I had been on a one week roadtrip with a friend and we were driving home actually.. Had been driving about 350 kilometers and stopped to eat. Done eating and got back into the car. Drove for like 30 minutes and was doing about 50 mph. Right hand corner and right rear wheel got into a pothole. Car jumped up from the hole and lost traction and flew head on into the gutter on the left side of the road. Car flipped up and around rear end first and flew up in the air and a good 20 feet(10 meters) out from the gutter, then landed on the rear end and plowed the ground. Stopped a bit further away on the roof.

Car status: totaled!

3 of 4 headlights ok. Driver side rear panel ok, all other panels and exterior completely smashed to pieces. Rear axle is broken in half. Engine seems ok, but is all messed up (it's kinda not facing the direction it should anymore).

Roof is smashed, hood is smashed, trunk is smashed. Front window broken, but intact. Right hand windows gone (shattered when we got out of the car). Rear window is all gone from impact. Left hand windows are ok, but a bit dirty >>

The interior of the car is like brand new.. Crazy, but true. I don't get to keep anything anyway though, so I kinda don't care.

2 people in the car and only damage was the burn damage from the cars safety buckle (spelling?).

4 brand new Rockford Fosgate speakers in the trunk (was going home to install) are all ok, and about 2 000$ worth of authentic Final Fantasy (japanese rpg stuff) are mostly scratched and dirty, but seems ok. 50 other cds and minor stuff are 97% ok. One kinda broken, but working cellphone and the other one is still ok.

We got a few pictures, but they were all taken in complete darkness so nothing much to see. I will post them as soon as I get them from my friend (his camera).

Haven't hear from insurrance yet but hopefully I will get a complete refund for the car (about 18 000$). My bonus is of course going down the drain, but who cares. We are both ok and that's the important thing.

Not sure what car to get next time.. I will have to take a shower and a good night sleep before I think more about this. All this happened less then 24 hours ago, so I'm still kinda messed up inside my head.

This post has been edited by Illyont: Jul 27, 2005 - 9:52 AM

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No not another one >>
Anyways glad your alright.

damn..... how a pothole could cause such damage... glad ya doing alrite man. take care.

That sucks, stuff can be replaced, glad you're ok.

This post has been edited by Cutrara: Jul 27, 2005 - 10:01 AM

A **** dude, Sorry to hear this. And it had so much live left in it.
But glad you are OK!!!

-Kadett+Jul 27, 2005 - 10:04 AM

Yeah, the clock actually stopped juuust above 90 000 km ( 56 000 miles ).


Thanks for the comments guys! It might feel stupid, but it really helps inside to see them after something like this happens.

Illyont nooooooooooo! Thats sad >>

But your safe & thats good...out of all these crashes lately everyone seems to be left unharmed. Makes me feel safe in my car!

-amysmojo+Jul 27, 2005 - 10:34 AM

You should feel safe. The guys driving behind us saw the entire thing and they were 100% sure that whoever was in my car would be dead. And the entire scene looked like right out of a Hollywood movie >>

Felt nothing inside the car though.

Glad everyone is alright. They have GT-Fours in Norway. As far as what type of car to get next, I don't think there should be much of a decision to make.

can't u write to the local government and make a claim? since stuff like that the government is supposed to take care of.

Precisely just save the money for a GT4 or a GT!!

-WannabeGT4+Jul 27, 2005 - 10:40 AM

We do have GT-Fours.. I have been wanting one for a while, and now that I got "rid of" my old Celica I can probably start to look for one. I wanted the Supra, but after thinking ALOT Supra vs GT-Four I can say that the Four scores on a few important points.. Atleast after this crash. Four wheel drive and made for the harsh conditions and winters up here.. The GT-Four wins.

I just have to find one for sale, and see how much money I get back from insurrance. Also my insurrance bonus is gone, so the insurrance on a GT-Four would kill me in a heartbeat, I'm sure.

BTW u said something about Final Fantasy. Just love the game series but what is worth 2000 bucks. I dont think you have 100 copies of Final Fantasy 1,2,3 7,8,9,10 (10-2) and 11 >>

-Kadett+Jul 27, 2005 - 11:13 AM

Secret of Mana (Playstation version, Japanese), Chrono Trigger (Playstation version, Japanese), Final Fantasy I, II, IV, V, VI, VII and X-2 (Playstation and PS2 for X-2). I already have FF VIII for Playstation.. And I have X for PS2 and XI for PC (online thingy). I also got Original soundtrack CDs for ALL those games (Japanese of course). I got FF Tactics (for Playstation, Japanese).. Can't think of anything else atm, but some of those games are pretty rare outside Asia.. And the last thing the seller said was "take really good care of those, because I'm not even sure I want to sell them". He did though, and the first thing I do is mess them all up. They are still in their original package with plastic around (atleast before the crash)...

Damnz. Another FF RPG freak like me. Kewl

Awww... sorry to hear about that...

Does any of you UK people think this is a ripoff? I mean, there is got to be something wrong with the car:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...4564730927&rd=1

6 300£ for a 95' GT-Four with 65 000 miles.. Or 5 300£ with a broken wastegate (he say a new turbo/wastegate is coming in any time now from Texas and he will sell it with car for another 1 000£), but that is still really, really cheap in my book. (as stated I'm probably getting almost 18 000$ for my crashed car from insurrance).

It's kinda old, and the milage is a bit higher than my previous 99'.. I really want a "new" one.. 98' or 99' with A/C, leather seats and low milage. And a decent color. As stock as possible (for registration purposes).. And 18" rims are just stupid imo.

damn that looks nice... go fot it... good luck and glad you're ok!!

I had a similar thing happen 2 me, I had a 300zx TT and hydroplaned doin only about 45 mph.

jezuz christ man...thats a pretty massive thing from a pot hole. Now im kinda scared to drive my car around my house..soo many giant potholes around here. But hey, at least ur ok. Its amazing, there are some insanely bad sounding and looking crashes where the people in the car come out fine. My girl friends brother drove off a 25 foot cliff, their van plowed into the ground and flipped over and he managed to walk away with a scratch on his head from where the roof colapsed in on him. and this is a big van (94 aerostar).But yea, good to know your ok man.

Wow, weird to see that something as little as a pothole can do something like that. But at least you and your friend are ok. Like you said, cars can be replaced, people can not. As for a new car, go for the GT-4!!!!!!! Good luck man

Damn man.....
gkad your ok thou

as for GT 4 on e-bay.... looks a good price to me (i only paid 5k for mine, so price looks ok)

-popstar+Jul 28, 2005 - 12:15 AM

Okey, that's good.. But then again, since the car is not stock I don't think I can register it legally in Norway. I kinda want one newer (98', 99') and as stock as possible.

Does anyone know if they sell (sold) the GT-Four in Europe after 95 at all? I know two or three people on here have a 99' Four, but those live in like.. Greece or something. I think.

>> sorry to hear about your celi