Hey Guys,
Today I found out just how much I really love my cars handeling. It was about 7am this morning and just had a light rain and it was still sprinkling some. I was behid a school bus going about 40-45mph going into a turn. All of a sudden when I am starting to slow down for the turn I fell the ass in start to walk out from me, Before I knew it the car was going straight and the road was going left with a 5 foot drop off on the other side (mind you the road was tilted at about 5 degrees inword) After a sudden blast of gas with the wheel turned left I found some traction before going off the edge, The about 2/3 of the car is off the road and I am going sideways. My passenger (my little bro is calm as can be, mind you this only lasted 3 seconds) I look to my right (the way the car is sliding) and see a road sign I am heading dead for. Another blast of gas while sliding sideways gets the car back on the road before hitting this road sign head on in the passenger door. I get back on the road to find my ass end sweeping around clockwise with oncoming traffic not to terribly far up the road. 2 360's later in the middle of the road. And a 180 finds me at a complete stop on the side of the road that just happend to be a parking lot for a church. I get out to survey the damage...the damage is my sideskirt (passenger side) is ripped up and some how I guess i glazed that road sign and it knocked off my door handle and made a small dent in the door (something a plunger could/and will get out. Nothing is leaking from the car and other than the cosmetic it runs perfectly normal. Me and my bro get out of the car and started laughing at each other saying "Dude!!!!..that was awesome" My mom and dad were about 3 minutes behind me and I call them to say 1st off I am alright and tell them what happened. My dads forst comment was you were going to fast. Haha...following a school bus, But what turned out to be a miracle for me the car directly behind me was one of my best freinds who vouched for me saying I was going the correct speed etc etc.... He even slid into that turn that took me and my bro for a ride..The cause of this accident? Oil slick in the road. Total damage from a bodyshop to compleatly repair my car and fix a few other cosmetic things? only about $900 dollars. Not to bad...God only knows that it could have been worse and me and my bro seriosly injured. Overall I am sooo happy with the car and it's handeling. I never called the cops or anything I'll just pay it out of my own pocket that way I am not paying higher insurance for the next 5 years. Well...just thought I would share my experiance and why these cars are so awesome.
Cheers
Ben