Hello all. Well I never thought I would make one of these threads but my S2000 is dead as of 11/22/07.

First of all I have had my car for 3 1/2 years and multiple autocrosses under my belt so im no noob when it comes to this car. Im just telling my story so that others may realize that this can happen to any of us. We must all be extremely careful.

I'll keep it short but here it goes:

I was driving home, non aggressivly, it was raining and cold. The car hydroplaned. I let off the gas slightly and corrected the steering but the car whipped back and just shot off the road. The car went down into a 10ft. ditch and hit nose first and then it rolled on the driver side hitting some trees. I had my seatbelt on but my airbags did not deploy for some reason.?.?. When the car rolled on its side a tree crashed through the soft top and was about 6 inches infront of my head.

I was extremely lucky although I recieved a mild concussion, dislocated shoulder, torn ac ligament, and two cracked ribs.

Hopefully this will send a message to members of this site to be extremely careful. I never thought this would ever happen to me but it goes to show you that none of us are invisible.

 

dam dude that sukcs! didnt even recognize it...sorry to hear bout your injuries n hope u feeling better...i got into a little accident myself couple weeks ago too, but not nearly as bad as yours.

on the other hand, parting out? im in neeed let me know dude

 

^ Definatly parting out. I would rather not piece it back together and take a chance. Im on the look out for another s2k as we speak.

 

All you had to say.....

 

^ I know. Drove in it a million times but all it takes is one time

 

Sorry to hear

The important thing is that you are safe, and nothing too bad happened.

Good luck in your search for a new S.

 

very glad that you're ok. this incident and story doesnt sound to good

 

Thanks for all the support guys. I lost my baby but at least im alive to build another one. Something like this puts everything back in perspective.

 

glad to see you are ok. heal up quickly and get back in another nfr!

 

When you over correct for a slide the way the car snaps back around the other way can be downright nasty, and this car is EASY to overcorrect, espcially when traction is degraded.

Millertown15, we spend most of our time here chatting about other things, but the most important thing an S2000 owner can learn is the lesson you've offered us here. I've been autocrossing for over two decades; I do a little play drifting with my S2000 sometimes, and I use to practice sliding our cars around on lake Huron in the winter when the ice was thick enough. I know as well as anyone how to handle a car when it starts to slide, but the S2000 can be a very unforgiving car, and it takes care to avoid trouble. The car makes us bold, becuae it does so many things so well, but once it gets out of hand it takes more than skill to gather it back up. It takes luck, and more of it than most of us have on tap. This kind of thing can (and does) happen to ANY of us, and the ones who think it can't happen to them are the ones who are most likely to exceed their skill level and get into trouble. Thanks for shareing your grief. I have to believe that threads like this do help remind us all that this kind of thing can happen to anyone.

Sorry to hear that you got so banged up, but I guess it could have been worse. Having a tree between the windshield and roll bars is SCARY. Six inches is WAY too close for comfort. Thank goodness it didn't smack your head. A good friend of mine was seriously injured in that very way about two years ago, and he's never going to recover fully. It does seem funny to say that you're lucky, when you're car is smashed and you're in pain, but you had a mighty close call, and we're lucky to have you here to tell us about it.

Cracked ribs can be a bitch. Make sure they give you a sufficient supply of pain pills.