Matt's Evo VI - 380Bhp/415 lb/ft

[matt_vtr_15a]

Originally Posted by Giraffe

Matt, try not to dwell on it, especially as you're going to bed tonight.

Dunno if it's ever happened to anyone else, but when I stacked my E30, which involved me accelerating a bit too hard to get over a roundabout (saw a car coming round it at the last second and it was pouring down, didn't want to try and brake and end up in the middle of the roundabout, so decided to accelerate a bit more, go figure) I ended up fighting to correct it then it just let go, I bounced off one kerb, spun me round and across the road straight up the opposite kerb. Thankfully nobody was involved but me and I was ok, but it hit me that night when I had time to think and was by myself that it could have been a HELL of a lot worse, think shock set in and it didn't feel good. Just be wary of it. Glad you're ok though buddy.

Cheers mate appreciate it, awful feeling especially as I wasn't driving like a dick so it feels unjust. Just a misjudgement on my part, but really thankful i didn't clip anyone else etc.

Can't get my head round it at the moment so just doing as much as i can by sourcing parts and getting it booked in for repair. The missus is taking me nandos as well tonight to keep my mind off it as i'm constantly torturing myself with 'could've, should've, would've'.

My dad was gutted for me, kinda glad he was behind me at the time so at least he knows i wasn't being a dick and will help with the tracking and geo set-up etc. which will keep costs down a little bit.

[Aly]

Unlucky
At least you weren't injured

[hard_corejoeboy]

How the hell did you crash a 4 wheel drive with AYC?
Sucks man. I was only just looking at this thread the other day and hoping for good progress not bad!

Can any man maths be applied to the repairs? ;D

[Ali123]

was gonna say lucky about your dad being there too'!
If this happened to me and even if I was driving at 10mph and somehow crashed my car they wouldn't believe me what so ever, they would think ow as just driving like a dick

But it is surprisingly easy for it just to happen tbh
No where near as bad as yours like but just the other day I was driving up in the moors, was pissing it down and I was driving steady, national speed limit road and I was doing 30 as it was absolutely pissing it down and pitch black,
Then just out of no where back end decided it would want to fuck off else where! Luckily didn't hit the stone walls either side of me but it did shit me up !


Anyways best of luck dude

[Jay_]

Originally Posted by hard_corejoeboy

How the hell did you crash a 4 wheel drive with AYC?
Sucks man. I was only just looking at this thread the other day and hoping for good progress not bad!

I was waiting for sax-ps resident "racer" to wade in and say something.

Bad luck matt, get it sorted, back on the road for summer

[Aly]

Originally Posted by Jay_

I was waiting for sax-ps resident "racer" to wade in and say something.

Bad luck matt, get it sorted, back on the road for summer

It's actually very easy, a mate of mine sold his because he almost crashed his, he had a Scooby then bought one of these had a very twitchy moment in the wet and decided to sell.
Wasn't aimed at you Jay I just don't want to quote from him

[LSOfreak]

jesus christ

i feel so gutted for you pal

as said, atleast it wasnt worse. A few parts later an no one would notice

[matt_vtr_15a]

I have since found out that the worse thing to do is try and correct the vehicle with ayc... its weird as I lost the back end but it over corrected and at impact it was the front not rear out of control. Better off just keeping the foot planted apparently but I shit out..

As said lack of experience, my own fault. I don't claim to be tge worlds best driver but I'm very shocked I lost control...

Live and learn though, get it fixed within the next week or so and be much more cautious especially in poor conditions.

Better to learn from this than completely totalling it!

[Viper]

Gutted for you Matt!!

Hope you get it fixed up nice and quick.

[rey]

Sucks the big one dude!

My mate wrote his 6 off a couple of months ago doing pretty much the same thing as you, and he may have some spares kicking around if you need anything

[Yates]

ah unlucky pal, not too bad tho, just think you went from an underpowered slow clio to a 4 wheel drive monster, takes time to adapt. but isnt much damage, could of been worse so head up

[Sophia_Bush]

get it fixed and maybe in new year go on one of those driving training days with an instructor? At least then you will get to enjoy the car more find out more of its limits etc, pretty much what I'm going to do with the mr2 as I'm just not used to driving it properly pretty much why I got another fwd tin to tide me over for winter.

[Nik_L]

No way. Not good news.

Goes to show though, Evo's aren't the safe bet people think they are, i.e not a drivers car due to 4wd etc. Have also heard about not trying to correct these when they let go, but its natural instinct if you aren't used to it.

My old Pulsar tried to kill me once also. Come off a wet roundabout onto a road with a slight bend, wheels nearly straight, foot down, on boost and bam, all 4 wheels lit up. Fukin shit maself.

[Nik_L]

Also, if it has the history and previous care you say, i would remove the photo's etc.

Granted its not been written off, and the damage isn't too bad. But any potential buyer who sees those pics will be put off if you ask top money when you sell it.

[Badgersport]

Thats a real shame ! But like you said live and learn.

I used to work for Mitsubishi and had the pleasure of driving many evos of varying power. The ayc is a very complex system, yet at first like you i used to try and back out instead of staying planted.

Hopefully you can get it all fixed up soon and back to as it was

Ste

[holdawayt]

You'll be treating it like a small phillipino girl made from tracing paper next time it's out in the wet lol. First week of mx5 ownership I took a corner in the wet and lost the back end. It absolutely ruined my confidence with rwd in the rain.

Chin up and carry on buddy. Loads of us have been there.

[MuZiZZle]

Originally Posted by matt_vtr_15a

Slight mishap today

On a slight bend with slight lock doing about 20mph and picking up speed as it was a national speed limit... hit boost and the back end just completely went.

Lack of experience on my part, but my god I'm gutted...

I did this to my legacy about 3 days after getting it dude, fix it, get better tyres, crack on!

[matt_vtr_15a]

Originally Posted by MuZiZZle

I did this to my legacy about 3 days after getting it dude, fix it, get better tyres, crack on!

Yes getting some different tyres on... got toyo proxes on, my cousin has them on his and says there great in the dry but not ideal over winter.

Was booked in for 2 x 8 hour sessions of tattoing... cancelled that and the guy said he will even give me my deposit back as he can get the slots filled. That alone gets me pretty much the money I need to make the repairs and i had a backup savings pot for maintenance and upgrades but never expected repairs of this nature.

Will get it repaired, sprayed, laser tracked and full geo set up along with 4 new tyres more suited to winter conditions and be much more careful.

Should start with the repairs on saturday so will keep the thread updated.

Cheers for the supportive comments! Already had enough of the missus nagging me to sell it..

[Viper]

Nagging you to sell it? I hope you've told her to fuck off!

[hard_corejoeboy]

I was actually being nice. Its easy for me to judge as I've driven more miles than most people here will even think about in a lifetime. I've been lucky to never crash. I agree with the comment about a bit of tuition ir maybe some private land or even trackday to get to grips with a big upgrade that is an evo.


Could happen to anyone.