So I spun my car onto a curb tonight. I was hoping to get some advice on what I need to look for as far as damage/potential problems.

I was making a left turn from a light at about 30 in heavy rain (no, I wasnt pushing her) and all of a sudden the back end just goes no where...I spin and end up rolling up onto a curb backwards; at first she didnt want to turn, but she fired up again after a few tries and I simply rolled her off and went straight home.

There doesnt appear to be any damage and shes driving fine. I'm thinking I should take her into the dealership tomorrow to get everything checked out.

I don't know how I didnt hit anyone, or how everyone avoided me, but I'm really thankful that things didnt turn out way worse... I mean, I ended up facing oncoming traffic with a rear wheel on the sidewalk.

Any advice on what to look out for as far as problems/damage would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

damn...that sucks...but the good thing is that you are ok and that it really could have been a lot worse.

One thing you definitely want to do is get an alignment.

Angel

 

you got really lucky

 

30mph in the heavy rain is TO FAST, specially if you have bald tires.

 

The dealership *should* be capable of checking for any noticeable damage and doing an alignment of the vehicle.

 

How were the condition of your tires and what kind of tires are you running?

 

The tires are fine, the car only has 6000 miles on it. All I can think of is that I hit a puddle or something.

 

been there done that-
put mine into the curb through a left turn too.
except mine resulted in a power slide into the curb. i got control just before the curb, so was lucky not to bend the rim.
plenty of curb rash, and mashed in quarter panel and exhaust- my solutions:
1. rebend the rear quarter panel by hand (using a piece of wood to reshape)- not a hard job and easy to make it reshape to new condition....
2. replace the exhaust - good excuse to get a spugen dual oval!
3. rubbing compound out the rear quarter panel.
result:
new car, except for wheel- will replace the wheels with gt3s in the next couple of months (wanted to wait for the tires to be worn!).

 

another reason why OEM SO2 is downright dnagerous for wet condition.

 

They are not "downright dangerous" - but 30 mph in a 90 degree turn (like at a light) is too fast in heavy rain. In any RWD car people need to slow down. Go watch F1 in the rain. You'll notice their lap times are slower. Make sense now?

I can't imagine if some of the "S02's are death traps" people were driving Carerras's in the 80's. Thank god there wasn't web access back then.