Haven't been around the boards for a long ass time. Nothing to really report on the car until now.
On June 24th I was driving down I-40 West with my girl to visit Asheville, NC. On cruise-control at 70mph in the right lane, I noticed an 18-wheeler pulling up next to me in the left lane. No big deal, right? We crest the hill, and he starts to fade back to what I assume was an attempt to just get back behind me in the right lane. In any case, he fades back, and comes over too soon, clipping the driver-side rear corner.
Going into a skid at 70mph on the highway is never preferable, but I actually thought I was going to pull it back...until the semi hit me again. This time I got spun 180 degrees around and the driver side of my car slammed into the driver side of the semi that hit me. At this point I'm pretty much hooked on to the semi and being dragged backwards as he's in a full skid trying to stop.
Eventually the skid slows enough to where my car, with me attempting to turn away from the truck, detaches and spins back around 180 degrees and across the front of the semi. I'm on three good wheels at this point and make it off the highway into the location in my first photo. But wait! There's more. As the semi skids past me, his trailer must have been mildly jack-knifing or something because I get popped one last time and the side curtain airbags blow.
Through all of this, my girlfriend suffered zero injuries, and all I had were abrasions to one knuckle and my left bicep due to the airbags popping.
Not once did the car ever feel like flipping. The seats held us firmly in place and the both of us have suffered no lingering effects like back pains or whiplash. The cabin, minus the airbags, was nearly spotless.
My FR-S definitely lost the fight, but it saved our ass. The happy ending to all this? Their insurance took good care of me and I just drove a 2014 Asphalt Monogram into my driveway yesterday. I will most definitely be creating a new thread for that one.
RIP EIGHTSIX 08/10/12 - 06/24/14
