Over winter break I went for a drive with a friend of mine who drives a black '97 miata. We were on a lovely back road passing through a small town when a car pulled out in front of the motorcycle in front of me. The motorcycle stopped, I stopped, my friend (distracted by a Ferrari on the side of the road) didn't. He hit me with a glancing blow doing somewhere between 30 and 40 mph. The blow connected his front pass area with my rear driver area. His front bumper, pass fender, headlight, and turn signal were all destroyed. The damage to my car was worse. The driver side frame rail was bent partially, and the back end was twisted. The airbag didn't deploy thankfully, but the miata had to be towed.
I took it to a good shop that rebuilds exotics. The staff thought I was crazy not to simply buy another miata. But given the amount of blood, sweat and tears that have gone into building my miata I have no intention of abandoning her. To repair the damage the rear section of the frame rail had to be replaced, the rear quarter panel had to be pulled into shape, and the entire frame was checked. Then the paint work was done. All in all the miata was about $200 from being totaled.
The car was finished last week and test driven by an expert, then examined on a lift by an master mechanic and racer. Having passed both of these tests I am going to pick up the car and drive it north.
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