I fought against a tree and lost.....

[hide with MKIII]

Yes, I crashed my supra into a tree.
This is what happened.
I was taking a turn and saw a dog in middle of the road.
I hit the brake and car started to skid side way towards the dog.
It was rainy day.
I hit accel to avoid killing the dog.
I missed the dog but after that, I lost control of my car.
I skid side way again and hit a tree.

I am not here to discuss whether I should have killed the dog and save mint condition supra or what I did was right even though I dont know how much it would cost to fix my car. I did what I did cause that's what's right in my head.
I have a dog myself and if someone killed my dog, I would crash my supra into the person who killed my dog.

Anyway, now I am looking for a driver's side door and everything you see on those pictures and think I need.

Thanks all for your help and sorry to double post on supraforum and here.

oops, forgot to mention. My car is 89 targa.

 

[89MkIII]

That is sooo gay. You did the right thing by swivering past that dog though. If I read about somebody nailing a dog instead of attempting to dodge it - I hope we would kick their a#& of the site.

Anyways total props to you. Hope insurance and the body work goes smooth. Karma will come around and take care of you!!!!

 

[SupraMario]

Man that sucks, but its hard to say what ne1 would have done in this situation.
Hope you fix her back up.

O yea, and my dog that was 17 years old, and still kicking (had been in 3 fights that should have killed him, (stomach ripped out, throat bit into, and hit by a car)) we live on 50 acres dont ask me why he liked the road, but so old lady hit him on the road that is 20mph through our neighborhood at about 50, I'm glad it was my dog, and not one of the many young kids we have in our area, but i was mad at her because she left him to die, broke his back he layed on the road for 2 hours before our neighbor came and found him. some people, no respect. so i now what u mean when u avoided the dog, im glad you did too.

 

[14u2c]

I have a door from a 1989 supra. It's red. You can email me at r.aisdom@verizon.net if you are interested. I live on the western side of the state right next to Springfield MA.

 

[turbo]

Doors can be replaced, dogs/people can't.

 

[Suprastic]

That really sucks, but at least you saved 1 life that day. Good Luck with the repairs and maybe you can get a pair of side skirts out of it. Bomex maybe?

 

[hide with MKIII]

some ppl are saying that doors are same from targa to hardtop.
Just want to make sure i am correct or not.

targa has the silver metal thing that attaches to the body to make more stable right?

Thanks

 

[ToyoHabu]

Hopefully there was not any significant frame damage, The condition of the lower rocker in targa is significant because it must carry more load. I have seen effect of poor frame repair. It had poor welding and bondo done that hid rust that developed after the repair. The car broke into three peices when in its next accident and ejected the driver into a balistic trajectory with the driver landing on his head and causing severe head/brain injuries.:aigo:

 

[Jeff Lange]

61402-14070 is the part number for a new rocker panel, it's about $160 from Jay Marks.


Hope everything works out well.

 

[cnewingham]

that rocker panel needs replaced and then once it is off you will be able to see how much structural damage was done. Hope all works out and thank you for saving the dog.

 

[Stanzaspeed]

.I am not here to discuss whether I should have killed the dog and save mint condition supra or what I did was right even though I dont know how much it would cost to fix my car. I did what I did cause that's what's right in my head.

well said, glad you are ok!

 

[grsupra87]

sorry about the bad luck. I don't have any parts to offer you, though I wish I did. Best of luck.

 

[lagged]

i hope everything works out for you, you deserve everything to go well for saving that dog!

 

[??supra]

damn trees when will they learn to get out of our way..

i'm sorry to hear man, good thing you are ok. i kno someone who hit a wall haha a fuckin wall, but they are ok too. i guess its just a bad week for cars

 

[CTsupra]

sorry for the bad luck, but that dog would have been dead in my book.

what happens if you save the dogs life by swerving and missing him, then you convene into person walking down the side walk instead of a tree? yup, jail time.

-- but wait officer... i swerved so i wouldn't hit a dog in the middle of the road. officer: "what dog?" you: "oh i'm sure he ran away, but he was there!"

discuss...

 

[hide with MKIII]

once again, i am not here to discuss about the dog. If you would like to discuss, make another thread.

Thanks all for help and kind words.

 

[CTsupra]

i can't read...

 

[shaeff]

our natural instinct says to avoid the dog. especially since it's the obstruction in the road. we dont think: "if i try to miss that dog, i'm going to hit a tree"

there's no time for that. you did what pretty much everyone else would have done. i'd have done the same thing. good luck with the rebuild!

-shaeff

 

[wingman]

our natural instinct says to avoid the dog. especially since it's the obstruction in the road. we dont think: "if i try to miss that dog, i'm going to hit a tree"

there's no time for that. you did what pretty much everyone else would have done. i'd have done the same thing. good luck with the rebuild!

-shaeff

exactly...i'm in the midst of fixing my damage after loosing control from avoiding a deer. Sometimes I think I should have hit the sucker, I could use a new front bumper anyway. Good thing there wasn't any structural damage though, that would have been much worse than just a quarter panel.