Oppo, I really fucked up.

"V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches" (jbv12)
05/25/2018 at 09:43 • Filed to: None

I hit an alligator. I’m not sure if it’s totaled or not, but it’s fucked up regardless. I’m not sure if this car has an oil cooler radiator up front but I’m praying that I killed that and not the oil pan, but I’m not crossing my fingers.

DISCUSSION (30)

NKato > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 09:52

Yeah, that cooler is gone. Oil pan is sturdier than the cooler, but I’d check for damage anyway.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 09:53

Florida Man Gator Strikes Again!

Damn that sucks. Was the Alligator totaled as well?

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 09:53

Things I did not expect someone to hit today for 1000, Alex...

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 09:53

luckily most insurance considers wildlife strikes as a no-fault incident. so they should cover the damage or at least cut you a check. you didnt fuck up, that alligator did

PartyPooper2012 > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 09:54

So selfish... how is the gator?

Now you only have a wrenching project... gator might have a headache.

PartyPooper2012 > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 09:55

I will take it off your hands if you want. I have been looking for a wrenching project...

Captain of the Enterprise > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 09:55

Sorry, that must be really frustrating.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 09:57

Claim it, for sure. Also, change your username to:

Jake-Hits alligators so you don’t have to

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 09:57

If the frame is off by even one degree, it’s totaled. Hoping for the best.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
05/25/2018 at 09:58

LOL

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 09:58

Shit, man. That sucks. Best of luck, hope the frame wasn’t tweaked.

LOREM IPSUM > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 10:01

Any airbag deployment?

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
05/25/2018 at 10:03

A tire, but it might has well have been an alligator lol.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 10:04

Rubber road gator, or gator gator?

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > LOREM IPSUM
05/25/2018 at 10:04

No bag deployment at all.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 10:12

Damn. And I was just wondering about you. Unfortunately I’m 99% sure there’s no external oil cooler. Does it still run?

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
05/25/2018 at 10:20

I don’t think it will be. It looked like oil cooler took the brunt of the impact.

LOREM IPSUM > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 10:22

That is a bit of good news at least. Hopefully it doesn’t take too much to get it back in shape, but sorry to see it happen to you.

shop-teacher > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 10:24

OOOOOOFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!

Glad you’re OK. That very much looks like an oil cooler up front. So long as you shut it down right away, you’re engine is probably fine.

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 10:48

Ah, hitting a tire, I know how that can go . Still, you got a lot more damage than I did, my sympathy.

itschrome > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 10:48

status of gator? did i die? are you going to eat it?

wkiernan > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 10:53

And I bet that goddam alligator doesn’t even have any insurance.

But look at the bright side! New shoes.

Kinja'd!!!

duurtlang > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 10:59

That sucks. New cooler, new bumper, fresh liquids and you should be done, right?

LOREM IPSUM > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/25/2018 at 11:06

Kinja'd!!!

Is that a heat exchanger for oil or ATF pictured there? Almost definitely not coolant lines running to it, I don’t think anyway. Fluid looks more like oil than ATF to me, but you would certainly know better than I as to what we’re looking at.

vicali > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 11:17

Sux, hit a dinosaur, nbd.

Looks like the oil cooler joint drivers side - right about gator eye level..

Sovande > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/25/2018 at 11:30

Upside: New boots!

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > LOREM IPSUM
05/25/2018 at 13:27

Just looked it up because apparently my memory is terrible, but it’s an engine oil cooler.

Land_Yacht_225 > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/28/2018 at 20:22

Kinja'd!!!

THAT is what totalled looks like. AND it still cost LESS than the total loss payout (retaining the car of course) to get it fixed.

Even if it is “totaled” it isn’t totaled.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Land_Yacht_225
05/28/2018 at 21:52

Out of curiosity, what was yours valued at? I refuse to let this car slip away into th night. The only way this car will slip out of my grasp is if there’s frame damage which I don’t suspect there will be, or more likely massive internal engine damage due to being run without oil. I got over and got the engine switched off as soon as I could, just before the red stop engine message came up. I’m hoping it won’t be totaled but if they base the value only on blue book I’ll be up the creek.

Land_Yacht_225 > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
05/30/2018 at 10:07

I want to say it was like $12,300...

Definately over $12,000. And thats with about 30,000 more miles than yours. Just make sure you call your insurance company out on their comps...mine had several S430s and an S350 in the mix.