I almost cried.... It was actually Sat morning my rx8 smashed into a tree trying to park it in the rain.... (the tree is close to the curb.....) So while flying head first toward my windshield I was thinking hmmm hope insurance can fix this one.......... Then SMash my head goes into the windshield...... soooo im all broke up and no rx8 sigh.... sad sad moment for me in life...... Sad Sad I say....

WOW! got any pics of the damage? glad to hear your ok

Um, seatbelt? You shouldn't be hitting the windshield.

You going to have to enlighten us all as to what exactly you were dong to have this accident.
No seat belt, parking lot, and you hit a tree.

Well at least your OK and not decapitated.

i think grandmas old cough syrup had somethin to do with it :icon_no2:

Well if you're parallel parking you can take your seatbelt off

Parallel Parking between two trees? :lol:

Don't think so. I don't usually drive fast enough to slam into the windshield when I parallel park... what the hell happened??

Don't think so. I don't usually drive fast enough to slam into the windshield when I parallel park... what the hell happened??

your foot can slip off the clutch ...

It was a mixture between Metallica on the radio, foot slipping off the clutch and a bottle of water under the brake pedal.

Seat Belts/Air Bags, your head shouldn't have hit the windshield. This is crying for more explanation.

your foot can slip off the clutch ...

Then there's a loud scary noise, the engine stalls and you move forward 2-4 inches. Not enough to send you into a tree.

pics please :(

Then there's a loud scary noise, the engine stalls and you move forward 2-4 inches. Not enough to send you into a tree.


but there's that initial force that pushes the car forward. I could see someone hitting their head on the glass if they were kind of peeking forward to see if they're close enough to the curb and/or tree but is stopped by the curb/tree...That initial jerk forward isn't a gentle one...

by the time this guy logs on again and tells us what actually happened, we'll have 40 stories of what probably happened :lol2:

Parking in the rain and smashing into a tree, hitting your head on the windshield.


That doesn't add up.....you're leaving something out....


I think you tried to pull one of these but FAILED HARD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuYov0ghyMQ

Ok Im here and yes I had belt on and I wasn't drunk either or I wouldn't drive my 8 guys.... And no the airbags did not delpoy and yes I will put pics up when I get back home and take some pics in morning as it may be dark tonite...

Yes my foot did slip and rev then hit curb and tree was right there. It was actually very sucky..... I was parking just like I usualy do in front of house. nothing to crazy guys. normally I woould have sped into the spot and then revesed into clean park position. But I sliped reved a bit not much then emidiate bang tree windshield....

"Where was that air bag I bought..." " Oh there in the steering wheel I bought ohh.... nice and safe they are..."

So thats what happend and I think that It may get totaled if it does I need a new 8 :( hope they can fix it..

Pics soon....

I'm callin BS because trees don't grow in Newark lol



just kidding :)

when u see the pics since i havent move car yet ... You may understand better.. im at work so i cant get them up now.

I'm callin BS because trees don't grow in Newark lol
just kidding :)

haha, i'm sitting in class right now at NJIT, oh look a tree! oh wait nevermind, just a fat lady wearing a green shirt and brown pants.

Anyway on a more serious note, hope it doesnt get totaled and it gets fixed.

Your head should not hit the windshield if you have a seatbelt on.

Unless you were going 100, broke the seatbelt and somehow lived?

well thanks Sinner hope it gets fixed as well.. And yea I had seatbelt on I always drive with it and when I post pics you will see that I was not for surely not doing near 100mph... not time nor space to do all that.. but.... NJIT thats close ehehheheh...

It was a mixture between Metallica on the radio, foot slipping off the clutch and a bottle of water under the brake pedal.

Well, the new Metallica on the radio makes me want to smash my head through a windshield....maybe he feels the same way?

I have to see this pictures. Totalling a car because your foot slipped off the clutch would be pretty incredible.

