I crashed my S2000
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From: Santa Cruz
Thanks for all the kind words!
I just spoke with the mechanic. Total damage was $9100. It looks like just about everything in front of the engine will need to be replaced. Both headlights, radiator, airbags, etc... I should get the car back by the middle of March. The mechanic told me they had the car apart and I could come see it. I'll try to take some pictures today or Monday and get them online. And yes, the driver side airbag is pink???
-boka
I just spoke with the mechanic. Total damage was $9100. It looks like just about everything in front of the engine will need to be replaced. Both headlights, radiator, airbags, etc... I should get the car back by the middle of March. The mechanic told me they had the car apart and I could come see it. I'll try to take some pictures today or Monday and get them online. And yes, the driver side airbag is pink???
-boka
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From: South Bay
ouch! glad to hear that you were able to get out and walk away. Looks like your car will be back in action in no time. Amazing little car we have eh? Does make me feel safe! Cars are always repairable/ replacable, but our body...given the choice, better the car... Good luck.
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From: Ex-pat f/Melbourne, Au. Now in
Nothing a few buckets of Bondo won't fix!! 
Seriously Boka...sorry to hear about your mishap. I take it VERY carefully here in Michigan, as I have read the posts about the cold tires and am worried. I've completed 460 miles so far after 2 weeks of ownership.
Day after I picked up my Spa S2K, I was taking an exit ramp (gradual to tightening right hander) and I hit a patch of snow/ice. Back end stepped out big time at about 65mph, and luckily for me I managed to catch it.....not before having to use a little of the 'rumble strip' apex on the side of the road. No damage at all to the car though as the kerb was one of those very gradual rising types - just like the rumble strip on the side of a racetrack.
Although I have had many years of driving experience on the racetrack, and have previously held a CAMS Australian Competition racing Licence (just haven't renewed it this year as I'm living in the 'states now), I have to admit that I was lucky though. I've recovered more than once losing the back end at over 105mph, but that was on a racetrack which was consistently DRY. Also when it is consistently wet, it is much easier to bring a car back from the dark side. It's just when you have intermittent patches of ice/snow and dry road that the car behaves unpredicatbly and is very difficult to know what the car is going to do - much less the driver!
BTW, not sure how many miles you have on your Stook, but you have to give the tires about 300 miles until all the mold release agents have expelled themselves from the tires. They won't grip well at all until then. Add cold weather to the equation and it will take even longer for the tires to 'warm to the party'.
Don't lose any sleep over it....this could have happened to anybody. Kudos to you my friend for being man enough to admit your error to the rest of the group. Not that I ever wished that you had to be the Guinea Pig here, but your experience may just help somebody else avoid the same unfortunate fate. Glad to hear that you are ok and that your beloved Stook will be fixed shortly. Spring and summer are not too far away!
Also, on a side note - how loud were the airbags, do/did you have any ringing ears aferwards and did your face hit the airbags in the accident? Is there white resin powder all over the interior of your car now?
Keep smiling!
Seriously Boka...sorry to hear about your mishap. I take it VERY carefully here in Michigan, as I have read the posts about the cold tires and am worried. I've completed 460 miles so far after 2 weeks of ownership.
Day after I picked up my Spa S2K, I was taking an exit ramp (gradual to tightening right hander) and I hit a patch of snow/ice. Back end stepped out big time at about 65mph, and luckily for me I managed to catch it.....not before having to use a little of the 'rumble strip' apex on the side of the road. No damage at all to the car though as the kerb was one of those very gradual rising types - just like the rumble strip on the side of a racetrack.
Although I have had many years of driving experience on the racetrack, and have previously held a CAMS Australian Competition racing Licence (just haven't renewed it this year as I'm living in the 'states now), I have to admit that I was lucky though. I've recovered more than once losing the back end at over 105mph, but that was on a racetrack which was consistently DRY. Also when it is consistently wet, it is much easier to bring a car back from the dark side. It's just when you have intermittent patches of ice/snow and dry road that the car behaves unpredicatbly and is very difficult to know what the car is going to do - much less the driver!
BTW, not sure how many miles you have on your Stook, but you have to give the tires about 300 miles until all the mold release agents have expelled themselves from the tires. They won't grip well at all until then. Add cold weather to the equation and it will take even longer for the tires to 'warm to the party'.
Don't lose any sleep over it....this could have happened to anybody. Kudos to you my friend for being man enough to admit your error to the rest of the group. Not that I ever wished that you had to be the Guinea Pig here, but your experience may just help somebody else avoid the same unfortunate fate. Glad to hear that you are ok and that your beloved Stook will be fixed shortly. Spring and summer are not too far away!
Also, on a side note - how loud were the airbags, do/did you have any ringing ears aferwards and did your face hit the airbags in the accident? Is there white resin powder all over the interior of your car now?
Keep smiling!
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My condolences, boka. Wow, you haven't even hit VTEC yet...that's kind of like having someone else sleep with your wife on your wedding night!
So sorry. But like everyone says, it'll be good as new when you get it back!
So sorry. But like everyone says, it'll be good as new when you get it back!
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From: Sellersburg
OUCH! Thats horrible! I'm so afraid of that happening to me...
My first incident with the back tires slipping was the first time I tried to pull out of my relatively level driveway with about an inch of snow on the ground. The back went loose traveling at about 2 mph- or should I say attempting to travel at 2mph. I think I was going slower than that because the car never moved. The thing just slid sideways more each time I tried to move.
I eventually got back into the driveway (didn't have to turn around really...the car eventually did it for me) and parked it for the winter. I really had nowhere to go and just wanted to see how it handled in snow. Now I know...its like Bambi on ice.
-B
My first incident with the back tires slipping was the first time I tried to pull out of my relatively level driveway with about an inch of snow on the ground. The back went loose traveling at about 2 mph- or should I say attempting to travel at 2mph. I think I was going slower than that because the car never moved. The thing just slid sideways more each time I tried to move.
I eventually got back into the driveway (didn't have to turn around really...the car eventually did it for me) and parked it for the winter. I really had nowhere to go and just wanted to see how it handled in snow. Now I know...its like Bambi on ice.
-B
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Only in Wyoming could you wreck you car by hitting a moose!
I laughed at that, Barry, although I imagine the moose didn't think it was funny.
I don't mean to be critical of anyone, but after all of the posts on this board about the horrible preformance of the Bridgestones in cold, wet weather, nobody should be driving this car in those conditions without winter tires. Otherwise, it's like begging for an accident.
I laughed at that, Barry, although I imagine the moose didn't think it was funny.I don't mean to be critical of anyone, but after all of the posts on this board about the horrible preformance of the Bridgestones in cold, wet weather, nobody should be driving this car in those conditions without winter tires. Otherwise, it's like begging for an accident.
