Okay, not to go into details, but a general overview: I was coming home after class today, and it was snowing pretty hardcore; the nice wet, slippery stuff. Anyway, I'm trying to get up a hill what with traffic and all, and realize I'm just going to end up with my a** end in the ditch on the side of the road, so I go to make a 3 point turn (I looked past the vehicles in front of me but didn't see anyone coming), and as soon as I'm sideways on the road, I look to my right and see a Camaro sliding towards me (down the hill) with the front wheels at full lock to the right. From the look of things, the front right wheel (and consequently the suspension) took the full force of the impact; the fender's a little pushed in but not bad, it's just the suspension. (sorry for the wall of text)

So anyway, I was wondering if anyone could figure anything out about what's damaged from my pictures. And don't tell me the strut's bent. I can see it's bent, it's at a 30* angle lol.... any educated guesses would be appreciated:

 

My guess would be that your strut is bent Damn dude that does suck. Like I said earlier I didn't think it was that bad.... Well you gotta love them F-bodies don't ya. I for one think you should of manned the hill out and had a lil fun with it with the posi you just got put in. Just my .02

 

very tough to call. May need a whole new brake setup as well as struts. Hopefully it didnt bend the rim as well. Id say at least 1k

 

i cant really see anything else broken or even hit but without taking off the wheel and looking at it i really cant say anything

 

bent strut, possibly a damaged hub bearing, possible damage to the spimdle, possible balljoint on control arm damage. looking at what's damaged, most of the stuff can be had for less than $500

 

lol yeah... except for the fact that even feathering the crap outta the clutch in 2nd gear, all that was happening was my back end was walking its way to the ditch on the side of the road; I was creeping forward a few inches per hour lol... there's no way I was making it up that hill. I wasn't even to the turn-off for the administration parking lot yet lol

Anyway, I'm going to have AAA tow it to my house friday and maybe tear apart the suspension to see if anything else is obviously screwed up this weekend. I'm thinking I might just take out a loan and get a cheap fwd beater and deal with the mustang this summer though. We'll see how things play out I guess.

*edit: wow, flurry of replies lol... I'm hoping it'll be >$500... I'm kind of a poor college student lol... the cheap winter beater option is looking better lol

 

the above and theres always the possibility of a bent k member but i cant tell from the pics

 

Damn that sucks. From where you were sitting it looked like you could of been close to the parking lot. What do I know I didn't pass you till after it happened. Don't you think that's going to be a hefty tow bill??? Well if you need any help just give me a holla man.

 

I'm a AAA member, so it should be free if I remember correctly. If not, I'll have 'em tow it to Indy park and figure things out.

And right now I'm between a civic and a 240sx as cheap, modifiable, beater car.

And I was probably 15'-20' from the entrance to the parking lot; at the rate I was going, I'd have had my back wheels in the ditch before I got there.

 

Go for the 240SX. WAYYY WAYYY WAYYY better than a civic but 240's are RWD.