oh great another young n00b
oh great another young n00b
Hey guys how's it goin? I'm new here (big revelation there) Have an EVO well actually had an EVO, (details on that below.) After over a year of looking at basically every interesting car out there I finally drove an EVO. They're astounding. 
FTW
Now back to the HAD part
I crashed it in the rain. not even going fast or messing around. but I found a semi trailer on my second correction.
I was in an industrial park coming home from work and one of the other machine shops in the area had spilled a massive amount (50 gal.) of coolant out of one of their machines onto the road (shop is like six feet off the road) the rain concealed that fact until I was sideways, clutch in going twenty five MPH staring into the parking lot of the shop. (it was at his moment I realized something may be wrong) I cranked the wheel right, WAY WAY too far and swing the car the other direction, doing a rolling donut that sends me into a parked semi trailer across the street driver's A pillar first. No injuries but the car definitely needed some work. I got out of the car, spit the glass pebbles out of my mouth and said "Man, I wsh I was a better driver" It's still in the shop now. Adding insult to injury, I had the car FOUR DAYS!!!!!!!!
FTWNow back to the HAD part
I crashed it in the rain. not even going fast or messing around. but I found a semi trailer on my second correction.
I was in an industrial park coming home from work and one of the other machine shops in the area had spilled a massive amount (50 gal.) of coolant out of one of their machines onto the road (shop is like six feet off the road) the rain concealed that fact until I was sideways, clutch in going twenty five MPH staring into the parking lot of the shop. (it was at his moment I realized something may be wrong) I cranked the wheel right, WAY WAY too far and swing the car the other direction, doing a rolling donut that sends me into a parked semi trailer across the street driver's A pillar first. No injuries but the car definitely needed some work. I got out of the car, spit the glass pebbles out of my mouth and said "Man, I wsh I was a better driver" It's still in the shop now. Adding insult to injury, I had the car FOUR DAYS!!!!!!!!
This is the third person in 3 days that I have read about crashing their Evo. All within the first month of ownership and all claimed to be driving normally. Some bad luck. Is insurence citing you at fault?
My brother was driving his new 05 Mustang GT at 40 mph and had a tree crash down from nowhere and crush his car. Almost totaled it.
Good luck with the claim. Be glad you are ok.
My brother was driving his new 05 Mustang GT at 40 mph and had a tree crash down from nowhere and crush his car. Almost totaled it.
Good luck with the claim. Be glad you are ok.
Fault was placed on road conditions. trust me, I'm very glad to be breathing. I watched the semi coming in at eye level and wondered" is this where I die?" turns out I wasn't trying hard enough. luckily.
However, I still had enough grip to where had I not MASSIVELY overcorrected,I would have been fine. M last car's steering is about twice as slow as an EVO's
On the subject of my driving normally, I'm fully aware that my credibility is crap due to my being 18 years old but I was on my way home from work having finished a 5-4 shift and While I was there filing out the report, an impala slid into the parking lot across the street from that machine shop. and that was after the rain had stopped. That changed the cop's attitude too. I wasn't going fast and I'm getting my car back. damage being less that $4000 to the car. Only thing I did to the semi truck was polish the lower edge of the frame.
I'll try to resize and post an image of the aftermath but like the title states, I'm a noob.
However, I still had enough grip to where had I not MASSIVELY overcorrected,I would have been fine. M last car's steering is about twice as slow as an EVO's
On the subject of my driving normally, I'm fully aware that my credibility is crap due to my being 18 years old but I was on my way home from work having finished a 5-4 shift and While I was there filing out the report, an impala slid into the parking lot across the street from that machine shop. and that was after the rain had stopped. That changed the cop's attitude too. I wasn't going fast and I'm getting my car back. damage being less that $4000 to the car. Only thing I did to the semi truck was polish the lower edge of the frame.
I'll try to resize and post an image of the aftermath but like the title states, I'm a noob.
The A pillar is actually still one piece in the pic. I had a garbage bag over the window while it was raining to try to keep the water on the outside of the car. All other panels are good, aligned, no dents from the right rear, the car looks fine. drivers door window and windshield are toast, A pillar is kinked, Roof bent but did not crease, sunroof didn't break. The plan on that is to see if it comes back up when they cut the A pillar.
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Here she is the day before I crashed it. I took so many picturtes of this car. Has anybody noticed how well a small digital camera fits into that weird little pocket in the dash near your left knee?
Yea, had I been going more than 25 when I started to slide (big wide lanes, no real need to slow down normally on this street) I know for a fact I would have been history. The first thing the tow truck driver said, obviously assuming I was just a gawker and that the driver was in an ambulance somewere, was "Where's all the blood?) I'm like 
and then he looks at m, giving him this look of WTF, batman? Pretty funny to look back on.
In reality, though the A pillar was still about 2.5 feet from my face. Although the backwards/sideways sliding action may have brought a nasty end also.
Low speed or not, though, I've been looking at breathing in a whole new way since last tuesday. Car should be done within the next week to ten days if the body shop's original estimate holds true. fingers are crossed. I'm so sick of my old car. It's a '98 ford contour with the 88 Horsepower four.
and then he looks at m, giving him this look of WTF, batman? Pretty funny to look back on. In reality, though the A pillar was still about 2.5 feet from my face. Although the backwards/sideways sliding action may have brought a nasty end also.
Low speed or not, though, I've been looking at breathing in a whole new way since last tuesday. Car should be done within the next week to ten days if the body shop's original estimate holds true. fingers are crossed. I'm so sick of my old car. It's a '98 ford contour with the 88 Horsepower four.
