I just found this board (my rx-8)
 

Nice place, wish I found it earlier.

I was 2.5 years into my 4 year lease on a 2004 GT black on black leather.


here it is now


http://shawinternet.com/shok/rxcrash1.jpg




Currently fighting the insurance company on being totaled.
It's over 70% of the value damaged (engine is cracked) yet they dont want to total it for some reason.

Don't get in a wreck with these cars, man it hurts like hell.
This wreck happened at 60mph and I almost broke my neck due to the low ceiling.
Also, no airbags deployed. :(

60 mph wreck like that and no airbags??? Somethings wrong with that. BTW, the 8 has rated VERY high in all crash tests I've seen. Sorry to hear that.

Bummer, What did you do? Go under a truck?
The reason the airbag didn't go off there was no contact with the bumper. It may be able to be fixed. The wheel looks like it is pointing in the right direction. There may be no frame damage. Could be hard to tell from a photo.

apparently the sensors are low and this crash was just above the sensor area


it can be rated 5 star whatever, but with a low ceiling, wait and see what happens to your neck

we are sitting at 12k in body damages and interior damage

this does not include the motor damages


A truck lost control on the hwy and swung across me and I nailed him

here is the truck

http://shawinternet.com/shok/rxcrash6.jpg

after the hit we both slid into the hwy divider

I actually broke the gas pedal off with my ankle


http://shawinternet.com/shok/rxcrash4.jpg

Day'eem. Is that the headlight above the tire?! Sorry to hear that, man. How tall are you? I ask because of your comment on the ceiling...what happened with the ceiling and your neck, anyways?

Im 6ft even

in a flash of a second my neck was twisted sideways because my head jammed against the ceiling at impact.

I thought for sure I broke my neck.

You know sometimes you turn your neck and you get a catch of pain, like a nerve burn?
It's like that but times 100.
I alsi chopped my ear up on the plastic interior lights

it looks like you got jammed under that truck

the motion of the car going under the truck probably launched you from the seat into the roof, thus the jamming of neck

sorry to hear about you injuries, this is probably something pretty rare to occur in a car crash, car going under another and the passenger gets tossed UP into the roof

note to self: DO NOT under any circumstance get jammed under an SUV/truck :o:

SH!T man! Good thing you able to write this now...again, sorry to hear what happened to you! You getting another 8?

and on a slightly lighter note, that's the first time i see the stock VFAD tube sticking out in the open like that lol

There are also tons of SUV's out there for us to get in wrecks with - and now that I slammed my ride, I must look like a highway shovel.

Hope your neck is fine - I have fused verts in mine C5 fused to C6. So I know your pain in the neck is real.

Wow. Glad to hear you're doing alright. Welcome to the boards... I'm quite the "noob" myself. :)

not sure if I will get another or not, still on the fence


Im afraid of another wreck to be honest.

I mean I have had wrecks before, but being so low to the ground and the car so small, it's like being in a tin can.

wow and it's not even silver.

Lol

it was resprayed. you can see the silver poking out from underneath where it was hit. :rofl:

sorry, burner, i really shouldn't make light of your situation.

Sorry to see what happened to the car and You. Glad your alright. Sue the hell out of them. And welcome to the club.

Yeah... you are pretty tall for this car, haha. I'm 5'5 butI have plenty of head room. I don't feel like I'm in a "tin can" at all

Yeah I felt safe in it before the wreck.
And I guess it is safe, I mean I could be dead or have a broke neck.

The worst injuries I had though were to my knees and foot.
Im probably going to limp for here on out.

Sorry to hear what happened.

Limps are sexy.














No... no they aren't. :D

I think I see what's wrong from the pictures. The angle was all wrong. From what you describe you were thrown up and sideways? The airbag sensors are deliberately designed to fire only on perfectly square impacts: a straight head-on collision, or perfect side-impact (t-boner). Anything off-center or twisting impact throws the occupants around funny and at strange angles where the airbag can't help them. No surprise to me at all (but I've met airbags twice and had one whopper crash where they didn't deploy - my van looked a lot like his car, corner peeled up).Seconded - I've met the RX-8's driver's airbag. It's great. After you beat the crap out of the driver of the white truck start a whole new beating for hitting you at an off-angle. In both my airbag crashed I stepped right out of the car without a scratch.

Burner71 - very sorry to hear about this. Having weathered so many crashes I don't wish them on good people. I do have suggestions -

1) Get recommendations for a good chiropracter. How do you find a good chiropracter? Ask around - people who see theirs every week or two forever have a bad one - people who saw theirs once or twice and were fixed saw a good one.

2) Find a nice massuse. It might be covered by your health insurance if your doctor or chiropracter gives you a medical recommendation. If they won't do so after a major car crash they're not a good doctor/chiropracter.

3) Hot bath or hot tub to relax the muscles.

4) That whole 'tin car' feeling and extra nervousness you didn't have before the crash should fade in a week or two. Be cool and seek out some extra treats for yourself.

I was *soooo* bummed when I smashed my RX-8. Took 6-weeks get it fixed and that meant driving all of my out-of-town guests around in a rental car over Christmas last year. :( Feel for ya man, been there, done that, and my headlights still aren't alligned perfectly right.

Pictures like this make me even more paranoid when driving.

Sorry about your ride, hope you get a nice settlement.