RXEvolV

70-75mph coming off a freeway offramp (2fast!) it happened. I felt the slide and heard the tires entering the right curved ramp I eased the ebrake back. It was to late. She then hit the dirt rolling up an embankment. Amazingly, I opened the door and walked away with merely seat belt bruises. The driver side airbag was the only that deployed. I was alone and blown away to realize that my front didn't deploy. To add insult to injury there was no ins. So this means that there will be some good parts here in need of some good homes. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm wide open! Mods, if there is a better place to offer used parts 4sale, please send me there, ty! 2004 RX-8 BLK-BLK/BRN, AUTO TRAN, 43K, NAV SYS, IN DASH 6-CD CHANGER

Mugatu

iTrader: (1)

so why were you driving a car with no insurance?

BTW, no one is going to buy parts from you being that you are a new member with no hostory to back you up, and the fact that you are so irresponsible.

go try ebay.

DARKMAZ8

I think by pulling the ebrake while sliding sideways might have caused you to roll.

cas2themoe

From what I know, depending on the impact blows on the car, your airbag system did the right thing. Although I wonder why the head airbag didn't deploy. Glad to hear you're alive.

legokcen

How is this insult to injury? It's "add stupid to careless." Why the hell would you drive around without insurance???

Anyway, glad you are ok and were able to walk away from the accident.

Parmer8

Driving around with no insurance for 43k miles is stupid and fishy. I would like to see pics of this roll over.

I would assume that the front air bags didn't deploy because the the sensors indicated it wasn't a head on impact.

RXEvolV

Aydalh

Glad you're OK. I don't think the front should deploy in a rollover either. Save some of the parts and buy a 6sp MT. Ask the dealer if they can sell you a car without certain parts (ie engine, tranny and whatever survived) :O If you buy manual next time at least you'll be busy learning how to heel-and-toe that off-ramp instead of thinking you're playing a videogame and doing 75 in a 25.

Chrisbert

Pic doesn't want to open.

I smell fish.

Aydalh

Well it looks like rollover damage and it's just very small and not a thumbnail but who knows.

xpixieshadowx

Im sorry but driving without insurance is stupid...but im glad ur ok...sux ur 8 isnt

Rx-A-Ho

Sorry to hear about your loss. Seems like you were very, very lucky.

Don't hit the brakes (or e-brake) when losing control (sideways). It will just make you lose control faster and more dramtically.

Here is something a racing instructor always used to say about conering "Slow in, fast out. Fast in, spin out."

mcaul

RXEvolV,
Do you mean that you had no insurance at all, or that you had no collision insurance? Did you pay cash for the car? Glad you are OK.

cas2themoe

Doesnt look like an RX8 hood...................

carbonRX8

iTrader: (1)

I am going to go out on a limb here and say that is a T/A bout 1989.

Maybe hitting the ebrake is what caused you to troll...I mean roll.

cas2themoe

^ I'm with you

BunnyGirl

Do you have any other pictures we can see, other than one that is so tiny and just looks like a generically flattened black car???

alcimedes

That's not an rx8 hood. You couldn't get rid of the dip on the hood by rolling the car.

BunnyGirl

Yeah, that's true. It might be the angle of the camera but it also looks like larger (longer) car. What I am wondering is how anyone could have walked out of that car shown in the photo. It's too flat for someone to have been in it and gotten out without all the obvious prying apart jaws of life and cutting marks usually involved, especially with only seat belt bruises.

And no insurance???!!!!!

BunnyGirl

Anyone see anything that resembles a functioning door???

alcimedes

It's right next the the original poster that isn't full of crap.

cleoent

guys, dont feed the trolls.

RXEvolV

To some of you, thanks for your encouraging thoughts. As to why? Cuz I've always wanted to part out my 8... and here's your sign. Who would lie about a tragedy like this?! Dumb, stupid or smart, **** just happens.

cleoent

holy crap, i retract my previous statement.

dannobre

iTrader: (3)

Damn...that's a mess Let us know when you are parting it out. I have a few things that I want......