Srt-4 is no more

Welp, i did it, i totaled my car.

Fortunately it wasn't street racing related.

I was driving home from a friends house down pecos doen about 80 (speed limit is 65). When somethen spooked me, i don't know for sure because i don't remeber. I hit the breaks and my car lost traction goen sideways and hit a curb goen to fast. I hit the curb caught a couple feet of air. Landed on my top crunched that in about a couple inches and it nailed my head given me a concushion. I then proceded to roll a few more times off into the desert. When the car stopped rolling, i woke up to find my car still running, my roof was caved in about a couple inches, but i was still able to some how turn off the car, and open my door and close it. I then walked to the street, called my mom.

I came home this morning at 6 am. Went to sleep woke up and here i am.

I will be goen to the impound lot or where ever the car is to take some photos, i dunno what it looks like but i am sure its bad. As soon as i get the photos i will post em here.

Well the main thing is that you're ok, becuase they make new cars everyday.

Sucks that it happened and man it just sounds like you are really lucky to be posting that!

Well...that sucks!




Whatcha gonna get to replace 'er :D

yeah, i haven't seen it yet but i knew it was bad when the po came down to the hosiptal to shake my hand and tell me he has no clue how i only bumped my head in that wreck.

LOL, seatbelts really do save lives.

Well, BTW getting gap insurance is a must, i actually opted for gap insurance on this car (6k of gap insurance).

I will prolly be looken at a VW gti 1.8t or VR6 gti
I might also look into a Scion XA (gas milage and slow) so that l8er on down the road i can slap one of the many turbo kits they have for that car on.

Chex, all I can say is I know exactly how you feel. I totalled my SRT-4 kinda the same way, I didnt roll over but I wrapped it around a tree well enough. I'm sorry bro, I hope you can replace it.
thank goodness you didnt get killed.
I know people will tell you "well at least your still alive" and "you can replace the car but not you life" and such. deep down inside you feel like bursting out and breaking everything around you out of pure rage. you keep telling yourself "its a dream, its a dream, I'll wake up, I just gotta wake up!" but you dont.
Its hard as hell to loose something you care about so much and there are no words to make you feel better.
hope you get better and solve this all soon.
you have my deepest sympathies.

Get another sartie. :( I'm glad you're okay man..but it sucks about the car. But, it coulda been alot worse.

You're lucky to be alive. Sorry to hear about your car though. Good thing you had insurance though.

As for your next car, join the natural aspirations crew. I'd suggest probably a Scion xA, or tC, because you have the option or going turbo later.

You could also get a WRX, or maybe even an EVO.

So you just randomly freaked out and swerved the car and hit the curb?

Random as hell... you win the award for most unexplained actions in a car award.




But glad to hear you're okay!

Sounds like a hell of a wreck you were in. Had I met you, I probably would have shook your hand as well. Glad you made it out alive.

If you can, just swap your SRT-T motor into something else. That would be pretty cool. Although, I don't know what you could swap your motor into. But atleast, you had some good insurance on that. Good luck in the search for your new car.

So you just randomly freaked out and swerved the car and hit the curb?

Random as hell... you win the award for most unexplained actions in a car award.




But glad to hear you're okay!

Something spooked me, i think it was a coyote, i hit the breaks and then drifted into the curb. I honestly don't remeber much of it.

I dunno it the motor is still good, it was still running and i turned it off when i got out of the car. The motor is the same block as the dohc 2.0 liter its just bored out. So it bolts right into a Neon. I dunno if i want another Srt-4, those things are tanks, i can attest to it. But i dunno how my insurance would like me behind the wheels of another Srt-4

sad to hear it but I'm sure it was a fun car while it lasted.

My friend was just in almost the same thing with his jeep, he had a concussion as well so he doesn't remember anything that happened in the accident.


Time for a new automobile.

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That sucks...

i'm glad that youre okay. you cant replace a person.


just get a old neon and swap the srt engine in that instant sleeper :bigthumb:

man that sucks... good thing ur ok. i wonder how the engine survived all that lol.

Welp i went to check out my car today
Body + suspension = toast
Engine and intercooler don't have a scratch and the tranny is flawless.

Had a nice lil discussion with the parental unit, no more sports cars for me. :(
So its time for a project car, i am gunna go and buy an old honda and do a motor swap.

I don't get this gap insurance thing. Suppose you owe $20,000 on your car, but it's only worth $15,000. That's where the gap insurance comes in. So if you total it, the insurance pays you out the full $20,000, instead of just the $15,000. You still have to pay off the entire loan, so I don't get how you'd have money left over.

wow man sucks to hear that. like everyone said, glad you're ok. Best of luck.

Welp i went to check out my car today
Body + suspension = toast
Engine and intercooler don't have a scratch and the tranny is flawless.

