Happy to Be alive :), Friend totaled 350Z Options

[CupCrazy38]

Well, I was with my friend this weekend over at UGA. As we were driving along, another friend cut us off. I was in the passenger seat with my friend daniel in his 350Z and he decided to pass them and get back in front of them for cutting him off.

Well, the road curved to the right, and a raccoon was in the road. We hit the raccoon and started to fish tail. My friend over-corrected to the right, so he tried to go left... when he did, we did a 180 and went across 4 lanes of traffic facing the wrong way. Barely missed hitting 2 other cars, then hit the curb sideways.

Then we went through this guys yard and took out a fence. At that point the back end hit a tree and popped the car verticle. It spun around and landed upside down in some kudzu.

Needless to say, the car is totaled. The amazing part is, my friend and I both walked away un-hurt for the most part. I cut my hand a bit and I'm a little sore, as is my friend, but we're alive. We took some pictures of the car the next day with my other friends camera. I'll try and post them to my profile if I can get the pics off him.

I will say this, the car definitely held up pretty well considering. 5-Star crash rating seems to be pretty accurate.

[neoklis]

I agree with the view that parents who buy cars for their children should make sure they know how to drive it. My father is mechanic but I know very few things about cars myself because he did not want to mees around with cars and not study. So I became a CPA. BUT, he made sure I knew some basic stuff about driving before handing me the keys to my first car.
Just for the record, my birthday present when I turned 12 years old was my first driving lesson. And the lesson kept coming until i was 18 (legal driving age in my country) with various vehicle, at various surfaces and at various speeds. Keep in mind that he insisted teaching me how to drive at 18 when i had 6 months experience of driving army trucks and tanks. I am now 28 and sometimes he still comments on my driving. You see, its o.k. for a parent to care.