RYANSRX8 Crash, RIP RX8 :(
 

So I'm very sad to say that I have totaled my rx8 :( Cruising around with some guys and lost control around a bend a flipped my car end to end a couple of times at about 45mph but landed right side up thankfully...Seat belt saved my life and walked away with 2 bruised fingers and some seat belt burns on my shoulder and a little bit of my back and my head scratched...I'm very very lucky to still be here...Here are some pics at the towing place I dont have any pics at that sight of the crash but it happened yesterday evening

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Ouch. Driver Mod FTW!

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part out?

oh no not another 8 gone ... glad your ok shows how safe our cars are ... just curious how exactly did you loosing control wind up with the 2 or 3 flips??

if that exhaust is still intact ill take it...
LOL jk...
Sorry about that man, glad youre okay..
Time to get some insurance $$.

Ouch, uhh Are You Able To Save Some Parts.

:tear:

well I was a bit behind him and to his credit, it was a very poorly designed turn it was at the top of a hill and a flat turn not the first accident at that bend according to the police officer... the back end got loose (possibly on some loose gravel) and slid him into a ditch that was at the start of an embankment which i'm sure caused the car to rotate over, I'm glad hes OK it was a scary thing to watch

Exhaust is the only thing that looked to be in good shape so maybe parting that out but im not certain...I have a lotek gauge pod that i never got around to putting on and g35 wheels but those wheels will only be local...but I'll put that up when i get around too it

that'll buff right out

^how about the seats & intake

HOLY MOLY! Glad you walked away alright.

Seats i dunno lol and I know the filter of my intake flew off somewhere i doubt the intake is in good condition i didnt pop the hood even if i could

Take off your alternator for me will ya? & the stock CAT.... im try to think what else is of value.......Gas Cap??

chill that intake is mine if its useable lol

^Weenie :boid: I already has one..... just asking

Alas I have never had a chance to meet up with you guys. Sorry to hear about this, but glad you're okay.

you flipped because you went into a ditch right? cant imagine that you would have flipped just from a a sharp turn... sorry about your 8 though man thats real unfortunate

wow. that's crazy! the car looks pretty beat up but the basic frame seems to be pretty well intact which is what i would credit you being able to walk away from this relatively unscathed.

you guys are a bunch of vultures :p

Thank the engineers of the RX8 who did such an amazing job for your well being. notice how the roof is almost perfect? thats because of the way the roof was constructed, its really strong, and also really light.

here is the info on the roof.

The roof on the RX-8 has structural members that are constructed of nitride treated steel.
Nitriding fuses titanium to the steel with nitrogen through heat. This produces a very strong, yet lighter weight (2.2 lbs less than ordinary steel) roof and contributes to better handling.



sorry about your ride, but glad you are ok man.

^:scratchhe.....:bigok:

Yeah, it shows how strong the 8 is. Doing it's job to protect us, even from ourselves or loose gravel on the road.

Glad to hear you are ok.

Getting another 8?

if you even have a slight want to buy another 8, you should just go ahead and get it. i tried to go with something else after my first but i came back 6 months later :)

yikes, that gives me the heebie -jebbies (huh?) just looking at that.

HAD to involve a ditch/change of ground level b/c our cars, from what i understand, are VERY hard to flip. especially as the op states, going under 50. glad you're ok, that's scary.

just curious, i guess all side/curtain airbags went off? what was that like? i mean, could you feel them? did you hit the door frame with your head or anything? anything like that? neve been in or known someone that rolled (knock on wood!). yikes...

Wow thats crazy 45mph..............geez i would have gotten out of the car and kissed the ground.

hate to see this, no airbag deployment?

^Good Question.

wow, such savages you are :)

thank god you ok bro, and hopefully you have an rx8 relapse as i did

big ouch. I want the hazard light switch cover tho.

sorry dude.

Ill give you mine, if you give me ur BIKE:yesnod:

ill give you my bike if you gimme your rx-8

I think the curse of the Sunlight Silver has been broken.
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/curse-sunlight-silver-rx-8-a-15564/

no the airbags didn't deploy I was surprised also but, everything worked out in his favor in terms of injuries sustained and such, it probably was best in this particular situation that they didnt

theres no serious frontal damage really no need deploying airbags

DUDE RYAN I am glad you are okay

wow bro, I am seriously happy you are okay and came out relatively unscathed!!

The front only has the air bag sensor for the front. The side airbag sensors are elsewhere.

The sensors only work through detecting acceleration/deceleration, triggering them to deploy if they pass certain thresholds of speed (not vehicle speed, acceleration or deceleration velocity change). Rollovers inherently have a low speed deltas, as they only shed a fraction of the vehicle's speed on each minor impact. I can easily see how the airbags didn't trigger. Even gravel in the ditch will soften the impact and reduce the speed delta further.

At least make some shit up and say someone ran you off the road, had a mechanical failure, or you dodged a deer or somethin...

Rolling your car at 45MPH in a 1 vehicle accident makes you look like such a douche. I'm glad you are okay and all... but seems like you almost became a victim of natural selection. :D

I don't know, I respect him more for not trying to make a story up, than I would if he was michael andretti and lying.

Ever notice that the people that make up the stories can't keep the story intact under the questions on here? We know better :)

What a crazy experience :eek: to go through!!! The car looks horrible :SHOCKED:
Glad that you walked away from it.
The lack of roof damage is quite impressive, considering all the front, rear and side damage. Nice job, Mazda engineers!

the only person that looks like a douche here us you, seriously people like you piss me off.

Wow...really? Then why would he post at all then? Accidents happen...that's why they are called accidents. We love our cars and drive them. Might not all be pro drivers, but then again even the pros get into accidents that can not be avoided, right?

Newbies I tell ya!

^Seriously.... :yesnod:

Seriously dude fuck off your piece of shit and have no fucking life...Im lucky to still be here and alive and you seriously have the nerve to tell me that?? Fuck off and go to hell...I have no need to lie, cuz where does that take me? no where...now whose the douche you faggot

+1^ :yesnod:

Damn dude... glad ur ok. My g/f flipped her truck on a highway doing 60 several months back. Flipped several times cuz she hydroplaned. It was raining and the highway she was on is notorious for that kind of shit.

Luckily she didnt hit any cars. Was a miracle. All she has from that day is one small scar on her back and a fear of that highway lol.

Again, glad to see your ok. It was, and prolly still is nerve racking.

man that looks pretty bad, glad your ok though, any ideas what to get next?

^^^ Sooooo what you're trying to say is you won't sell me the engine?

you're still a fucking idiot, but that was funny