Another FR-S Down
 

SO my beloved Sylvia had her life cut short yesterday....

I was cruising down the highway in the left hand lane slowing down for traffic, the right lane was busy and had a break in front of a diner. A lady who was pulling out of the diner did not look left and pulled right out to try and make it. I was unable to see her until it was to late due to the car in the next lane. I asked her if someone had waved her on and she said no at the time, so im not ever sure why she tried to make a left turn on that road. Its one of busiest roads around here and you NEVER make a left turn without being absolutely positive.

I got beat up pretty good, pretty sure Sylvia is totaled. I took a look at her once she was towed, the support bars under the hood were bent and the firewall was pushed back about an inch on the passenger side.

First real accident I've ever been involved in, I was kinda shocked more so after the fact. When I got hit, the car barely had just came to a stop and I was out of the car making sure the other driver was okay.

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sry 2 hear, keep us posted!

WIll do, Just happy my wife and daughter were not in the car with me.

Looks like she must have floored it to try to make the gap. Another one down but kept the driver intact!

Good to hear your family wasn't in the car! Sucks about the accident though. I've learned there is no shortage of bad drivers on the road.

She most certainly did. I had hit my brakes and swerved left to avoid it, had she hit her brakes we never would have touched.

That'll buff right out.

Also, sucks to see that happen. Glad to know you're alright. That's the important thing.

Ouch! Painful photo; glad everyone was ok. Once again the twins earn their top safety ratings. You obviously love Sylvia, I hope Sylvia's successor takes as much care of you as she did.

As for the other driver, and what he/she attempted to do (cutting across a double yellow line, crossing multiple lanes of traffic, on a busy road), I see it much too often. There is no second thought of, "hey I could be dead in the next 2 seconds because there are 2 ton heavy things coming at me"... they just think, "damn, I need to get over there, NOW!" I swear it never used to be this way, and it's getting worse on a daily basis.


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Unfortunately I have been in this scenario many times, people taking the "JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL" mentality as they shoot across a busy highway to make a left hand turn. However this lady I believe instead of looking left as she came out, decided to look right at the cars on the other side.

Glad that you are ok! Feel for you and your car. RIP :(

If this were to occur in the future with me, I'd probably be in tears.

That sucks, sorry. Glad nobody's hurt. Such a stupid thing for her to do. Had some close calls, lots of stupid drivers out there. Some people in big suv's only see other big suv's. We are at a disadvantage being in a small low sports car. Had a guy timing a light not see me still in the intersection when he plowed into me, spinning me 360*. I was ok but my little opel gt was badly damaged... but not totalled.

Glad no one was hurt. Godspeed to your "Sylvia". Hoping insurance will total out your car and buy a 2016.

The main thing is you're safe and sound - and if you think about it, the car has done its' job in protecting you. RIP.

Now, that's a shame .....:cry:

Not a hell-of-a-lot you could have done to prevent it.

That street configuration seems to call for a lot of people to do stupid things ....:mad0260:



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