Chicago_DSM walked away from this...., Goodbye mint 1g Options

[Chicago_DSM]

Dont feel like writing a new message, heres my post from dsmtalk:

Today was a very depressing day....I never thought this day would come, I consider myself a good driver and usually very lucky....

For those that don't know me or my car, I bought the talon with 72,000 miles and I have been modding it since day 1....It had 82,000 miles on it at this point, I just got done breaking in the new clutch....It ran a 12.7 @ 112.5 before the install, weapon of choice is a Ported evoIII with my own special recipe of tuning....I learned everything I know from this car....

Anyways.....I was driving today in my area, when I decided to go around a slower driver before the 2 -lanes merged into 1.....The roads are DANGEROUSLY Icey today (icestorm in the afternoon) and yet I still thought in my mind I could control the car doing a full 2nd gear pull.....

Well, I passed the car and of course immediately lost traction from the icey roads....I started to lose control but I kept countersteering....Unfortunately, the merge came and thats when I just lost it.....

...Talon did a complete 180* turn, flipped into the ditch, and rolled 5 times until I landed upside down in the farm next to the road.....I got out immediately, shaken up but very aware of what happened......Witnesses say it was straight out of a movie, the accident was just UNREAL....

Pics do not do justice:





Aftermath at the lot:
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^^^ By this pic I had already gutted all the expensive items from the car.....I took the aem wideband/radar/headunit/shift knob and everything else I could get my cold, shattered glass filled hands on....

Roof caved in completely, Im surprised I walked away as well as I did....The police/fire department are even more surprised....I actually climbed out right away and walked to my friends who thought I was dead for sure....Shaken up of course, but left with nothing more than cuts from the glass, a small foot injury and well.....A near $10,000 investment laying in ruin...

REST IN PIECES.....

-Josh

[jvb6806]

Thanks...Yeah its pretty depressing....I was going to be swapping suspensions with jvb6806 the next day also....

Once again, keep your eyes out for a clean 1g awd shell and this way the blue beast can live on....All my supporting mods/tuning/motor will be swapped.....

Crazy story Mitsu77, my impression of 1g's rolling is that the cars do take a harsh beating, but the ability for us to both walk away with such minor injuries if anything at all is very impressive....

do you still want my shell? $500 w/ suspension and 4bolt rear. no rust or faded clear but needs paint on the bumper and i would throw a CF hood on it because the hood latch is messed up... i ended up running pins through a stock hood.

glad you are ok, and sorry to hear about the car. if you want to come out and take a look at my shell give me a call.