Drove my BRZ today, crashed...
 

Actually happened on my way home Friday, car in front me got cut off, we both braked, I looked up to my rear view to make sure I wasn't going to get hit, looked down just as the guy in front of me hit his brakes harder, I did the same and my toe slipped off the pedal just before I came to stop. So while it was low speed, and his Equinox had only paints scuffs and scratches, his hard bumper hit just above mine pushing the top support bracket back along with everything attached to it. I will post more pics, still waiting to hear from the shop.

Well that sucks. No airbag deployment though so that is a good sign.

yeah, when my toe slipped off the pedal I pulled my head back as far as I could thinking "I am going to be so pissed..."


Because my hard bumper was below his the sensors completely dodged the impact, I am not sure if it would have even been hard enough to set them off had it been a direct hit.

They are 10mph impact sensors so it is possible you were under that speed. Like you said it was more the height of the other car that caused the issue. If you had hit flat on the damage would probably be far less. Always amazes me when you see how well the paint stands up to this sort of impact. A rock the size of a marble will chip to bare metal or plastic but a full impact results in some light scuffing and scratches.

I always have the same fear you have when braking hard. Its not can I stop its what about the jackass behind me that is way to close driving a 3/4 ton pickup. Can he stop?

Ouch, hate to see a fellow WRB like that, best of luck to you.

Perfect example why you should not replace the hoods on these cars, that hood bent exactly as it was suppose to, to avoid it being pushed into the passenger compartment.

Glad you are ok, and I hope you get it back on the road soon

In all fairness a replaced good of aftermarket type would have probably just broke in half and not pushed in to the passenger compartment.

OP: sorry to see your car like that:cry: it is a shame, and hope the resolution is satisfactory!

thanks for the best wishes guys, the wait to hear from the shop is brutal. They had it all day yesterday and said they would have the estimate together by COB...crickets so far. Their appraiser said he thought it would be fixable, but that the damage was more extensive than it appeared (not sure what that means). Hood and bumper are obvious, the top support bracket and the factory airbox (had perrin tube, also destroyed) and MAF are smashed (somewhat concerned about plastic bits getting into the engine as it ran for ~15sec after the impact and the MAF housing was disintegrated). Both fenders are buckled and pushed back near the doors, the frame connectors that the fenders are bolted to also looked tweaked.

More pics

Probably 10k :(

Waiting to hear from insurance company, estimate was $9k...going to come down to the wire.

What kind of shoes were you wearing that slipped?

socks :hide:

Won't do that again will you?

I think you could get some shoes for a bit under $9k so you don't have to drive in socks anymore.

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It's a shame, of course, but I couldn't help but laugh.

It's like that time when after telling my girlfriend multiple times how she shouldn't drive with flip-flops because it could get caught under the pedals and she would be f'd and she almost hit someone full force because they braked hard and her floppies got stuck under the gas pedal when she tried to quickly switch.

Livin' (luckily) and learning (hopefully)...

Have you seen the price of shoes lately?


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Damn! Glad you are ok.


Did you know, It is illegal to drive in NM without shoes on because of these nasty little guys...


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Those look difficult to drive in (or walk, for that matter). I'll take my chances with socks.

OH SHIT Should be illegal to LIVE there with those things around!

Next time drive bare foot. barefoot wont slip. :paddle:

At least twin owners mount their aftermarket hoods properly. In my other life in the Jeep community, a lot of Cherokee owners think venting the engine bay will relieve engine overheating issues (it doesn't), but they don't want to cut into their hoods. Instead, they install spacers on the hinges to open the back of the engine bay as shown below. I feel like it's a miracle we haven't yet had a decapitation.

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My 58 Ford hood opened backwards and with it's lack of two catches and tendency to lift a bit at speed it always sort of worried me. No crumple zones or bend points meant it was coming right through the windshield in the event of a crash.


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My Triumph would do that between 100 and 110 MPH. I tried like hell to get my latches adjusted so it would stay latched. Then it occurred to me I probably shouldn't be going over 100 MPH on the freeway and stopped having that problem.

That's incredibly common on drift cars as well, and higher hp imports, and even twins.

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Did you have shoes in the car, or did you get out and just chill in your socks?

yeah, I typically drive barefoot, especially if I am actually "driving". Friday was just a bad combination of low temperature and lack of humidity. My pedals were ice cold when I got in the car, so I kept my socks on, but since it was so dry my feet were clearly moving around too much inside my socks.


Either way, I heard back from the shop, and they got the go ahead from my insurance to go ahead and fix it. Although they said to make sure claims has a note regarding the fact that my MAF housing was in a million pieces and there is a good chance some of them ended up in the engine.

You must have tough feet. I moved my car about 10 yards in bare feet once and those bloody pedals hurt!

I think the pedals in my Z06 toughened them up, those things had teeth/edges that could straight gash you if you hit them the wrong way.

What in the actual fuck?

What are you, a dirty hippie? Stop driving barefoot lol.

I like being totally connected :Wub:

Oh yeah you were totally connected alright. Your car's face totally connected right up to the Equinox's asshole.

That is what the MT is for.


There are worse things than bare feet for driving


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better to give than receive?

Just ignore the guys giving you shit. You screwed up. You admitted you screwed up. You didn't try to blame anybody else for the screw up. That goes a long way in my books.


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I too drive with no shoes, mainly because I live in Florida and like to kick off the flipflops. Much easier to feel the clutch transition.

In the summer I also drive barefoot if I am wearing flip flops.