I didn't know he asked for your advice . I'm sure he knows what he did and he doesn't have to share it. Who are you ? One thing is for sure, he has learned from his mistake.
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He sure is asking for a lot of help with very few details.
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I already posted it, but to this is my guess. It sounds like he slid the rear out by using the power, but he used too much power. The rear just kept rotating, threw him off the road and into the tree going backwards. I've done it before on track, went off onto the grass no trees luckily.

That's why I dont get it when people say hold the power while sliding. You are supposed to lift up, but not lift up to the point that you are OFF the power.

 

OK, I am a newbie to this forum but have spent a lot of time on motorcycle forums, like SVrider.com.

In my experience, no one posts about a crash without a detailed description of what (they think) happened. This is one of the ways you learn from forums such as this. I wouldn't necessarily call it courtesy, but not to do so, sort of disrespects the forum. Heck, on SVrider, there were dedicated threads for this (crashes). It helped everyone to keep on their toes.

So I agree with the poster about lack of details on the actual accident. Maybe he doesn't know what happened, in which case he might learn something if he just admits it and asks for opinions. Maybe he does know what happened in which case we might learn something from his description.

All the other stuff about parting out the car etc. is a totally different subject.

 

I'll tell you what happened based one what I've read here so far.

OP is inexperienced with rwd (six years of driving, three months with the S) and basically floored it through a 90 degree intersection without regard for the road or conditions. Maybe he hit a patch of sand that commonly collects in the intersection, maybe he crested the crown of the road and unloaded the suspension, but he was carrying a lot of speed into a narrow area and lost control of the car. Once the car lost grip, it spun around and found a tree before it could come to a stop on its own. Since trees don't move, the damage went into the car - even at 30 mph, its 3,000 pounds and something had to absorb the energy.

The moral of the story is, don't drive 10/10 on the street. If you're a young driver and new to rwd, learn about it and respect it, don't treat the S like a fwd econobox.

 

except on the Dragon.


11/10

 

x100000

 

It seems like every few days there's a new "I crashed my car" thread that pops up on here. I guess too many young kids trying to show off or just don't know how to properly drive. Based on all these threads you'd think the s2k was some kind of death trap, but I've found it very controllable and never had an issue with the rear end stepping out unless I was (intentionally) being a jackass. Take a trip to go karting to get more familiar w/ rwd and take your car to an auto-x to learn the limits of your car.

 

 

My car goes up in value every day.

 

sad to say , I agree ...used to be much diff demographics with regard to age and income. so much diff I often feel bad for the car the owner is posting about ..i.e more low , is as dumb as the day is long , but I'm old what do I know