I think I understand. He normally parks at the edge of a cliff with a tree at the bottom. He was right at the edge when his foot slipped off the clutch, moving it just enough to fall/fly into a tree and potentially get totaled.

pics?

i see an automatic in your future :biggthump

^:rofl:

I think I understand. He normally parks at the edge of a cliff with a tree at the bottom. He was right at the edge when his foot slipped off the clutch, moving it just enough to fall/fly into a tree and potentially get totaled.

hahahaha thats probably it :lol:

If I understand correctly, he hit a curb first which might have caused him to be thrown up but not lock the seat belts, or activate the air bags. When he hit the tree there would have been a lot of slack in the seat belt and he would have easily been thrown forward. I too am having a hard time imagining this happening but you never know.

I think I understand. He normally parks at the edge of a cliff with a tree at the bottom. He was right at the edge when his foot slipped off the clutch, moving it just enough to fall/fly into a tree and potentially get totaled.

pics?

I think we need Alfy in this thread :lol2:

glad you're ok


that said . . . thanks for the rofls . . . the wild stories and all have given me a good laugh.

Maybe he was trying to duplicate a scene from F&F and do a wheelie on the move? Of course Vin never wears his seat belt either so why should I?

... But I sliped reved a bit not much then emidiate bang tree windshield....



wait wait wait... back up... what the fuck did you just say?

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I almost cried.... It was actually Sat morning my rx8 smashed into a tree trying to park it in the rain.... (the tree is close to the curb.....) So while flying head first toward my windshield I was thinking hmmm hope insurance can fix this one.......... Then SMash my head goes into the windshield...... soooo im all broke up and no rx8 sigh.... sad sad moment for me in life...... Sad Sad I say....

we need some further pix/explanation

another silver bites the dust... oh noez

updated info is in this thread..(Got the money!! Now to fix it... )

I see no link for pics. 4 months and still no pics.

Wheres the pix?!? I call BS on your story

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I think his signature says it all. I call your story and raise you I slipped off my clutch and was blasted into orbit.

I call BS on the story too.

He probably lit it on fire for insurance fraud.

:bsmeter:

something is sketchy about this story. something tells me thats not what happend. trying to fool the us and the insurance company!

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^ lol

Sounds more like someone was parking lot drifting.. or attempting to :p:


Still no pics.

:balls:

Sounds more like someone was parking lot drifting.. or attempting to :p:


Still no pics.

agreed, he hasent posted anything either. something really fishy!!

the thread name is....


Got the money!! Now to fix it...


should I post in this thread or continue the other doesnt matter to me..... I can repost the pics here...


Oh and Its out of pocket so... No didnt try to fool anyone...



http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=176573http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=176573

Looks like he came through. Maybe you should either;

1. Lay off the booze
2. Lay off the drugs or
3. Turn the flash on your camera so its not all blurry :lol2:

That's a surprising amount of damage for just "accidentally letting the clutch out" especially since you were in 1st..


So what really happened? Because if insurance didn't cover it, sounds more like you were parking lot drifting.. :p:

No way that damage happened at <20mph...

No way that damage happened at <20mph...

agreed

That's a surprising amount of damage for just "accidentally letting the clutch out" especially since you were in 1st..


So what really happened? Because if insurance didn't cover it, sounds more like you were parking lot drifting.. :p:

i think thats what really happend. no way he could reck that thing going in first g

I almost cried.... It was actually Sat morning my rx8 smashed into a tree trying to park it in the rain.... (the tree is close to the curb.....) So while flying head first toward my windshield I was thinking hmmm hope insurance can fix this one.......... Then SMash my head goes into the windshield...... soooo im all broke up and no rx8 sigh.... sad sad moment for me in life...... Sad Sad I say....

Foot slipped off the clutch eh?



