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12-20-2012, 01:06 PM | #1 |
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My First Mistake
About a month ago I made my first mistake with the BRZ. I was with a friend who just moved back into town (from the East Coast) and had never ridden in a BRZ before but we both followed the car fanatically for years. Knowing he would appreciate it we went for a drive and to have a bit of fun...
The drive went well and we were at the tail end of an hour long journey when I pulled up to my favorite spot to do burn outs. I like this spot because it's a low traffic T intersection with a wide berth and no obstacles. I pulled up along the vertical axis of the T, came to a complete stop and turned the traction control off. As you can imagine, things didn't go as expected. The conditions were saturated (very rainy) and I kept my foot on the gas a bit too long. The car came to an abrubt stop shortly after sliding off the road. I didn't really think much of it, I got out and checked for damages and didn't see any. I realized later I was wrong, there was some damage to the underbody and I had to call my insurance. Wah-wahhhh TL : DR Took a corner too hard after a stop sign with my traction control off and heavy rain, ended up sliding off the road. $2,500 in damages, all repair work has been completed and the car is new and beautiful again.
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And people wonder why insurance rates are high
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It wasn't even really a crash, it was at 20mph tops, I didn't come in contact with anyone or anything else except for some dirt. Honestly couldn't even tell there were damages until I got low enough to see the under side.
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Dirt generally doesn't bend things, you probably hit some rocks. Hope you learned something.
My 01 S2000 was just totaled out from a deer and it turns out insurance for me with a BRZ would be the same price as it was with the S2000. *shrug* |
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it's idiots like you that made the rest of us pay higher insurance premiums. You don't deserve to drive this car. get off the road.
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*shrug* What I learned is that I don't have as much control as I thought I did, its been humbling. I will continue to make mistakes and I will never stop learning.
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Making mistakes is part of life, it's how you learn. Just make sure not to damage/hurt anyone else by making mistakes on public roads
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Dude fuck these people that are giving you shit, whatever you made a mistake. I did pretty much the same thing as you but I hit an embankment and blew out both passenger tires and damaged front bumber, same sheet metal damage as you. It ended up costing $5,000. Took 3 weeks but its back and I learned avaluable lesson. I now never take off TRC and SVC completely unless in an empty parking lot. Sport mode is fun enough on roads.
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Lesson learned, glad its fixed though...
and as far as insurance mine actually went down $30 a month from a 2011 Eclipse GT (3.8L V6) |
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