It was a few years ago...but it was my first subaru. The police and emt crews expected me to be dead when they found the car upside down. I was digging through some pictures trying to find some photos of my Talon that I had (to post in talon guys thread) when I stumbled onto the pictures i took at the impound lot over 3 years ago. I wasnt street racing or any of the like. I WAS however, driving in the rain, at night, at a higher rate of speed (65mph) negotiating a turn, when the car hit a large volume of sand. I was young and over compensated instead of letting the car settle and then beginning to regain control. I hit an embankment backwards when the car did a 180, and then proceeded to flip end over end once, landing on the windsheild. The car then slid approximately 15 feet before stopping. :eek3: It was a mint '98 Legacy GT 2.5limited, in black, with the black leather interior. It was a phenomenal car, and after seeing it in the impound lot, I realized just how much its design played a roll in keeping me alive. I suffered three broken ribs, a bruised sternum, and a pretty big laceration on my leg. I also got a bunch of the stereotypical glass cuts when I crawled out the drivers window on the headliner without covering my arms :laugh: Nothing life threatening. This accident has probably saved my life several times since, mainly because of the large change in my driving tendencies. I am very careful in choosing where and when I "get spirited", and also, I can see and feel changes in my vehicles weight, power, etc. much more than the average joe would. It has played a large roll in me becoming a car enthusiast as well. The better you know your vehicle and its capabilities, the better a chance you have of avoiding an accident like this. To any parents: I think the biggest thing you can do when teaching your children to drive is to get them out in poor weather conditions. Especially snow. Bring them to a big open parking lot, set up some cones, and then teach them how to regain control of their vehicle in all sorts of scenarios. My father enrolled me into an aggressive driving program after this accident with a racing school who used to compete at BIR, and it made a world of difference in my capability as a teen driver. Even better, bring your kids to the ice races, and let them take the car around the ice SLOWLY a couple of times to get a feel for it!
nah, I didnt. I'm kind of frusterated, as I have pictures of every car I've owned, but I cant find the ones of the talon. It was a '95 tsi, sprayed flat black, sc34 (500whp capable) turbo, greddy FMIC, greddy sequential bov, aem engine management, wideband, full 3" turboback with headers, shepherd racing stage 4 drag tranni, and an EVO III 6 bolt. It dynoed at RS motors at 295 whp, and 287 ft/lbs tq at 18ft lbs. I needed an HD headgasket and it would have held boost all the way to 24psi without any other modification. I was happy with those numbers, and wanted a daily driver. I also cant imagine the power that car would have made at 24 pounds.. keep in mind RS runs a mustang, which Ive heard is very conservative in regards to numbers.
OMG: is saw the thead tittle and thought this about your bike. glad to see it isnt about that. its crazy seeing the car. For a roll over i almost would have thought the car would have looked worse. The aggrssive driving school is a great ieda. my dad wnted to enroll me after i got my liscence. But for some reason it never happened. I just get lots of practce at the ice races (which makes a noticeable difference)
wish i would have got some pics of my bugeye to post on here looks about the same as your LGT. SAND IN THE CORNERS SUCKS!!!
LOL..."aggressive driving program" :laugh: glad you to hear nothing too seriously happened to ya, and yah it sure shows how well the car is bult to protect the occupant space... and seatbelts... you don't say it, but you must have been smart and wearing yours or you would have been tumbling around in the car... or worse.
Yep, seatbelt was on. Thats where the busted up ribs came from, but it could have been much worse. I actually believe thats what H&R called their program for teenage drivers. It was set up so you spent half the time inside your own car, and half inside their full caged go-carts. Does anyone know if they are still offering courses? The last I heard their racing team went up in flames and dragged the rest of the company into bankruptcy
^ i dont know about that particular company. My dad wanted my to be in the course that they make all the EMT drivers take. for driving in adverse conditions. sounded like fun, they put you in a spin and you need to recover type deal. I also heard that you can get insurance breaks if you take such courses.
Sure didnt help my insurance numbers...I paid $230 a month on my old audi a4, and that was for a 1k deductible! I'm finally back to normal numbers now that the accident is off my record.
My dad took me to a nice ice covered parking lot (on private property), about the time I was old enough to reach the pedals with the seat all the way forward and told me to drive forward, turn sharply, and hit the gas (RWD car, this was ~30 years ago). Once we were sliding and spinning, he told me "now, get the car back under control." Then he explained to me how I should get the car back under control and we did it again and again until it was easy. I got my permit to drive in November, and got my license the next June when I turned 16. In that time I was never in a car and not the driver, all winter and spring. I have more issues driving when there isn't ice. Traction and I just don't seem to agree all that much. Hence why I compete on dirt and gravel. I've had a few close calls, and each time I've done, without thinking, exactly the right thing to save my ass, and I have my dad to thank for that, drilling emergency maneuvers into me before anything else. My son is 2-1/2. 2-1/2 more years until he can start running karts...
