Evening all,

Its with great sadness and regret I am posting a RIP thread of my 2008 Acura TL Type S

I was on my way out of my house this morning at 6am heading to the gym before work, as I was heading down the road only a few blocks from my house, I was doing 40-45MPH (Speed limit) when I came up on an intersection, as I entered the intersection (Which I had the right away too) out of the corner of my left eye I saw a GRILL coming at me.

BOOM I got T-boned by a 1981 Silverado doing 60MPH, he ran the red light, I woke up on the other side of the intersection in a light pole... I immediately freaked out as I fear fire and tried my door, "Of course didn't open" so I jumped over to the passenger door and climbed out.

Once I was a safe distance away I turned back to look and realized I was in some serious pain, so I fell to the ground and waited for some help. It didn't take long before I was taken to a local hospital to be treated...

Turns out I suffered a minor concussion, lots of cuts & bruises along with a torn ligament. I was released 4 hours later...

As for the other driver, and passenger. One tried to flee the seen but there was an officer not to far behind them it turns out and he was caught with in minutes. The driver, and passenger had no insurance, license and the truck wasn't registered for 3years and was from Texas... They were loaded on meth and drunk...

That has been my day sadly... I have no idea what will happen at this point as I am waiting for my adjuster to contact me.

Here is my poor baby just 4days before the wreck all cleaned up, waxed up, and gassed up ready for the work week ahead...



The photo below was taken by my Dad when he got to the seen.


































This is how I found my amps, all thrown around/un-mounted...













Id just like to say, thank you to Acura for saving my life and designing a solid car... to get hit at 60MPH by an all steel truck and walk away with as little as I did, I am amazed and very thankful... With that said, we all own a great ride! Well for me "Owned "

 

Holy fuck man glad to hear you're okay! As pretty as she was, it was still just a car and the important thing is that you walked away from this

 

Damn, you got knocked the fuck out! Glad to see that you lived the tell the story and with only minor injuries. TLs' can be always be replaced, just ask James.

 

Wow.. glad you're ok.

I would be really pissed at this asshole, or assholes.

 

First off, sorry for your loss man! That car was stunning. You did a really good job, very tasteful mods. Secondly glad you are ok! Hopefully you can find another one around the same as this one. Are you planning on pressing charges?

 

^ Lol at the above comment. (about James)

Really glad you're okay man! Wishing a full recovery and smooth and seamless experience with the insurance company. And of course, good luck finding a new car!

Man, our TL's can take a fucking smack down.

 

Glad your OK! that car performed perfectly! That would make me a customer for life.

 

Glad you're ok!

 

dizam! Glad you are OK!

 

Holy shit that was some impact glad that your ok I hope you stick with another TL in your future seeing how that one saved your life

 

Glad you're ok! Crazy meth heads.

 

Man what a hit! And on such a nice TL too
Main thing is you can still walk.
What car you thinking about next?!

 

So many accident threads being made recently.

The car did what it was supposed to do, which was to protect you and keep you alive. Terribly sorry for the loss. I hope you get well soon and jump back into another car that you'll love as much as you did for the TL-S.

 

Looks like one hell of an accident, all as a result of drug use. Glad you are alright for the most part. You had a great looking TL-S, looks like it did its job, keeping you safe!

 

Glad to see you're ok! What does the Navi screen say on it after you killed it?

 

Glad you're alright. That was a pretty serious hit

 

It's a really strange phenomena when a 2 ton vehicle can tbone you at 60mph and the only thing separating you from that truck at impact is a car door and you can just walk away from it scratched.

Great job Acura.

 

Damn that sucks, I hope you have a fast recovery from the concussion.

On the other hand, will you be doing any part outs?

 

Holy shit!! Glad you're ok OP!

