Posted by: Xorand
Long time, new truck - 21/12/04 09:55 PM
Well, it's been about 11 months since I last posted here. I figured this was an important enough event to drop back by.
This story starts on Dec. 2. My 18 y.o. daughter was borrowing the Xterra (remember my red 4x2?) to pick up some friends from school. She didn't quite make it there, though. She misjudged the position of a car while making a left-hander on a solid green. Fortunately, nobody was hurt.
Just in case everyone was wondering if the airbags on the Xterra even work, here's proof. This was from broadsiding a moving vehicle at probably 25 MPH.
Original damage estimate was about $7,500, including the airbags and seatbelt tensioners. Since I had a $500 deductible and the entire bumper assembly would obviously need to be replaced, I took the liberty of ordering a Shrockworks bumper.
Then, the adjuster found that the left side of the body had been completely shifted back on the frame. See front-left body mount skewed here:
State Farm decided to total the vehicle and cut me a check for about $12,600. That was after the $500 deductible and is about $600 more than I originally paid for the X 1.5 years ago.
Now, the good part. I found this 2002 XE 4x4 with 64k miles (my old one had 76k miles) for $12,800. Picked it up yesterday. The tires will soon be replaced with BFG AT/KO's, either 31" or 32". I got to keep my old AT/KO's and pretty much have them sold.
Sorry for the driveway shots. I'll post some more appropriate pictures once I get the bumper mounted, the steprails removed (I'm ordering sliders within the month) and mud applied.
This story starts on Dec. 2. My 18 y.o. daughter was borrowing the Xterra (remember my red 4x2?) to pick up some friends from school. She didn't quite make it there, though. She misjudged the position of a car while making a left-hander on a solid green. Fortunately, nobody was hurt.
Just in case everyone was wondering if the airbags on the Xterra even work, here's proof. This was from broadsiding a moving vehicle at probably 25 MPH.
Original damage estimate was about $7,500, including the airbags and seatbelt tensioners. Since I had a $500 deductible and the entire bumper assembly would obviously need to be replaced, I took the liberty of ordering a Shrockworks bumper.
Then, the adjuster found that the left side of the body had been completely shifted back on the frame. See front-left body mount skewed here:
State Farm decided to total the vehicle and cut me a check for about $12,600. That was after the $500 deductible and is about $600 more than I originally paid for the X 1.5 years ago.
Now, the good part. I found this 2002 XE 4x4 with 64k miles (my old one had 76k miles) for $12,800. Picked it up yesterday. The tires will soon be replaced with BFG AT/KO's, either 31" or 32". I got to keep my old AT/KO's and pretty much have them sold.
Sorry for the driveway shots. I'll post some more appropriate pictures once I get the bumper mounted, the steprails removed (I'm ordering sliders within the month) and mud applied.