


and here's another one from HK over a year or two ago, an EK4 sedan hit a pole around a bend and became an instant front cut. Driver and passengers perished.

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/5661/m922110spnp8.th.jpg (http://img110.imageshack.us/my.php?image=m922110spnp8.jpg)

thats the dumbest comparison

[buddah51au]

That is a completely different situation, the car was parked with no one inside. Just goes to show a quiet street in a country town is not a safe place to park with some dumb female driver who obviously won her licence in a raffle.

[buddah51au]

Car is back on the road as good as new, all exterior panels forward of windscreen replaced as well as rear Boot lid and bumper

[buddah51au]

I have now added a car bra to try and reduce stone chips as much as possible. It was a little difficult to get 1 fabricated to fit in conjunction with the driving lights, but the end result is very neat, although a little awkward to fit.