How do i start? I have been waiting and saving for a long time to buy this car as my fun weekend car. My wedding jsut passed this september and when we got back from honeymoon and settled in i started looking. Checked out a few and found a mint 01 black on red with only 26k. Picked up a comptech intake form "revhi (member)" this saturday and installed it, went for drive and put car to bed.
Sunday morning:
Woke up around 830, i play in a football league and had a game at 930. did the morning dutie, got dressed etc. headed out, nice day, lets take the s.

I am only going 6-7 miles away. Hope on highway to get off one exit away. merge on and pass one car and getting ready to get back into right lane when i see the lexus suv in front of me swerve a little. I am now in the middle of both lanes getting over to right and i see it. IT was some sort of metal cabinet and it was coming up fast and i was going to hit it. Hold on tight, BANG BANG BANG. felt like shotgun going off in car and then i lost control car due to this object. ( i found out it flew up and the suburban i just passed and craked her windshield). I was then sliding sideways down the hwy at probaly 55-65 mph ( was going 65 when i hit the cabinet). I proceeded to slide off towards teh shoulder and took out a big traffic sign. I sheered the post off the ground only leavign small "nipples" protruding from the earth. The only left to hit was the embankment which caused the car tho flip side over side multiple times(about 60 feet of broken landscape) before coming to rest on the roof. I gathered my bearings and took the mind to make sure i wasnt dreaming. It really felt like i went for a ride at disney. i just held on in shock. Once i gathered my toughts i tried to open teh door while still hanging upside down by the seatbelt. Teh door opened with a pop. I then did my best unhook the seatbelt while flipping your body move i could and exited the vehicle. I then gathered my belongings (phone, wallet, car charger--dont ask me why) etc. and walked back toward the hwy. The lady who was behind me in teh sub. was shocked to say the least i was walking away from it and no one was dead. YOu could hear it in her voice as she talked to 911. Soon the cops, ambulance, fire truck, etc. were all arriving and all were shocked too. Here i was with nothing wrong except a paper cut on my finger. I felt like teh scene in "gone in 60 seconds"...." are you sure youre ok becasue you just went through a wall!?" except it was are you sure you are ok because you just fliped side over side for 20 yards?! i was fine. I had called my wife(at work) and mom(lives close) in mean time to have them come be with me. MY wife then took me back to her work (hospital) to get a quick check to be sure everythign was fine. My mom called the sub. lady and teh lady stated she just cried for atleast an hour after witnessing this crash and seeing me come out unharmed.

Thank you to honda for making this car so safe. The roof crushed to the roll bars, teh doors only caved to the cockpit? and the windshield held up enough not to crash in on me..... I hope to have another one soon as it has always been a dream to own one. But i have to wait a little as i am still a little shook up but i know i must have had an angel on my shoulder that day. I will continue to hang out here if you guys dont mind until i get another one.

And to think, weekend one, change all fluids (trans, oil, diff) clean up a little. Weekend two, install comptech intake and then this. I am so upset i couldnt enjoy it more. Here are the pics.







Modified by JimmieD at 4:37 PM 11/15/2004

 

damn, bad luck bro, sorry to hear....

hopefully someone saw the car that the cabinet came off of, and id assume they would be faulted partially.

good luck on finding a new one.

but most of all, be thankful for not getting hurt...

 

sorry dude ... i hope ure alright

 

Glad to hear you didn't get hurt. Take a few days off work, even a week if you can, and spend the time with your wife and family.

 

thats incredible, glad you're ok...

 

Glad to see your okay bud

 

I owned my Type R for 90 days, know how you feel, glad your ok, thats whats most important

 

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Same here! Glad to see you are doing fine. You can get another one, but you just can't replace you (the now husband). Just watch out for file cabinets next time. (no idea why, but... never know!)

 

it wasnt a small file cabinet, more liek a small wall hanging locker, i couldnt really tell and never asked at this point. am going to do some research tomorrrow. it was large but not real high, i went over it so probaly 7-8 inches tall from what i remember. i hope i find out where it came from.

 

sorry for the lost of your new car
but your very lucky to be alive

 

lookin at those pics really make me crinch. sry about your loss....insurance got your back tho

 

DAMN, I did the same thing in my CRX, I flipped 3 times before walking away from the crash. Get a lawyer if you know who lost the cabinet, you can sue, for ALOT. I won 28k for my accident, but after all the bills, I only got 11k out of it

 

sorry about the S, but glad to know you're ok

 

hope everything turns out okay for you.

 

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Thank you to honda for making this car so safe.......... I will continue to hang out here if you guys dont mind until i get another one.

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It's amazing to see how well the car held up to the accident you described. Thank god you are unharmed. That is quite incredible. Lucky that you are ok to tell us the story. It sucks you were only able to enjoy for it a few weeks. If you ever have the chance to pick up another, don't hesitate.

By all means, stay around and chat with us.

 

i will always be on hondatech, it seems like i have been here forever. i wsa on before i even became a member.

To the other guywho posted, i dont konw anythign about the cabinet. i am awaiting hearing from teh accident investigator. The police took the cabinet from teh scene so maybe we can find out.

 

OMG! I've always been afraid of that kind of crap on the highways. Sorry man. I hope things work in your favor.

 

One question... your air bags didnt come out?

 

That is one incredible story!
Glad you made it thru that with only a paper cut

So what about Ins ? did they say anything yet? what about getting another S2000- would you?


Modified by Bbasso at 10:20 AM 11/16/2004

 

Glad to hear that you were not injured.....

I think the man upstairs was watching over you my friend!

 

Glad to hear you're ok. I guess this answers some concerns over crashworthiness.

Hope you get another one soon!


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No, they wouldn't. You have to hit something head on hard enough to cause a 10g decelleration. So unless the cabinet was made of concrete, there would be no reason for the bags to deploy. They did exactly what they were designed to do in this case... Stay out of the way in a situation that they wouldn't have helped in!

 

I hate to see another belina bite it. Glad to hear you are ok.

 

That is unbelievable. Glad to hear your ok... Someone was looking out for you.

 

dayaaaammmm...dont no if this was said but thank god you had your top down

glad to see ya ok..

 

Ohhh man that SUCKS! big time.