Hopefully I'm in the right section of the forum for this kind of post.
So, on the afternoon of September 13th, the dreaded finally happened. I've been driving my 60 since the day I turned 16, and 3 years on, I've had a "serious" crash in it. I was doing 90kph along a secondary highway, when a mid-2000's honda civic decided to ignore a stop sign and pull out directly in front of me. I swerved, but he realized his mistake and for some reason, chose not to get out of the way of the 5,000 pound arrangement of steel that was barreling towards him.
I braked, and was probably doing about 80kph when the impact happened. I ended up pulled off to the side of the highway, the truck still idling, with no cuts. I looked around. The front of my hood looked a little higher than i remembered, and my passenger fender was bent. I got out, and heard hissing from the sidewall of my passenger front tire. The solid rear bumper of the civic had punctured my sidewall. I looked for the civic - it had taken down a sign, gone all the way through the ditch, and was embedded in a fence, an undeniable complete write-off.
I am incredibly proud to own a 60. It saved me from getting serious injuries - or even worse. And I was able to drive away from the accident with only a spare tire change.
Here are some photos of the incident.
Does anyone have any tips for where I could source replacement parts? I live in canada, and if I can find something cheaper than SOR it would be nice.
So, on the afternoon of September 13th, the dreaded finally happened. I've been driving my 60 since the day I turned 16, and 3 years on, I've had a "serious" crash in it. I was doing 90kph along a secondary highway, when a mid-2000's honda civic decided to ignore a stop sign and pull out directly in front of me. I swerved, but he realized his mistake and for some reason, chose not to get out of the way of the 5,000 pound arrangement of steel that was barreling towards him.
I braked, and was probably doing about 80kph when the impact happened. I ended up pulled off to the side of the highway, the truck still idling, with no cuts. I looked around. The front of my hood looked a little higher than i remembered, and my passenger fender was bent. I got out, and heard hissing from the sidewall of my passenger front tire. The solid rear bumper of the civic had punctured my sidewall. I looked for the civic - it had taken down a sign, gone all the way through the ditch, and was embedded in a fence, an undeniable complete write-off.
I am incredibly proud to own a 60. It saved me from getting serious injuries - or even worse. And I was able to drive away from the accident with only a spare tire change.
Here are some photos of the incident.
Does anyone have any tips for where I could source replacement parts? I live in canada, and if I can find something cheaper than SOR it would be nice.