Date: Thursday, Jan 2nd 2014

Number of salvaged s2k's added to the list:

Copart: 14

IAAI: 50

 

Sorry for the bad pictures, but my spin story starts with me going to buy a truck at an extremely good deal. I live in Virginia and the truck I was buying was in Pennsylvania, about 4.5 hours away. So we set out and picked up the truck and on the way back as my friend was driving my s2000 it began raining and he took an exit ramp going to fast and spins out slamming against the side walk. The whole back axle snapped at the cv joints but didn't damage the differential. The knuckle completely snapped and and bent the hub. Also the driverside rear passenger wheel after being snapped off slammed into the fender and bent it outwards ! This was not a good night -_- after everything had to get it towed all the way home.

 

I understand your point, but it turns out that speeding is illegal. I won't say you can't speed, because you can. There's a difference between speeding 10 mphs over the speed limit, and speeding to the point where you most certainly would end up dead, or killing somebody else (in this case, upside-down with your car cut in half from a pole). I don't see why you find the urge to defend an underaged, drunk driver who recklessly put his and other's lives in danger as reasonable grounds for an argument.
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None of us witnessed this. None of us truly knows what happened. Until a toxicology report is completed, there is no way to know if the driver was drunk or even had been drinking. For all we know he was swerving to avoid something or someone in the road (wildlife, debris, another vehicle which left the scene, whatever). We don't know. And of course speed was a factor. He was driving down the road. He had to have been doing some level of speed. They just don't define it if was excessive speed for that road. Naturally it's expected that the reader will infer that the speed was excessive but that is never actually stated. We *could* assume the car wouldn't break in half unless the speed was incredibly high, but then there are those salvage cars with rebuilt titles which may not have been rebuilt properly and didn't have proper structural integrity. The possibilities are endless. Everyone here is free to discuss (and even debate) the topic all we want, but it's all just conjecture and discussion. May want to keep in mind that there isn't much point in getting too worked up over conjecture.

Hope everyone keeps the shiny side up in 2014.

 

I set out for a random evening drive on Halloween due to having no plans for the night, and ended up hitting the second of two elk crossing the freeway (I-90 in WA state). The front-passenger side of the vehicle sustained significant damage as you can see in the pictures below.





After a hefty repair bill which my insurance covered, the car was repaired and I am very satisfied with the work that was done. Below are pictures of my car the day after I got it back.

 

Glad it worked out eric.

 

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/loca...237829881.html
http://www.cbs8.com/story/24319319/t...rash-on-sr-125

Driver of this S2000, please step forward.

 

Considering the severity of the crash, it's possible he's not physically able to "step" anywhere at the moment. Hopefully he is focusing on recovering and not perusing internet forums.

 

Apparently he suffered head injuries. How do we know they weren't there before he crashed?

 

Because he was smart enough to buy an S2000. :-D

 

Hopefully the driver can retell the story to the group soon and a speedy recovery.