^ The battery got knocked off of the camera once we hit the tree

 

S2KPUDDYDAD - The point that you really is missing is that simply crashing a car into a pole doesnt constitute a life changing experience..... That term is reserved for a truly significant events and shouldnt be used loosely. So sad = car totalled. Everyone walked away to drink another day. And that my friend is a very good thing.

I dont have much else to say here.

 

it doesnt consitute a life changing expierence for YOU. just try and have a lil compassion, no ones gonna think your gay.

 

I got your point and completely disagree. A fender bender isn't a life changing experience. Rolling a convertable is. Any experience where life is in jepardy, can be considered life-changing.


Smart move...


Now that we got that out of the way, why the 3 blips?

 

It was a jerky thing to say, but surely you weren't surprised. This site gets a lotta this crap. Show any weakness here and some mad drift-er jumps on you. In the forum they're the worlds best driver, but then you look under their name and it says Enthusiast.

Doesn't even own an S2000, but they come here and tell us how to drive em.

Not to single anyone out, but here's another Enthusiast:
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showt...post&p=10639291

 

If I rolled over any vehicle, I would consider it a life changing experience. Anytime you roll a vehicle any amount of times as opposed to just a fender bender, you are at a higher risk of being seriously injured or killed.

 

First off....Glad you're ok. This kind of stuff freaks me out.

To me it looks the the turn isn't that sharp. What I noticed is that the driver held the turn for a half second too long. By then it was too late and the driver couldn't recover. Had you been driving during the day, you would have been able to see the turn better. This is one of the reasons why I don't drive all crazy like when its very dark out. Someone also asked this but I didn't think it was answered. How come the driver blipped the gas pedal 3 times? Could that have caused the back end to be out of balance going into the turn?

So what are you driving now? Your car looked great. What a shame. Nice hood and wheels.

Best of luck to you. Drive carefully.

 

Thanks for posting. I will never be the same after wrecking mine, that's for sure.

 

Omogosh!!! how horrible. You guys are sure lucky!! hope you feeling better soon.

 

SRvidz, I didn't get past page two of the responses becuase there were too many responses that I found objectionable. This kind of thing has happened to way too many S2000 owners, and anyone with the courage to post the kind of stuff you've posted here is doing a service to our community and deserves our respect. The very fact that you are sharing this shows me that you've learned from the experience and that you want to share what you've learned with others who might otherwise make the same mistake(s). We talk a lot about what a great handling car the S2000 is, but if forgiving handling is a goal then the S2000 falls short. It doesn't tolerate driver mistakes or gaps in judgement as well as many (if not most) other cars, and if you help prevent just one owner from learning that the way you did then the bandwidth used is more tha justified.

I personally thought that the video was very well done, and that it carries a message that every new S2000 needs to have driven home, because it's NOT just a matter of driver error. Other cars would have responded differently to the errors, so the car IS a factor. Anyone who doesn't realize that is headed for the same kind of trouble you got yourself and your friend into.

Good post SRvidz; Thanks for sharing. I'm sure your efforts will help at least some of the guys, and I think you should just ignore the guys who can't understand or respect what you're trying to accomplish.

We have a similar in-car video of Ryan (CCR's Chief Mechanic) crashing Thunder (the CEO's Supercharged Auto-X Miata), but it's not as dramatic as your's, because they only hit a curb. Still, the car was close to being a total loss. The thing that I find interesting in our video is that just before crashing the car, Ryan snuggs his seatbelt up extra tight, showing clearly that he knows he's about to do something risky. He then proceeds to do it, and wreck the car. He knew full well that he was putting someone else's car at risk, but thought he was good enough to get away with it and decided to take a "calculated risk." He'd have thought it was cool too, if he hadn't miscalculated. He's one of those people who has to develop judgement the hard way.

Getting a wart on your a$$ can be a life changing experience for some people, so I'm not even going to get involved in that argument.