Hey, at least you weren't this guy on /r/Mitsubishi the other night, his car met the same death, albeit a little harder. His was totaled as well but probably more because of the airbags going off. Sucks.
Hey, at least you weren't this guy on /r/Mitsubishi the other night, his car met the same death, albeit a little harder. His was totaled as well but probably more because of the airbags going off. Sucks.
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View my fuel log 2017 Mirage GT 1.2 automatic: 37.5 mpg (US) ... 15.9 km/L ... 6.3 L/100 km ... 45.0 mpg (Imp)
Dirk Diggler (06-11-2019)
Sucks about your car, Geojake. Hope you get it sorted out soon.
I once saw a transport truck hit a stuffed armchair that fell off a trailer on the highway. The chair wedged firmly under the front end and by the time the truck driver got stopped, the chair was on fire from the friction. Talk about bad to worse.
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OT @ stevedmc: so very sad to learn how philosophically opposed you are to the way Tim and I developed and choose to run this forum.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 62.4 mpg (US) ... 26.5 km/L ... 3.8 L/100 km ... 74.9 mpg (Imp)
My Mirage got hit by a shovel that fell off of landscaping truck on the interstate a couple of months ago. The guy had just passed me in the center lane (I was putting along in the slow lane doing the speed limit ). Anyway...he hits a bump and 2 shovels come flying out of his trailer and bouncing across the interstate at 60 mph. Everyone was swerving and it was a miracle there wasn't an accident.
Unfortunately one of the shovels hit my lower rear passenger door as I attempted to avoid it...
No big deal...that's just a 6-inch scratch and a slight dent right? How about $740 to repair and properly blend the paint. The good news is that the owner of the landscaping company paid for the damage. I'm pretty familiar with body shop operations but even I was shocked at that estimate. Even the cheap estimate I got was over $600.
Moral of the story: Quality body/paint work isn't cheap!
2nd Moral of the Story: I need a frigging dash cam!!!
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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 52.2 mpg (US) ... 22.2 km/L ... 4.5 L/100 km ... 62.6 mpg (Imp)
inuvik (06-11-2019)
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View my fuel log 2017 Mirage GT 1.2 automatic: 37.5 mpg (US) ... 15.9 km/L ... 6.3 L/100 km ... 45.0 mpg (Imp)
Top_Fuel (06-11-2019)
[QUOTE=phaux;88512]Yup. My fender bender involved the same corner, it wound up being almost $2800. Replaced the whole door which took them 2 weeks to just get one, and because of that they blend paint into every adjacent panel.
Darng, how do you get that shine? Is that a special wax?
2015 Mirage DE 5 speed Manual - 30k miles
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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage DE 1.2 manual: 44.9 mpg (US) ... 19.1 km/L ... 5.2 L/100 km ... 53.9 mpg (Imp)
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View my fuel log 2017 Mirage GT 1.2 automatic: 37.5 mpg (US) ... 15.9 km/L ... 6.3 L/100 km ... 45.0 mpg (Imp)