goforwand

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Thank God you're OK Kevin......must have been some kind of scary feeling with fuel dumping into the car!

smokedmustang

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Thanks again guys for the well wishes, and I am glad the kids were not in the car with me. At impact the wiring harness was cut, and it was dark outside when this happened, and once the power was cut, there was NO light inside the car either. The only light I could see was the oncoming cars, and it was VERY SMOKEY inside the car (Airbag propellent) and the smell of fuel was strong like I dumped 5 gallons of it in the car. The wires on the wiring harness were arcing on the metal up front, so I am glad it didn't ignite, and am also glad I didn't get knocked out. It was a scary ride for sure.

I never checked the tires to make sure they were put on the right direction, it was done by a large nationwide chain. Those were my winter tires to drive the car if I needed to over the winter. I usually put the car on jackstands over the winter, and work on it in the garage. Again, thanks for the kind words.

W0459732

sorry for ure loss, glad u are ok. i had a close call myself. My evo and me were lucky

sasessiontc

Sorry to hear about this. I will miss seeing this beautiful car around :/

SWOLN

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Wow sorry to see that, but I'm glad you're not leaving. Any possibility it could have been a wheel bearing ceased up for a second? Good luck, glad you are okay.

EJEvo

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Holy crap - it sounds like you were extremely lucky to not have the thing turn into a fireball! I'm also happy to hear the pole didn't slice further into the passenger compartment. Glad you're ok. You were wise to keep it from sliding sideways into the pole: not only is that dangerous, but the Evo has a low side impact crash rating to begin with.

The backwards mounted tires could definitely cause traction issues (we tried some at the track in the dry and it was dangerous at track speeds), but the only way I can see them causing you to veer right so quickly would be to hit a fairly long stretch of standing water. Otherwise, it sounds like suspension failure somewhere.

btleier

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holy **** man.... good to hear that you're ok. the car can always be replaced.

sti2s2k2evo

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Ouch man I almost did the same today was pouring outside and I was getting on the freeway gave it a little too much gas rear started coming around I countered and drove up the lil hill nothing to major oe lip got a little scraped and wheels full of mud haha.

Evoimport6

That sucks!!! Good to hear you are OK.

staatz

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damn..glad your okay!

Extas

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That's a spectacular crash, glad you're ok.

MYEVOVIII

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Man so sorry , but glad your OK . As many have said before you can always replace a car but not a person. Hope you will get another Evo

scheides

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Smoked! Glad you're ok man, sorry you smoked that pole, yeow! Time for an IX maybe?

05evo8noob

good thing your ok may be cause your tire on the front is on the wrong side look at the rotation imo.

EvoGLH

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Glad to hear you're OK, Kev.


You must have an awesome guardian angel: looks like the pole almost directly hit - and triggered - the airbag sensor (near the fender) a mere fraction of a second before severing the power cables.

Hope to see ya in another Evo ...soon! (in time for WWIV ??)