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Well at least it didn't end up like this!!!!


http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=144215&d=1250713495

and people call that art hu?^

I wouldn't even try...Cars worth what 10g these days....3grand for frame and suspension work...another large for fixing the wrinkling at the C pillar....what another 3 grand for a decent repaint on the entire car...Buy a new one.
Just the front and I would give you clutch slip,(granted to this day I have sat in my car trying to figure that out, but whatever), but dude clutch slip is only in one direction, not into tree plug into reverse try the next tree, back into first gear to try and get revenge on the first tree with the side of the car...... You aren't fooling any of us.

Salvage rx8 bought on the cheap, or must have been a gigantic tree.

im calling really wrong parking lot drifting!!

Actually a hitting a tree at about <20mph or around there can do a shit load of damage. I saw a guy crash his car into the back of another car at 5-10mph and his bumper completely was ruined, cracked down the middle in two pieces. It wasn't a roll, he floored it thinking the traffic was moving.

Actually a hitting a tree at about <20mph or around there can do a shit load of damage. I saw a guy crash his car into the back of another car at 5-10mph and his bumper completely was ruined, cracked down the middle in two pieces. It wasn't a roll, he floored it thinking the traffic was moving.


Except a tree is generally a single cylindrical object and is usually narrower than the car, and even though it's fairly strong, wouldn't take out the entire bumper nor hit the back of the car as well.

Except a tree is generally a single cylindrical object and is usually narrower than the car, and even though it's fairly strong, wouldn't take out the entire bumper nor hit the back of the car as well.

http://www.numenoreen.com/Images/Treebeard-toy.jpg

I wouldn't even try...Cars worth what 10g these days....3grand for frame and suspension work...another large for fixing the wrinkling at the C pillar....what another 3 grand for a decent repaint on the entire car...Buy a new one.
Just the front and I would give you clutch slip,(granted to this day I have sat in my car trying to figure that out, but whatever), but dude clutch slip is only in one direction, not into tree plug into reverse try the next tree, back into first gear to try and get revenge on the first tree with the side of the car...... You aren't fooling any of us.


The dents near the gas tank were not done during the crash into the tree...... The were done as the car was sitting on side of road after crash.. Some Azz Backed into it and bolted away yay..... So That was not part of this accident.. The part that suxs is I have now fixed the damage the tree has cuase but them dents near the tank omg.. I dont know how much it will cost.. Sigh.. Seems in life I can not win... so hey at least I can go Fast......

The Tree kinda resembles the tree in pic on previous post... Sure you don't live near me house..????

And the Tree is Huge for real its as big as the whole front of an RX8 if a pic of the nice lil tree is need I can get one.....

Hope this helps

Right. *gets in the lifeboat*

Actually a hitting a tree at about <20mph or around there can do a shit load of damage. I saw a guy crash his car into the back of another car at 5-10mph and his bumper completely was ruined, cracked down the middle in two pieces. It wasn't a roll, he floored it thinking the traffic was moving.

my 8 was competely totalled in a less than 10mph collision.

my 8 was competely totalled in a less than 10mph collision.


What'd you hit?

a tree lol

Maybe it was the tree that hit him at 10mph.. hmm :p:

Maybe it was the tree that hit him at 10mph.. hmm :p:

According to the laws of physics, that would make no difference. Being thrown a thousand miles per hour towards a bullet suspended in mid air is the exact same effect on you as being shot.

According to the laws of physics, that would make no difference. Being thrown a thousand miles per hour towards a bullet suspended in mid air is the exact same effect on you as being shot.

Yeah, except for being flattened into a pancake. :cwm27:

Laws of physics don't apply to the RX8. Shush. :p:

Aight now, the trees have been known to fight back from time to time...you can only slide into them once before they fight back....plus look at the title of the thread "my rx8 "FLYING" into a tree...yea im having a hard time believing this one but hopefully you can get it fixed just in time for the parking lot poles to have affect on them. lol

:bsmeter: this thread!!

Women and children first everyone, single file line, come on, everyone in the lifeboats!

^----Does anyone have child I can borrow, a child, please someone, i will give it back when we get there i promise

^lol it was a pleasure playing with you!

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