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

They aren't THAT bad. Though considering how many FR-S have been crashed, I wonder about them.

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.

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*

Yes it was, you lost control of the vehicle.

That was really dumb. Really, really dumb. What on Earth possessed you to do that?

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.

Woah. Harsh.

*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.

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 :)

I went out to a parking lot and gave up after 5 minutes. The car is unruly without TCS in the wet.

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.

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)

lmao... harsh indeed