Hyundai Aftermarket - Goodbye Tiburon

Well I dunno where to start, but 3 weeks ago on Feb 18, 2006 I totalled my baby. Everybody involved is okay, but man am I ever ticked.

It was a freak Blizzard for about an hour, I was in a rush to get to a hockey game so I was going a little fast for the conditions. It was a 4 laned highway and I was in the right lane, I came up on a van going too slow IMO so I pulled to the left lane to pass him. It was a little more snow covered as there wasn't much traffic.

Only trouble was, whenever a car passed or was around you, it kicked up a ton of blowing snow. This happened in a horrible way when I went to get around the van. I slowed down from 80kph to about 70 to allow for the vehicle to move forward as I planned on pulling back behind it until it got better out.

All of a sudden out of nowhere (literally) a van was STOPPED in the road. Personally, anyone who stops on a highway in the middle of a whiteout deserves to get smacked into, but I should have been going slower. Turns out he was stopped to turn left onto a side street, there was no traffic that I could see so I my only thought was to try to pass because I felt I couldn't stop. He turned anyway and I hit him on his Rear Passenger Side at ~70kph. Airbags went off (so I can argue the myth of them not working) and actually saved me from some serious injuries.

Well, I mangled my front end, as you'll see below, my Zefiro Bumper I waited 6 months to get was in 4 pieces, I still can't find one of them. My Zefiro Hood - Toast. Front Strut Tower bar - Toast. My Right front Strut Tower impaled the firewall, and the engine is cockeyed. I knew it was done as soon as I got out of the car. And well, with the airbags going off I knew I was in trouble right away.

Well, here they are, finally got my home CPU back so I could upload them.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/HPIM1626.jpg

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/HPIM1625.jpg

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/HPIM1623.jpg

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/HPIM1624.jpg

My Sub Box broke the back window as it slammed up. I had it mounted to the cardboard cover but.......

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/HPIM1617.jpg

Sorry about the Hood Prop, but it's all I had. LOL
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/HPIM1621.jpg

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/HPIM1620.jpg

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/HPIM1619.jpg

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...e/HPIM1622.jpg

Well again, dunno what to say really. It just sucks, I had about $8,000 into the car, not including the Turbo Parts I'm trying to get rid of. And they only gave me $5100 for the car.

Because I molded the skirts and rear bumper into the car, they wouldn't let me take them off, saying it was part of the vehicle it must stay. A big problem was that the Ins Co was real sketchy on the fact that I had put money into the car, I partly owned it, but was only labelled as an occaisonal driver. So we couldn't barter and b**** with them too much. I just feel like I was bent over a desk and railed by a well endowed black man. Honestly it blows, but hey, it's just a car right.

I do have plans to bring it back to life. Not this car but a future one if I can make some dough. I just purchased a 2002 Chevy Impala it'll get me by for now. But damn, I hate this.

Funny thing is I was rushing to a hockey game so I wouldn't be late. I never made it to the game, and I almost never made it to another one. So, as they say, if you can't be a good example, at least be a good warning.

Oh, and if anyone asks me about parting anything out. I will find you and kill you!

Well, not really, but I'll have my stuff up for sale soon, so don't ask me about it!