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Why are we assuming the electronic aids were on? The car's electronics can only save you so much...I'm willing to bet that IF the driver was racing, the electronics were turned off. I know when I go (safely) have fun with the RWD, I turn the electronics off. I also went to an empty parking lot in the rain to see how the car handles without the aids; it's a totally different car. I fully plan to go back in the snow and at least a few more times in the rain to understand the dynamics. I suggest you all do too.
For reference, I managed to do several thousand dollars of damage to my WRX in the wet. It was cold, it had rained earlier (but not at the time of the fuck up), driving a stretch of road I drove daily for years, and I was on all-season tires. AWD is defeatable, electronic aids are defeatable; life will put you in a situation where nothing can help you. Learn from those mistakes, try not to make them again. Learn from this guys mistake, preferably. Save yourself the money, headaches, and guilty conscience.
Requisite comment about insurance because I'm young and it's expensive, but at least this wasn't a BRZ...
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