 

Ooo noooo.. glad ur o.k... All these accidents, i was just at a funeral this morning for my asst manager who died in a car accident smfh... Glad ur posting about it thats great news even though sad what happened to the car

 

Op if you are parting id love to get a quote on the axle back

 

Damn that's horrible and glad to see your relatively ok. This kind of shit pisses me off and how many fucking worthless idiots there are out there. How the hell do people even sleep at night knowing they drive a uninsured and unregistered car with no insurance?? I hope those assholes go to jail, but unfortunately they will probably be driving a car in a few weeks illegally while messed up on drugs. As far as I'm concerned they almost committed murder. Lock them up!

 

Good God.

That's amazing you survived. Glad you walked (ran) from this.

She did her job, and died magnanimously.

 

Classy.


Real sorry to hear about the loss of your car. This is a true testament of Acura's great chassis engineering. Glad you made it out without serious injuries.

 

glad you are ok, Acura crash test rating result was accurate.

 

Makes me sick seeing those pictures.

Thank goodness you're OK though.....

 

damn man, glad you are ok op. I dont know what it is but man are people getting stupid behind the wheel lately. Here in Houston people love to not maintain their lanes. they always favor the left side of their lane while they have about 4-5 feet on the right. (pretty sure alot of people do that though) bunch of steering wheel holders. im just glad you came out of that wreck with minor injuries and alive. she did a good job protecting you, t-bone at 60 ish mph at that. make those bastards pay and press charges.

 

Thank God for side curtain airbags! Wishing you a speedy recovery!

 

You sir are very lucky!!! I hope those guys don't get off easily, for what they have done. Hopefully you won't be out much money since they had no insurance. Good luck on your recovery and getting compensated for your car.

 

Good thing to know they are safe! Glad you're alright, sorry to see such a nice car go..

 

Damn OP very sorry about your car, but I'm glad you're ok. Hate seeing all these threads lately about these wrecked cars, but it just shows how well built they are. I'm glad you're ok and doing well. Hopefully this will all get sorted out. Meth has become a big problem lately.

Too soon.

 

Thank god you're ok. RIP type s...

 

Thank you everyone for the wishes and comments on the accident, I will definitely miss my ride.

A few of you asked if I will press charges, simple answer is "You know it" I will do everything I can to ensure something like this wont happen by these fools again.

Thank you, Indeed I am (If allowed)

TY, That they can! A lot of respect to engineering!

Honestly, I would love to get another 08 but M/T... however with my family we have been actually looking at trucks again and so I believe I will just be getting a much nicer truck this time around, and get another "car" to mod/play with in a few years. Looking at a Dodge Cummings and or Silverado 2500HD

Haha I was interested in that too it says "Engine System: P015 An Indicator is ON, AcuraLink can help you solve this"

Im 100% sure my insurance will deem it " totaled" however I am unsure if Id be able to part it... I am going to fight to remove some parts for sure, as I didnt have some covered in my policy.

Me too, I had a hard time posting this

Thank you, and I hope the same.

Indeed it as. Ahh its okay I would love to see these parts go to some other members rides that will apprichate them as much as I did, even more so then to the crusher! Plus I can use what ever extra I can salvage.

See above reply, if I can I will be yes, I looked over the car at the yard today and it appears the following could be saved:

x3 F14 Forge Star RIM + Tires 18x9

Left and Right 08 head lights (Full)

Wind visors

Custom shift boot for A/T

AEM V2 Intake

LED Type 2 switch backs

Custom Speaker box made for our 3rd gen Acura TL, (HITS HARD) and looks good!

Believe that would be it.

Thanks again everyone.

 

Glad to see your okay bro! Praying for a fast recovery!

 

In regards to the things you will part out, how much for the headlights and intake?

 

Depends if they are / are not 100% ok... That will be the big ? I will do fair prices.

I suppose if anyone is really interested PM me what your interested in and as I find out what is going to happen who ever messaged me first will get first reply etc...

FYI it could be weeks before I reply, but I should know about parting it fairly quick as I dont want it sitting at a tow yard on my dime... and insurance would move it quick because of that as well... Hopfully I hear from my adjuster tomorrow.

 

Holy shit
Glad you are ok

 

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck, that sucksssss, but thank god you are ok. 60MPH ram.... shit like that scares me.

 

pmed

 

glad to see you're ok.