whitetiger Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 .....during autox. My r-comps were at the end of the life cycle and i had run through a small puddle. as i entered the slalom towards the finish, the rear snappped out and i "drifted towards the chainlink that ran along the outside of the lot we were in. I was carrying enough speed that i was not able to stop before hitting the fence. Unfortunately, i hit a loud speaker pole mounted as one of the fence posts and broke it in 2. the lower half cut a hole in my lower coolant hose. the dirt embankment the fence was mounted on damaged the rims on the driverside and the fence itself ruined my front bumper and driverside fender. Fortunatly, i still had my DD rims and tires and i was able to get a temporary coolant hose to drive home. Thankfully, there is no chassis damage or suspension damage, and i'm not injured. The worst part of all of this is the rental car im driving. a current model pontiac grand prix. Most uncomfortable car ive ever driven. oh well. it will all be fixed in a couple weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubLo Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 .....during autox. My r-comps were at the end of the life cycle and i had run through a small puddle. as i entered the slalom towards the finish, the rear snappped out and i "drifted towards the chainlink that ran along the outside of the lot we were in. I was carrying enough speed that i was not able to stop before hitting the fence. Unfortunately, i hit a loud speaker pole mounted as one of the fence posts and broke it in 2. the lower half cut a hole in my lower coolant hose. the dirt embankment the fence was mounted on damaged the rims on the driverside and the fence itself ruined my front bumper and driverside fender. Fortunatly, i still had my DD rims and tires and i was able to get a temporary coolant hose to drive home. Thankfully, there is no chassis damage or suspension damage, and i'm not injured. The worst part of all of this is the rental car im driving. a current model pontiac grand prix. Most uncomfortable car ive ever driven. oh well. it will all be fixed in a couple weeks. Oh man! Teh sux! Sorry to hear this man... ________________________________________________ [URL="http://legacygt.com/forums/vbpicgallery.php?do=view&g=1980"]'05 BSM OBXT Row-your-own, W.I.P. :rolleyes:[/URL] [URL="http://legacygt.com/forums/vbpicgallery.php?do=view&g=1242"]'06 Shrek B # 64 - The car the wife loved to hate :( Sold...[/URL] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetiger Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 Thanks. the worst part aside fromt he crap retal car, is that i cant have my insurance fix it since it happend at an autox. the repairs have to come out of my own pocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTATURBO Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 gotta pay to play dude.....you screw up, you own up.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortBus Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Oh man! I think the folks down at South Jersey Region were talking about you. Did you almost sink it in "Corvette Lake"? We had a Z06 spin and hop over a line of parking-lot curbs, and it brought up the story of "That Subaru that nailed a fence and came close to sinking". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetiger Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 yep, that was me. I was about 2 ft from the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetiger Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 gotta pay to play dude.....you screw up, you own up.... thats right. Its parts of the game. Good thing the damage was all cosmetic. I will be able to afford the repairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTATURBO Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 thats right. Its parts of the game. Good thing the damage was all cosmetic. I will be able to afford the repairs. yes, count your blessings it wasn't you or a loved one who got hurt.....a car can be fixed...yes it costs $$$, but so does modding...it's all part of the process and yes, it sucks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHonu Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Glad to hear you are okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rc0032 Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Im very disappointed in this thread and its participants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyHermit Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Sucks about your car man, but glad you're alright. I just turned around in time to see the speaker pole fall onto your car after it snapped. I was like "Dude that sucks...wait, that looks like a Legacy. Uh-oh..." But once again, good thing it was only cosmetic and you weren't hurt. Sucks that my first time going to autox, the guy who got me interested in going slid into a fence. Hope it wasn't me that brought the bad juju that day Hopefully, the repairs won't be that expensive. Let me know if there's anything I could do to help...like getting more stuff installed or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetiger Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 Im sure someone somewhere has pics of this. From what i understand, its being alked about in regoinal forums on other car message boards. I happened at englishtown raceway park in NJ during the 10/13 NNJR Autox. I saw people taking pics, so im sure its on the interw3b somwhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetiger Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 Sucks about your car man, but glad you're alright. I just turned around in time to see the speaker pole fall onto your car after it snapped. I was like "Dude that sucks...wait, that looks like a Legacy. Uh-oh..." But once again, good thing it was only cosmetic and you weren't hurt. Sucks that my first time going to autox, the guy who got me interested in going slid into a fence. Hope it wasn't me that brought the bad juju that day Hopefully, the repairs won't be that expensive. Let me know if there's anything I could do to help...like getting more stuff installed or something that would help:lol: Did you go out and see the damage? i broke up the edge of the asphalt and move it about a foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyHermit Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 that would help:lol: Did you go out and see the damage? i broke up the edge of the asphalt and move it about a foot. Nah, I didn't... but if I go back this weekend I definitely will take a walk out there to assess the damage. Your LGT must be a tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetiger Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 nah, i think the pave job in the lot is crap. You shoul go, maybe ill take the rental car out there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyHermit Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 nah, i think the pave job in the lot is crap. You shoul go, maybe ill take the rental car out there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjoe Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 I was wondering what happened. I took a look at the results for last weekend and I saw that you ran 3 runs and the last one was 90+ seconds. Sorry to hear that happen to you If it's any help, I'll be there this upcoming Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red beast Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 why don't you just buy a cheap ass car to autox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opie Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Why isn't the SCCA's insurance paying to fix the damage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetiger Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 the insurance is only for bodily injury, not car damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gitster Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 yes, count your blessings it wasn't you or a loved one who got hurt.....a car can be fixed...yes it costs $$$, but so does modding...it's all part of the process and yes, it sucks.... This wasn't street racing. How is a loved one gonna get hurt, nothing wrong with taking it to the track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KayGT Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 time for an aftermarket front bumper now, what better motivation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSFW Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 The worst part of all of this is the rental car im driving. a current model pontiac grand prix. Most uncomfortable car ive ever driven. oh well. At first I thought you were saying that the whole autox/slide/crash thing was in your the rental car... I 'ed. Sorry to hear it was your Legacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTATURBO Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 This wasn't street racing. How is a loved one gonna get hurt, nothing wrong with taking it to the track call me crazy but aren't there walls at these tracks? so what if he slid into a wall, isn't there a REMOTE possiblity that he or someone standing by or someone else in his car could get hurt??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laz Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 ------ whitetiger, glad that it was not worst! At least you got people talking about the Legacy! X --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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