Fortunate car crash.. bye bye Stvo

[MiKooLz]

Well driving along road.. minding my own buisness...heading towards a curve.. slowing down from 100 to low 90.. then bam! four wheel drive rear ended me from the rear left...car started to goo out of control.. couldnt get the car back to control due to gravel on the road... slid of the road.. hit side on to a gutter..flew over the gutter and landed on the other side.. scary thing is if i didnt flew over the gutter i would most likely die, the gutter (water gutter) is atleast two meters deep ... air bags didnt inflate *big sigh* crashed on country area.. Virginia, South Australia..

Here are some images.. RIP ROLLA Stivo.

flew over ther gutter, can be seen by the scratch marks.

*sigh* :(

Unfurtunately, the car couldnt be fixed. The insurance company is paying $23,000 for the lost. All paper work is done. I'm going to miss this car, its my first car..The good memories i had with it, i literrally cried when i walked out of the car! Corolla Sportivo.. fast, good bang for your money and at the same time practical.

No serious injuries, i was the only one driving, no passengers.. I guess i have used up all my luck.

I guess it was a sign from above cause on that same day, i was on my way to order a supercharger kit for the corolla from S n J automotive..8 Grand installed plus tune..

Desician what to drive next..it was a long week but im moving on to the nissan silvia s15 Jap Delivered Spec. R GT Importing it for 24 Grand + Compliance.. Insurance premium is going to be hard.

Goodbye all, i enjoyed going through this forum and cheaking, all of the rides out and plus giving me ideas!

Ohh boy does the new corolla look nice.. 2zzge in it? >=] if soo ill be sure to get one.

Cheers.

[gOODbOYz]

least ur ok buddy and insurance paying u a decent amount for it =)

Whats next on the list?

[yoshi]

Also, Glad to hear of no injuries.

I don't like the current stories floating around this forum. makes me worry about the safety of my stivo :(

[Danthuyer]

glad to hear no serious injuries :D

Always sad to see one of the infamous 1600 sportivos get lost.... BTW - whats happeneing with spare parts? I know yoshi would be interested in the instrument cluster... ?

[ADDZZ]

what happened with the guy in the 4wd. what was his story?

[RME1]

glad to hear ur ok dude. Lady luck definately used some magical powers for that leap of faith over the ditch - that is one F*off ditch. Can you take the 4wd dude to court or something cause he just reared u whilst u were the innocent victim? ... a 90km hit around the corner ... the 4wd dude should know better - what was his story?

Best of luck with the S15.

Jules

[anthoboi]

im glad to hear that ur safe lad and im sorry to hear about the accident.... felt the same emotion as u did within ur post man .. lost a car due to head on collision once in a ford festiva .. tho it wasnt a great car it was my first n i actually liked it ...

take care lads

[TRDYUS]

Thankfully you got out of it safely, Aslong as your O.K that's all you can ask for.

Good luck with the next ride.

Edited May 22, 2007 by TRDYUS

[MR22ZZ]

damn, that's a shocker, but as you say, could have been worse, could have landed in the water drain :(

[Saiya]

Man sorry to hear about that. Glad that your OK after looking at those pictures. Good luck for the future matey :D

[negatron]

WOw, thank *** no ones was hurt!

Perhaps after this experience you might want to consider something newer then ur s15 with mroe safety features.

25 also buys you a nice volvo s40, vw passat / golf gti, all of which are turboed and IMO at least would take care of you better in a crash vs the S15.

and i think it would be good not to turn this thread in to a parts poaching session, if you want to find details on parts, just PM the guy.

[theDefiant1]

Kudos to you AND your car. I believe if you were in anything less you would be a statistic.

[GReddy_ES]

*jaw drops on seeing the pics*

but thank *** no one's hurt..thats most important..at least u've got some cash for a new car :) take it easy dude..

[bozurolla]

Hey dude...My condolences bruv,Luckily noone was hurt,sorry to see u go..take care bro ;)

[CoRroLLa-JAHAT]

im glad ure not hurt bro....im in south australia as well. good luck with everything

[CORZZA]

OMG!!!!

Bro at least you ok! Thats terrible! What the 4X4 have to say for its self?

[XploShun]

wow! thats a really bad crash!!!

gd to hear you're ok!

seriously.. does the air bag EVER deploy!?!

btw.. the insurance are pretty generous this time..

23k is not bad esp for a preface lift..

i think theres a few who are trying to sell theirs for that price..

[kelvin33]

glad you came out fine....

[Daz]

Mate are you religious? if not you should be now! that or buy a lottery ticket..

i cant believe the car didnt end up in that ditch (judging by the skid marks it looks like miracle!)

anyway glad your ok and best wishes for the future ride

[MiKooLz]

Hey all thanks for the reply, and also for all of those pm i have recived.

Frankly to answer to most of everyone's q and a, the car is ripped of by the insurance company, hence i wont be able to dismantle any bits and pieces, apparently the engine is still intack, and is able to start and move. It was quoted that it would cost 30 thousand for fix the car, maybe it the chasis?

$23 thousand is a good pay out for the car, ive done 97k on it, i thought i would get around 15-17 thous.

The fourwheel drive was apparantly tail gating me, according to the police, also that *beep* who was driving the four wheel was talking on the phone, so that explain the late reaction.

I am religious, in some way, but my parent are more religious, when i got the car each night they will pray for me. I guess i have to thank them, which i did.

BTW is it true TRD are going to release the TRD verion of the corolla at the end of they year? if so, the corolla will probaly the only front wheel drive car i will re consider buying, *cheep CHeep* ohh the memories..

Right now, i am looking for a rear wheel drive or an all wheel drive car. There are a lot out there, and many to choose from. Ill decide what car ill get after getting back from over seas and off course ill post some pics up!

Ohh the a nice red sportivo for sale at the dealers, i might look at it.. i still like the 2zzge.. something different from a honda..

Thanks for the post and reply peoples! i appreciate it! deeply...ill post some more pic of the accident up!

site of the crash, first photo, when i walked out of the car.

where the 4x4 rear ended me..

grrr! my nice yokohoma tires only 5k km on it !! <_<

the rear.. cant even close the boot anymore!

looks like a world rally accident! again

*ouch*.. y couldnt it get fix.. the metal is basically ripped off.. :(

Edited May 22, 2007 by MiKooLz

[MR and MSROLA]

To answer some-ones questions...yes the airbags work... ours deployed when we had our crash.. the sensors r on the front under the bar.. we nose dived into the ground so ours went off

[layzie]

so how does the insurance work. does the 4wd guy have to pay the insurance company $23k for damage?

[MiKooLz]

so how does the insurance work. does the 4wd guy have to pay the insurance company $23k for damage?

yes, the 4x4 had to pay for the damages... luckily he was with aami, same company as me, soo the paper work went smoothly.. Aami people were nice, aint a bitch like most other isurance company.

[SILVABULLIT]

Mate tough luck on the prang!! Damm hate seing Sportivos' mangled to bits.At least $23k is about what they are worth in the yards. Good to see some insurance companies give you the actual value of the car not their estimated value.

[JJCRU23R]

VERy unfortunate dude... were glad your safe! thats incredibly lucky that you managed to jump that gutter!

i cant speak for any1 else, but i also own a silver rolla and these pictures seem all too real 4 me. it hitz me a bit personal coz the car looks so similar to my own.

so yea...

just reinforces the fact that weve all got to be careful when were on the road coz anything can happen in a split second