WRX went through a house..

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: waggy
what amazes me about that thread is not the fact that the kid hit a house or lied about how it happened.

ITS that they are debating the length of a football field!

Most boyracers read at a 3rd grade level.

yeah but they were saying 600+ feet was LESS then a football field? sheesh.

Hope the guy his license taken away and sued for for the cost of fixing the house. oh and he never owns anything more powerfull then a yugo.

 

[whoiswes]

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
throttle cable got stuck. there was a recall and he had not gottem it done before the accident.

bullshit - he was fvcking around, lost control, and made up a story to cover his ass.

the cops will figure it all out and hopefully nail his ass to the wall.

what a tool.

 

[DanFungus]

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: Skoorb
What a fvckface. No way his gas stuck. He should have his license revoked, and get a haymaker across the noggin.

Skoorb you're a fvcking tard. Theres a recall on the throttle clip for the WRX, he didn't go in, MAYBE that might be an explaination.

I believe the recall throttle problem would only have caused a problem with the cruise control on, and I don't believe he was cruising along in a residential neighborhood with cruise control. Moreover, that recall problem would only have caused the throttle to stay open at the position it was already open to, not wide-open.

As I said above, even if you give him the full benefit of the doubt, and assign ALL the blame for the open throttle to the car, he had plenty of time to stop it, and was unable to do so.

There's a reason morons like this get into 3 accidents in a year. He is a danger to himself and others, and should be handled accordingly IMO.

Subaru of America, Inc. has determined that your vehicle may have been manufactured with a cruise control cable that could come out of its track on the cruise control lever and lodge on the control lever tab when the accelerator pedal is released. If this condition occurs, the throttle will not return to the idle position and instead will remain in an open position. This condition could occur at any time without prior notice, even while the cruise control is turned off. If you encounter this condition while driving, place the transmission gear selector in the neutral position and carefully steer the vehicle to a safe place on the side of the road. Do not operate the vehicle.

But, his story is still BS.

 

[aplefka]

Who cares about his story? His car is fvcked, his insurance is fvcked, and his neighbor's house just got knocked the fvck out. I hope he faces some legal action.

 

[Vic]

FWIW, his story is BS because of the long, wide-spaced gearing in the WRX 5MT. Redline in 3rd is almost 100mph. At any reasonable residential driving speed in 3rd (i.e. 20-25 mph), the rpms are below 2000 (I rarely even get out of 2nd when driving through a neighborhood), where the relatively low displacement turbo-charged engine is bogged-down and virtually powerless.
His claim that the throttle suddenly stuck WOT while driving at 20-25mph in 3rd gear and that he suddenly accelerated to 80mph before he could control it is simply BS, regardless of whether the punk's car was stage 4 or not.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: jagec
No one gets a radar detector unless they want to go 15 over or more. You may say "the flow of traffic", but no one gets a ticket for going with the flow of traffic. So I'd bet you drive a little faster.

Yes, you do. I've gotten a ticket for 72 in a 65 with the flow of traffic.

OK, I ammend my statement to say that almost no one gets a ticket for going with the flow of traffic.

I guess part of it is what you drive. Drive a boring car, and be polite, and you probably won't get tickets.

In my 5 years of driving all around the country I've never gotten a speeding ticket. And I usually drive 10 over. But I guess bad luck happens to some people...

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Antisocial-Virge

Originally posted by: Skoorb
What a fvckface. No way his gas stuck. He should have his license revoked, and get a haymaker across the noggin.

Yea I call BS too. Even if his throttle stuck wide open, how did it get wide open in the first place.

I thought that car had drive by wire technology. How could the throttle cable stick?

Still, that will buff right out. :laugh:

 

[Anonemous]

yea I find it ironic that the OP of that car thread posted his crash pics (along with his previous accidents) to be an attention/sympathy whore but it backfired on him.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Antisocial-Virge

Originally posted by: Skoorb
What a fvckface. No way his gas stuck. He should have his license revoked, and get a haymaker across the noggin.

Yea I call BS too. Even if his throttle stuck wide open, how did it get wide open in the first place.

I thought that car had drive by wire technology. How could the throttle cable stick?

Still, that will buff right out. :laugh:

STi is drive-by-wire. WRX is not.

 

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
I don't endorse being passive aggresive or actively aggressive in traffic. I don't claim that I've never sped. I simply stated that unless you're intending to violate WA or OR law (by driving faster than the posted speed limit) then you have no reason to own one.