Had a nice lil discussion with the parental unit, no more sports cars for me. :(
So its time for a project car, i am gunna go and buy an old honda and do a motor swap with the gap insurance money.

WEAK.


and srt4 isnt a sports car so you are okay as far as that is concerned.

Youd think after losing control like that youd kinda go for something AWD like a first gen dsm or something.

Sounds like that wreck was an epifany sp? for you with wanting a SLOW car and all. Nice to hear your safe, and that the wreck wasn't the result of racing.

yeah atleast you weren't racing. its always like that, most of the accidents my friends got into is from people rear ending them at a light or stop sign or some random shit all the time. well glad your okay. when someone rear ended my friend's v-tec prelude in the rain next to a semi and flipped over, he used the insurance money on a downpayment for his evo. so he did the opposite as you did, instead of going slower, he went much faster.

WEAK.


and srt4 isnt a sports car so you are okay as far as that is concerned.

whats that supposed to mean?



As far as new cars are concered the parental units might be spending MY money for ME. If thats the case i would rather not have a job or a car, i wont pay for and drive something i didn't agree on purchaseing. i am willing to comprimise but we will see where all this leads.

As of now i can't drive because i no longer have insurance, I can't get to work because i don't have a car, and everyone in the world from my school is calling me to find out what happened. I have no idea how it got out, i didn't tell anyone today. I guess a rumor was started saying i wrecked my car (wich i did) and i was helecoptered to a hospital. So i have had all these people callen my parents and me, asken what hospital i was at.

Crazy crazy crazy crazy event, i still can't believe i only got a concusion from it all. btw i have the pics i just need someone to post em for me so hook me up wiff n e-mail or somethen. They are camera phone pics so u can't see much but hey, its better then nothen

chexmixa..hop on AIM and send them to me and I'll host them.

chexmixa..hop on AIM and send them to me and I'll host them.

ahh whats yo aim

Wow just e-mailed myself the pics from my phone and they are actually really good quality

ahh its tim is my AIM sn

man...that totally blows...but cars can be replaced...lives cant ^.^good to hear you are doin alrite

wait how old are you chex? Did you pay for the Sartie by yourself?

no more sports cars for me. :(
WEAK.

and srt4 isnt a sports car so you are okay as far as that is concerned.
whats that supposed to mean?

you can get another fast car. i feel bad that you got into that accident, but it seems like you're giving up in my opinion.

wow glad to see your alive, but this is seriously why there should be an age limit to how fast of a car you can buy. Younger people just dont have the experience to control fast and powerful cars like that. Not to bash you Chixmexa but an experienced driver would know you dont swerve to avoid a small animal at 80MPHs. The best thing to do if you see a animal in the road and you know you cant stop and your going to fast to swerve, you should actually speed up. This will lift the front of the car up and keep the animal from flying into the windshield.

I feel bad that you lost your car and got hurt, but your just another example as to why in experienced drivers shouldnt be allowed to have fast cars. Austraila just started something like that where if your under a certain age your car can only have a certain amount of HP. Personally im glad i had a base model cavalier to learn on. That car was so slow it prolly ran 18s in the 1/4 mile. But i know if i had a faster car, i prolly would have crashed it. I look back at the stupid things i did while driving and i am so glad my car was slow.

Also if i were you, id realize that your not gonna be getting another sports car. You wont be able to afford the insurance on it. Totaling a car with no one else involved, looks really bad. My older brother did that, he was paying 400 dollars a month for PLPD on a tempo!

damn man, that sux, glad your ok and im sorry about ur car. try 2 get those pics on here so we all can c em!

Your lucky to be alive. Well at least you didn't roll over a Tanker (Semi Truck). My dad rolled over one of them, good thing he was only carrying wax and he is lucky to be alive for the 100th time. Almost died in a motorcycle accident when he was 18-19. Got his heel rippped off. He also rolled over a CJ-5 Jeep with a soft top but luckily it had a full roll cage in it so he got up and walked away....

Glad to hear you're ok man. At least you were insured, it would hurt a lot more if you weren't.

And yeah, as Jayson was saying, a lot of the Aus. states have come out with power limits for new drivers ie 3 yrs or less of experience. The limit at the moment is 125kW per 1000kg of kerb weight. Funnily enough, my rex just fits under that at 118kW per 1000kg, so it's still decent, doesn't mean you're limited to granny mobiles. Funny enough, the older two WRXs, MY99 and MY00, are just over that limit. They're also the ones that do 0-60mph in 4.8secs. Damn subaru, just had to make them heavier and shove cats in every nook and cranny.

Like everyone else said, at least your ok and thats good to hear...Thats tough luck with the car tho, if I see an animal crossing the road I dont bother trying to swerve (ulness its a bear or moose ect obviously)

good luck on new car stuff