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Fast Speeds + Poor Weather + Corrola = Smashed Corrola

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Old Dec 22, 2002
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Fast Speeds + Poor Weather + Corrola = Smashed Corrola

yep.. my friend smashed his corrola

wheel damage (alloys chipped apart) -- one wheel definately destroyed
rear right suspension damage
forward suspension damage
right headlight destroyed
likely chassis bending
transaxle damage
front bumper destroyed
front right fender destroyed
hood damage
light right door damage
right mirror damage
radiator damage
washer fluid tank destroyed
styrofoam thing between front bumper and impact bar damaged
as well as a few other parts... depends on what toyota put up in the front right


and a busted up tree


all this from sliding on fresh snow through an intersection at 75km/h (in a residential area), hitting a curb with the rear right wheel, then a tree with the front right

no damage estimation yet... ill keep u informed [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/IMG]
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man he must be trying to do 100 at that corner since you said he slides at 75km/h at the intersection
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it was about a 45degree left turn..

the car started to turn.. but it slid basically straight into the curb on the other side
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where abouts did this happen? Is your buddy alright? Got any pictures?
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hes ok

north end:
it was a three way intersection (sorta lookes like a Y) on of hillside, which is off of ambleside, which is a street off of western road (just south of where richmond and western meet up)
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