Thank you brzcountsright for your post.
I sold my rapidly disintegrating 2001 VW Jetta for $275 and purchased a used 2017 BRZ series.yellow (#1213) with less than 5000 miles on it. Loved it.
After about 5 months, a young fellow decided he'd turn left into a driveway on one side of the apex of a hill while I was approaching the apex from the other side; had time to move the wheel to the left,
but more or less T-boned him squarely between the front and rear passenger doors, my air bags did not deploy.
The crumple design of the BRZ pushed the impact into the RF tire. I felt the hard stop but nothing more. It took my insurance company about three months to process and finally declare it a total loss. Although I had no fault in the accident, I lost about $2000 out of pocket.
After several months I found another used 2017 series.yellow (#1148) and had a similar experience as brzcountsright upon my return to the cockpit. I commute 30 mi each way for work and the BRZ consistently tilts the intolerable to a fun experience (admittedly I now approach that hilltop with extra caution though).