Long story short, I hydroplaned and hit the guardrail.





























On the bright side, the tow truck guy said this is one of the cleanest cars he has seen and admired. Cheered me up a bit.

 

ouchies.
keep your head up, bro

 

dam that sucks bro, glad your ok, how did the airbag feel when it hit you?

 

Type s aspec conversion all aroundd!!! and glad you and your work eurolines are okay

 

^ Heard it feels like being smacked in the face with a sledgehammer.

OP damn, that sucks. Are you going through insurance? Looks fixable to me. Good luck, man

EDIT: Did you have a passenger?

 

Sorry to hear =)

Hope things turn out better.

 

Glad it never happened to me , once again , glad you ok bro , it could of been worse.

 

Sure thing

I lol'd when I read this. The airbag didn't feel that bad at all actually. I guess it was because of the adrenaline rush. Everything happened so fast I really didn't get a grasp of what happened during the collision.

SSR Viennas, but close enough haha. I went outside and was like "Well, at least the wheels are fine "

 

are your headlights ok?

if they got cracked you could get the type-s headlights

 

Ouch...sorry to see it. I hope you're OK.

 

No passenger. It was just me. Yea on the insurance. Umm...the whole face getting hit with the sledgehammer, that's a bit overkill lol.

thank you

If memory serves me right, the headlights are fine. They're just pushed in.

Yea I'm fine. My right hand hit something but it's fine. Not in a lot of pain at all if any. Shoulders are slightly sore, but I'm fine.

 

Wondering why the passenger airbag went off then, don't these cars have a sensor in the passenger seat to tell if there's a passenger there?

 

If it matters, I had a pillow sitting there that I was gonna give to my gf. haha

 

Ouch sorry to see

I believe the 2004 TL doesn't have the passenger seat sensor, but the 2005+ TLs do. That's why the 04 doesn't have the "Passenger Airbag Off" light above the hazard light button on the dash

 

Damn...at least it seems only cosmetic, and the wheels are ok...time to upgrade.

 

x2!!



Never even felt the airbag touch me when I had my accident lol.. adrenaline rush takes over

 

Sorry...glad that you didn't get seriously injured.

 

sorry to hear glad ur ok build it bigger and badder

 

I'm glad your ok bro......

 

sorry to see that man, glad your ok..

 

Terribly sorry to see what happened. That's weird damage...just tore the front and rear bumpers off with relatively minimal body damage.

Word. But its weird because the "Passenger Airbag is Off" light never comes on in my car, even when there's not a passenger. I read somewhere on here that there's a certain weight zone that it will turn the airbag off in, in the case that a small child was sitting in the front seat. I think the airbag turns off when the seat senses a weight of 20-100 pounds in it.

 

oh man that sucks....that guardrail did major damage

 

Yea

Nope. I'm not sure how the sub frame looks but my core support got smooshed in the process so we'll see.

Exactly. When it was over I was like hmm...my air bags deployed. That wasn't bad at all. Haha

I'm glad too

Eh, we'll see.

thanks




The thing is, when I lost control, I turned counter clockwise. I corrected, jerk and turned clockwise facing the wall. I tried to correct but I just kept sliding. When I hit the guard rail, I hit driver front first, I'm guessing i spun and my back end hit the guard rail. I ended up in the right lane facing at a 10 o clock angle.

It sure did. Glad I got away with just a very minor pain in my hand. And a slight pressure on my face that went away minutes after from the air bag deploying.

 

Man this damn rain sux, sorry to hear about your car, glad you are ok tho

 

Ouch. Sorry man.

 

Glad you are ok. Sorry about the ride.

 

That sucks, glad your okay though

 

Thats a heart breaker... at least your ok. cant replace a life but you can replace parts.

 

so thats what that light means

sorry to see the damage, surprised no one has blamed it on the stretched tires :P

 

LMAO!! Seriously, everyone on the forums is 100% against stretched tires.

 

haha I was just gonna say that.

If you got some normal tires and wheels this wouldn't have happened. Damn kids these days

 

^or the amt of tire contacting the ground was too little.... "correct" tire size would have saved you..

:shakehead
lol

any updates on the car/new car?

 

:-(

 

Damn dude sorry to see that. Glad youre ok!

 

My dad and his buds are going to fix it where he works at. He told me it's going to take a month or two to fix and about 6 grand.

I miss my car. I'm driving my uncle's aviator and it's using up so much gas even when I'm driving like a granny. Not used to being a foot off the ground compared to a couple of inches, but at least I have something temporary to get me around.


Oh btw, my friend told me that because I have a wider tire in the rear, i'm more prone to hydroplaning than to a narrower tire. Which I guess does makes sense due to wider contact patch, but wouldn't the tread pattern eliminate this issue regardless?

 

That sucks but glad you are OK. Airbags are no fun.

 

A month or two?!?!?! Wow they must just be working on it an hour here and there! Thats a week to two max!
Sorry to see this but i was equily excited to see your wheels made it through with no damage haha. Type S conversion!!!
Dont forget to replace the airbag ECM, Front impact sensors, cock spring, and if they went off your seat belts. I have seen alot of people that think all you need to do is just replace the bags themselves!

 

sucks to see this happen man... just be glad nothing happened to you...did this happen on MLK?..i pass down MLK and saw a black tl on the side too..just wondering if it was you

 

LOL. Sorry, my immature mind just took control. What is that? Yea, they're working on it here and there since they do have to work haha. Type S conversion, neh. The only thing Type-S worthy IMO is the rear aspec. Front is way too aggressive for me.

No sir. You're from Beaumont?

 

damn good thing it wasnt bad

and good thing ur ok!