hood flew open
 

i was driving to the race track about 45 minutes ago on the freeway and i see my hood shutter kinda {i was going to pull off and close it all the way}, then 2 seconds later it flys open and smashs my windshield.i could only see under the hood like a inch and the freeway was crowded luckily i had my glasses or else i would of swerved everywhere and died. ---- i dont know if i should sell the car like it is now window and hood all fucked up or fix it.

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fix it then sell it

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pics :)

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unlatch the hood and finish the job :y

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Wow never could have seen something like that happening on such a solid car like the 20year old Z. ::)Just burn the ------- piece of ----,get your insurance money and walk away.That thing is a death trap,money pit and not worth the time it would take me to climb on what is left of the hood to take a big fat ----.

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now that seals th edeal, that car is a ------- piece of ----.

id try to sell it for 200 dollars and cut my losses

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i popped the big dent out but it has a million more dents from hitting it with the hammer ill put that back on and im going to sell it on ebay or autotrader for $1000

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haha my hood flew up on me twice on my old crx.

loudest KKKKKKKERRR SMASH you'll ever hear in a car LOL

its funny cause it goes in like slow motion...

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tuname where are you from?? i thought i saw a old 280 on the freeway and it looks like the one under your name and you said you were going to the track (our local track runs tonight) are you in sd?

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its a 300zx and i live in az i was going west down the us60

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ok never mind, it wasnt you (i thought you were local)

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to much ---- to fix

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i hate this car. hopefully ill make 900 atleast.

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lmao.

Were you working on the car and didnt have it latched down the whole way or what?

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i was fixing my head light switch i fixed it so i could drive at night without getting pulled over i think i unlatched it just to check that all my ---- was good before i went but then my dad was telling me to hurry up and stuff then i forgot about it. oh well maybe ill get hood pins on my next car because i am forgetfull.

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A lot of people here don't like the idea of hood pins, but this is a prime example why its not that bad of an idea.

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that happened to a friend of mine inhis crx flew open on the way home form arizona broke his carbon fiber hood and winshield and a bunch of ----