syKo-STi in paradise!
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Bumping this up... as my new project begins.
On June 17, 2005 my STi was totalled in an accident. I'm cutting and pasting the rest of the text from my thread in the Hawaii forum.
https://www.i-club.com/forums/hawaii-43/now-has-happened-new-project-103473/
On June 17, 2005 my STi was totalled in an accident. I'm cutting and pasting the rest of the text from my thread in the Hawaii forum.
https://www.i-club.com/forums/hawaii-43/now-has-happened-new-project-103473/
Last edited by sykosis; Jun 30, 2005 at 04:25 PM.
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Originally Posted 6/25/05
Originally Posted by sykosis
Since enough people out there know already, and a few more just found out today.
My car was totaled in an accident a week ago. Luckily there were no serious injuries and no other vehicles involved (aside from getting less than an hour of sleep that night).
I am a firm believer now that Subarus are some of the safest cars on the road. Any other car would have had a shattered windshield (at the least) and definitely more front-end damage. The way the body absorbed the impact definitely says wonders about the engineering of the car. I am VERY happy the way the car held up.
Now that I've cleared everything up with insurance and bought the car back as salvaged, the guys at Vakamon have started ripping her apart for my new project. For the moment, there will be no parting out of anything.
I'm not going to go into how/why/where it happened, so please don't even ask. But here are the pictures:
The car taken the day after:
http://www.pdcsystems.com/wrx/crash/...5/DSCN3604.JPG
http://www.pdcsystems.com/wrx/crash/...5/DSCN3599.JPG
http://www.pdcsystems.com/wrx/crash/...5/DSCN3600.JPG
http://www.pdcsystems.com/wrx/crash/...5/DSCN3602.JPG
And today at Vakamon:
This incident puts alot into perspective, especially all those door-dings I kept getting
I guess this will be the start of my "Ongoing Projects" thread.
My car was totaled in an accident a week ago. Luckily there were no serious injuries and no other vehicles involved (aside from getting less than an hour of sleep that night).
I am a firm believer now that Subarus are some of the safest cars on the road. Any other car would have had a shattered windshield (at the least) and definitely more front-end damage. The way the body absorbed the impact definitely says wonders about the engineering of the car. I am VERY happy the way the car held up.
Now that I've cleared everything up with insurance and bought the car back as salvaged, the guys at Vakamon have started ripping her apart for my new project. For the moment, there will be no parting out of anything.
I'm not going to go into how/why/where it happened, so please don't even ask. But here are the pictures:
The car taken the day after:
http://www.pdcsystems.com/wrx/crash/...5/DSCN3604.JPG
http://www.pdcsystems.com/wrx/crash/...5/DSCN3599.JPG
http://www.pdcsystems.com/wrx/crash/...5/DSCN3600.JPG
http://www.pdcsystems.com/wrx/crash/...5/DSCN3602.JPG
And today at Vakamon:
This incident puts alot into perspective, especially all those door-dings I kept getting
I guess this will be the start of my "Ongoing Projects" thread.
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Posted on 6/28/05
Originally Posted by sykosis
The engine and tranny came out today. One of the camshaft gears is smashed, but hopefully the camshaft itself is ok.
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Posted on 6/30/05
Took a look at Legacy today. Not bad, I may be picking this up as my beater. All it needs are some rims and a small drop and it should be sort of respectable looking
Took a look at Legacy today. Not bad, I may be picking this up as my beater. All it needs are some rims and a small drop and it should be sort of respectable looking
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good luck with whatever you plan on doing in the future! and its good to know that your subaru held up like that, i feel more secure now with all the senior citizens on the road these days...
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damn i didn't know this thread existed........but i somehow posted on it before.......i need to start smoking or something.
to bad on the lack of gc8s. i really wanted my 22b...i mean your 22b. oh well
to bad on the lack of gc8s. i really wanted my 22b...i mean your 22b. oh well
