Miata Mailing List: September 1998, Message #306

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In a message dated 9/2/98 11:57:38 AM EST, soup755@earthlink.net writes:

<<  Fortunately, except for minor whip lash, no injuries to
 Donna or 
 my daughter.  The Moose however is in sad shape.  We will find out in the
 next
 couple days what the insurance company says, but I suspect that with a 40
 MPH 
 impact, with extensive front end damage, that the car will be written off
 as 
 totaled. >>

I am glad your wife and daughter are O.K. That's the main thing to worry
about. Don't count on the Miata to be totaled out yet. I had a similar
accident and even though the airbag deployed and the front bumper cover,
headlights and hood were damaged, the car was repairable and suffered no
damage to frame or suspension. Also, the radiator, A/C compressor and all that
other stuff in the front of the car was never damaged either. Miatas are very
tough little cars.

Manuel