If you feel justified in speeding because everyone else does or because some other asshole decides to go slow in the passing lane, that's fine. Just be honest with your self that your intent was to break the law. It's less condemnable that driving like a maniac in a residential neighborhood.

heh. Touche!

I just took offense to the implied idea that every person with a radar detector is going to speed like a maniac through a residential area, especially when this dipsh!t who did didn't even have a detector!

Comon, you own a rex, you think people will believe you bought it to obey the speed limit?

 

[sniperruff]

good for him. anyone is an idiot if you have to pay for the car for another 4.5 years, and then installed some stage 4 crap on it, with some fancy rims and a porsche decal on the back, then go 3rd gear in a neighborhood.

but anyway,
Text

 

[T2T III]

That house is only about 20 miles away from where I live. I'm sure that neighborhood has a 25 MPH speed limit. I can see the Pr. Wm. Country police department vehicle in one of the pictures. I'm sure they had plenty of tickets to write out.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: Skoorb
What a fvckface. No way his gas stuck. He should have his license revoked, and get a haymaker across the noggin.

Exactly. I mean a radar detector screams "hey I speed like a maniac." I don't buy his story at all.

That's not a radar detector, Mill. That's the optional auto-dimming rearview mirror with built-in digital compass. The plastic antenna hanging down next to it is part of a Viper alarm system.

And while I won't defend this obvious jackass, I could not disagree with your statement more. Owning a radar detector does NOT scream you speed like a maniac. I own one and I don't. I just don't like to get tickets for driving with the flow of traffic (and I haven't received ticket in more than 5 years, nor ever had an at-fault accident).

I barely glossed over the pictures while scrolling down, so I apologize for assuming it was a radar detector. Clearly it is the mirror bent down. However, I couldn't disagree with your disagreement anymore. I was 17 with a Mustang and a radar detector once. I had tons of friends who had them. My father had one, my grandfather had one. EveryoneI know with a radar detector drives 10 over. Most of my friends when I was young drove a LOT faster than 10 over. You don't get a radar detector to prevent a ticket while driving with the flow the of the traffic. I'm sorry, but I cannot buy that at all. In five years I've never gotten a ticket for doing under 10 mph while I didn't have a radar detector. I did, however, get 2 for about 10mph over when I HAD a radar detector.

You can say my logic is fallacious, but that is just being disingenuous. Radar detector implies that you speed, and that you speed more than normal. Otherwise, your eyes, a modicum of caution, and driving about 10 over will prevent you from getting a ticket. I've never even felt weird passing cops doing 10 over. They've never stopped, hit their brakes, or turned around. Of course, I'm speaking of being on the interstate, or in a commercial district on the highway. Anyway, I don't buy that having a RD is just for sh!ts and giggles. Maybe that's your reasoning, but not the other 99%. I used to have one, and knew plenty of people as well. RD = speed like a maniac.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: bigredguy
I have had two tickets in the last 8 months and one of them i was just going with the flow in the fast lane when i got pulled over. There are also a few counties around here that will pull you over for 1 mph over.

Yeah, I forgot to mention that Portland's and Beaverton's photo radar vans will issue tickets at 1 mph over. Very lame IMO. Thankfully, they are not stealthy, like a cop, and will cause even the cheapest radar detector to light up like a Christmas tree.
So if you think that one has to do 10-15 mph over to get a ticket, you could not be more wrong.

Back on topic: how the hell was the front bumper not destroyed?

Vic, I thought you were all for personal responsability. One is is one over. Suck it up and pay it if you get one.

Sorry, I couldn't resist. Thankfully they don't have photo radar around here. I find them to be the most nefarious device ever, and a clear breech in the contract we have with cops. They hide and try to trick us, and we do all kinds of crazy things to prevent them from catching us. Introducing a fscking photo-taking machine into it takes all the fun out of it.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: Vic

No police officer has ever given me a ticket for having a radar detector, and in those rare times when I have been pulled over with a detector in my car, I have never tried to hide the fact that I have one. And yet I have (in the past) gotten warnings as often as tickets.

