Ouch. Sorry to hear you wear shot in the rear too. BTW there have been two v reds hit hard and posted here... Hope all goes well on your new acquisition.

 

Insurance company came up with $27225 which includes allowing $300 for the Borla exhaust. Car had 30,000 miles on it, had just replaced the tires 1500 miles ago.

There's a new red GT package at the dealer . . . should I? Trouble is, no red leather interiors within the 5 state zone, have to settle for all black interior.

 

Man, I'm sorry to hear about that!.....you better wait and keep looking, I've always found that it will be a better feeling if you really like the one you get, and have to remorse after the buy. Only then will you be completly satisfied. (color, options, price) Good Luck!

 

That's freaking awesome! I would have thought you'd maybe get $26000. Who is your ins. company?
WTF is up with the silvers? I'm still glad that's the color I went with, but man, I'm gettin more and more afraid that my days are numbered. I've had my car since March of '04, and I don't even have a door-ding yet (probably because I park in BFE), just a few rock chips.

 

Sorry to say, but the girl kinda looks like Patrick Swayze.

 

glad to hear you're alright .... i feel your pain .

 

Yes!! Yes!! Red is the fastest! And if they don't see you, they're flat out blind!!

 

I think for 2006 Cursed Silver and Titanium (French for Silver) should be dropped as a color option for the RX8...then we wouldn't have to see pictures od smashed up 8's anymore.

 

Why couldn't it be the Nordic Green that was cursed? You would see less accidents that way for sure

 

i think all black interior on red looks great. not a big fan of the red interior. especially if it ever stains....

 

Dealer yesterday found a VRed with red leather, GT package, in Omaha, Nebraska and brought it down to KC - shot me a good deal on it where it's only going to cost me about $2000 to have driven the silver 19 months and 30,000 miles. New Borla is due to arrive on Friday, and I'll get the car as soon as State Farm gets me the check - should be before the end of the week.

Then I have to start rounding up my models for the contest running in that other thread.

www.carlsondigital.biz

 

Good choice!! That's the same 8 I picked out!!

 

glad to hear that you are alright... i have a silver with red interior too... I'll be more careful with it...

 

i almost cried when i saw those pics...
if i were you id just buy a used turbo 8 on the board!!!

 

Not a fan of turbo engines except in Champ cars and LeMans.

 

According to this New Zealand study:
Choosing a Car Color? This One Is Safest

If you're in the market for a new car, choose one that is silver. Why? Silver cars are involved in far fewer crashes than cars of other colors.

According to a study by researchers at the University of Auckland in New Zealand that assessed the effect of car colors on the risk of serious injury in over 1,000 Auckland drivers between 1998-99, silver cars were 50 percent less likely to be involved in a crash resulting in a serious injury when compared with white cars.

Reuters reports that the least safe car colors are brown, black, and green. The risk factor for white, yellow, gray, red, and blue cars is in the middle range and about the same for each. Globally, about 3,000 people die every day in a car crash.

About half the drivers in this study had been involved in a crash in which one or more of the occupants had been admitted to the hospital or died, while 571 were not involved in crashes and served as a control group, reports Reuters. Even after taking into account the vehicle and road conditions, driver's age, gender, and educational level, as well as whether the driver had been using drugs or alcohol and had worn a seatbelt, the color of the car still had an impact on the likelihood of a crash.

Why? The researchers have no idea, but they speculate that silver, a light color that is highly reflective, may make cars more visible on the highway. "Increasing the proportion of silver cars could be an effective passive strategy to reduce the burden of injury from car crashes," lead study author Sue Furness told Reuters.

Silver was also the most popular car color in the United States, Europe, and Asia last year, according to the most recent DuPont Global Color Popularity.

The study findings were published in the British Medical Journal.

 

hmm, silvers will be rarer than nordic green and lightning yellow in no time. good thing my silver is in perfect condition, i'll be rich in 5 years if i sell it :D

 

The insurance company is State Farm. Went to the dealer on Monday morning to pick up my plates, and told them I was going to check on a used Tit 150 miles away, but I really wanted VRed with red/black interior. They checked their computer again and found one in Omaha, NE. I picked it up Wednesday morning - they made me a deal so it only cost me about $2100 to have driven the silver car for 19 months and 30,000 miles and then get a new car.

 

Good to know. That's who I have. I'm actually surprised how reasonable insurance is for the RX8. I'm right around $700 a year.

 

Company is State Farm. BTW, I'll be passing through your neighborhood (Iowa City) on July 14 on my way to Elkhart Lake for the vintage races. Look for a VRed with Borla.

 

Your wish is my command.
You know better, abbid!
Here's one of 'em.
Then I wonder when DMV started giving driver's license tests in Braille?

Mr. Carlson, congratulations on getting your car totalled. I was not so lucky. One year ago I was rear-ended by a pickup truck at a speed differential similar to your accident.... idiot in truck was doing 35-40 MPH while failing to notice that the freeway, and the BRIGHT RED car in front of him, had come to a stop.

I still wonder why on earth my insurance company didn't total my car. (Yes, MY insurance company. The truck was owned by the city of Pasadena, driven by a city employee, and the city is "self-insured" -- meaning they can, and did, deny my claim even though their driver was 100% at fault.) It took six months and over $15,000 to get it back from the bodyshop, the entire rear half of the car had to be replaced, rear frame members and quarter panels had to be cut off and replaced, and even the motor mounts and driveshaft were replaced because of the force of the impact.

This all happened nearly one year ago now, and the city of Pasadena still hasn't paid one cent of anyone's costs -- bastids. Apparently this is all perfectly legal for municipalities and other government entities to get away with.

Anyway, here are the pics.

 

remind me to never get into an accident in pasadena by one of their workers :/ hire a lawyer and get them to pay for it!

dick you suing the driver for whiplash or stress???

 

you should have just shot the guy that hit you

 

Hey Dick, how long are you going to be at Road America for Brian Redman? I'm going and I think another member here, Machan is as well.

 

Damn, I hope I never see my car like that!!!!