You actually might be okay.

Never lifted. It's just how the car is set up suspension wise. I was on throttle the whole time to try to let it slide out.

 

ah, too stiff? that's unfortunate man, hope it all works out for you too.

 

That's repairable! PM'ed ya.

 

Nooo!! another forester down. Correct me if i am wrong but were you on slight curve as your rear faded out?

 

Exactly, is there something about fozzies and curves I didn't know? (yes, I do realize powering through probably would've saved the moment )

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And PM replied. I do hope she comes back, have to nickname her "the tank" if that's the case

 

No more camber in front with massive amounts of caster. Toe out in the rear.

 

I have WRX suspension in my recently acquired FXT. Handles pretty decent, it came with it. Handles like my WRX for sure. The LGT wagon handles best so far, WRB paintwork for the Forester as soon as my wide body GC sedan is done. Yup, bit of a obsession. Haha. Hope the Forester is handled right by insurance.

 

first thing first, im so glad your ok, pictures almost made me cry :*( and i can help you with your neck

 

Yeah, I'm happy I'm ok as well, more bummed every time I look at the pictures :/ the shop will have his initial estimate tomorrow, then it's up to Geico on the call. I'm rocking a Mazda 3 for the near future.

And you tellin me icy hot and ibuprofen isn't enough? It's a small tightness, like when you sleep on a bad hotel pillow.

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wow! Does it really take the shop that long for a initial estimate? It only takes me 5 minutes to write an estimate on Mitchell Ultramate for customers needing vehicle collision repairs. Sure hope it doesn't take too long to repair the FXT.

 

They asked for permission to do a disassemble to get the most accurate information, seeing that if want everything right, I said yes.

(This is my first time dealing with this, hope I'm not being overly paranoid or missing something.)

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Bummer glad your ok .. A white one too lame

 

Just spent a few hours looking at the car market, both in general, and on various forums. Didn't see much if any in regards to my car, makes me even more aware of the uniqueness and I really want it back!

 

I got a hunch

So our cars with that stock fxt suspension + high center of gravity + soft rear sway bar = a lot of body roll.

Now your tires, they're very tall (juicy cream filled doughnut-like) and rims are very narrow. (Ours rims are 6.5 wide). So when you corner to the left, the body sways to the right...this puts a good amount of stress on the very outside of the passenger tire. (Now just imagine If you wanna get spirited and utilize some of that torque while your cornering.)

I don't know what condition the front tires were in or how often you made sure your tires were at good pressure.

Then you mentioned you got your tires rotated at the dealership..they probably added some air too. So on that curve when you lost control...your back wheel (that formally used to be your front wheel with wear on it) made contact with a little water with no tread...

Now I know you don't drive like a maniac, but probably drive happily spirited sometimes. I do too and I noticed that my front wheels have seriously worn compared to the back ones.

Hopefully this all kinda makes sense

There's a bunch of little factors; coulda been oil on the ground, tire condition, pressure, banana peels