My experience has differed completely. When I had a radar detector I had
zero hope of a warning. I was busted 4 times before I wised up and got rid of it. Now, I've been pulled over 2-3 times for speeding in the past 2 years(too much I know) and gotten a warning each time. Two of the times I was doing 20 over, but just simple conversation and an admission of guilt to the officer saved me. When I had a radar detector it didn't matter. I could tell the officer he's my long lost uncle and it would phase them. Radar Detector = ticket. If you think about it, it is just one big admission of guilt. I'm not trying to be contrary either. I posted the whole "speed like a maniac" because that EXACTLY how the police treated me when I had one(even for 10 over).

BTW, just go buy a compass. They make little digital ones for much cheaper than 30. I don't doubt that was your primary reason(seems logical enough), but I think you had a clear reason for it including a detector.

 

[flot]

Originally posted by: halik

clutch and brake was the way to go. The car has abs so you can still control what you're doing... plus even at WOT the brakes will overpower the engine to the point of stalling.

I'm not going to argue that the kid was lying, and a moron, but I'm not confident on the brakes issue. I certainly never tried it, but my feeling is that any strong 250+ hp engine at WOT could put up a pretty good fight against a set of stock brakes.

However, you'd have to be a total retard not to do SOMETHING in that situation. I have to say the little voice in the back of my head would be screaming "don't push in the clutch you'll blow up the engine" but the larger voice in the front of my head would be screaming "HOUSEE!!!! HOUUUSEEEEEE!!!!"

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: flot
I'm not going to argue that the kid was lying, and a moron, but I'm not confident on the brakes issue. I certainly never tried it, but my feeling is that any strong 250+ hp engine at WOT could put up a pretty good fight against a set of stock brakes.

The engine in my old ram easily outpowered my brakes, and it had 13.9" rotors.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: flot

Originally posted by: halik

clutch and brake was the way to go. The car has abs so you can still control what you're doing... plus even at WOT the brakes will overpower the engine to the point of stalling.

I'm not going to argue that the kid was lying, and a moron, but I'm not confident on the brakes issue. I certainly never tried it, but my feeling is that any strong 250+ hp engine at WOT could put up a pretty good fight against a set of stock brakes.

However, you'd have to be a total retard not to do SOMETHING in that situation. I have to say the little voice in the back of my head would be screaming "don't push in the clutch you'll blow up the engine" but the larger voice in the front of my head would be screaming "HOUSEE!!!! HOUUUSEEEEEE!!!!"

I've owned a 280hp turbo awd car (moded second gen talon) and if you hit the brakes before the car hits boost, you will stall the engine with no effort what so ever. If you shift to 3rd at 25 mph, you wont hit any boost for about 10 secs at WOT. Even at 4.5k rpms, the brakes would still bring the car to stop

 

[StageLeft]

I'd suspect that in most cars the brakes would own the engine without any problem. Think about a powerful car with AWD and how hard it is to leave a strip of rubber with all wheels. Now think how easy it is in a car without ABS to lock all the wheels up. It's no problem at all to crank those wheels to a stop, so that the tire has no hope of maintaining traction, but few engines can do the same with an AWD car.

 

[greenman100]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I'd suspect that in most cars the brakes would own the engine without any problem. Think about a powerful car with AWD and how hard it is to leave a strip of rubber with all wheels. Now think how easy it is in a car without ABS to lock all the wheels up. It's no problem at all to crank those wheels to a stop, so that the tire has no hope of maintaining traction, but few engines can do the same with an AWD car.

=teh win

 

[deerslayer]

A kid I went to high school with drove his car through someones yard, completely through the side of their garage, and ran in to the neighbors garage, only stopping there because there was a car parked in it. He was trying to tie his shoe.

 

[CraigRT]

it looks better than new! (the 02 style is fuglay)

 

[PricklyPete]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
throttle cable got stuck. there was a recall and he had not gottem it done before the accident.

Doesn't even matter. He admitted to being WOT and driving like a general moron, so I hope he gets sued. He finds it funny that he fscked up someone's house. What a prick that guy is.

Agreed. Definitely not funny at all.

 

[purbeast0]

wow man that sucks

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

I can outpower my parking brake in my 160 hp Jap 4-banger. Granted, I wouldn't be setting a 0-60 record, but I can do it... now add about 100 hp and a wide-open throttle.

Of course, it probably would have helped significantly if he had pulled the brake, but it wouldn't have been an instant stop. He'd still have to have the presence of mind to point his car in a different direction.

The kid is just a retarded driver. Clutch in + brake down != Going through house. Damage to engine from revving with clutch down < Damage to car now.