OK...
first let me clarify several things before I begin to tell the details...
I am not a new member. I have been a member for say 3 or 4 years, I just rarely ever post, theres no need to for sum people. The reason I havent posted this in the first place is because my computer has been down off and on and in all of that time I wasnt worried about sharing pics of the wreck...
Details, here ya go...
The STi was a gift for his 16th B-Day...it was either that or a G35 or S2000...him and his family drove to Dallas to a dealership and drove it home to hot springs, Arkansas, where I live. He had had the car for about three months when the wreck happened...
It was Feb 10, 2005, me and him were at Taco Bell at around 8:40 and decided to catch a 9 o clock movie. Since I had my car I followed him back to his house and then we both got into his car...
Now, the temperature was about 29 degrees or so, and the roads were wet but it was not raining...
We took a back road to the movies, which you have to understand, a back road in Arkansas is 2 lanes single yellow line no shoulder, trees to the right, mailboxes to the left, speed limit 25...This particular was very curvy. We made a left onto the road, and took the first sharp bend within a second after that at about 35 mph, which was a right turn, we then traveled up a small hill hitting 55 in like, well you know STi acceleration. When the road leveled out we hit about 65 on a small stretch and then slowed to around 50-55.
This is where things went wrong, the next corner was meant to be taken at a very slow speed, mainly because it was a very sharp ABRUPT right hander...remember that the roads are wet, and on top of that there is a slight to medium fog...we continued at a constant speed and entered the quick turn at like I said about 50...at the exact same time another car was coming entering the turn from the opposite direction. The light fog and the headlights of the other car made it nearly impossible to see...We entered the turn and lost rear traction. Now, most of you are probably going to criticize me for saying that, because the STi is all wheel drive, and we would have to going faster to lose rear traction. Well for some reason that particular part of the turn is very slippery, slippery enough that the car that came down the road next lost control too. It may have been black ice, being that it was wet and below freezing, but we still are not sure why we lost traction. Anyway, the rear broke loose, and we went into a slide. This was not good with a car coming in the opposite lane, and since it was pretty clear that If my friend didnt take control soon we would hit the other car head on. Well my friend tried to correct the vehicle but he overcorrected it and we gained control for a split second, but we were in the other lane, so in one continuous motion he swerved to miss the oncoming car. Our back left fender clipped the car however and sent us off the road. Well the first real damage was from hitting about a 4 foot in diameter tree head on, on the passenger side, my side, this sent the car into a spin. We spun four times and took out about 30 feet of small trees and came to a complete stop halfway into a ditch, backwards, and bottomed out like a see saw pretty much. And thats how it happened.
Dont believe me still, I was just trying to share an experience...here proof, I took a picture of a piece of the car that I still have, take it or leave it...
Its the back bottom part of the rear door...
By the way...the officer who arrived first on the scene lost control also but gained it quickly. he gave Stevan, my friend a ticket for FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL...what an ass! at least it was a speeding ticket, I guess.
And we did walk away with a few scratches, no broken bones, no bruises. Just a heartache from wrecking an awesome piece of Japanese machinery.
P.S the airbags did not do any damage, TYP-27R, remember, they are made for safety STOOPID
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