Freak accident & praise to Subaru's build quality
 

Well I believe some of you may have already seen the car as it has been sitting and looking a little sorry for itself with one of the authorised traders.

I hear that the reactions have been rather :eek: to say the least!! As usual with these things it appears that most people assume that it was the Subaru drivers fault!! Well in this case it was not, just a freak accident that could happen to any of us.

It has taken me a little while to get round to doing this for a number of reasons.One, I have not had the heart and two, I wanted to sort out the insuance issues first and lastly make some tough decisions.
I will paint a little picture first I had just taken my 6 week old son to meet his great Grandmother for the first time with my wife and parents also in the car.
It was late afternoon on Sunday travelling back on the M3 Northbound. I had just moved over to the third land to overtake a car in the middle lane when for no apparent reason his car swerved violently left crossing lane 1 where it then hit the barrier and it came back across lanes 1, 2 when it hit my car head on to the nearside rear. All this happening in a flash at 70mph. It caused my car to hit the central reservation on the front right which then spun us across all the lanes of the M3 before luckily a grass verge stopped the car.

Miraculosly we all walked away fairly unscathed. More importantly my 6 week old son was okay seeing as the door that was hit was where he was sat in his car seat secured to an Isofix base. He had actually slept through the whole accident and was only woken when we got him out of his car seat in a panic to check he was okay!!

I have to give a massive praise to the way the car held up to the impact and ultimately ensured the protection of my family and that of my parents. The most important thing is that we are all still here and can move on. The car as much as I love it can be replaced eventually. It has been deemed a category C total loss. I have managed to keep the car as part of the settlement and have made the long hard decision to break the car rather than repair it because it will never be the same. All parts will be available but before the usual vulturing starts give me a couple of days to sort a list out.

Some pictures -

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Lastly you cannot get rid of me that easily, the replacement for the forseeable future!!

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First and foremost glad you and your family are ok, that's the most important thing. Sorry to see your car like that, must be gutting especially as you were in no way culpable. I want to vulture but I'll respect your wishes ;-)

Sorry to hear of the accident Joel, but glad you and your family are ok. Must have been very scary to be hit at that speed on the motorway. They are good strong cars though, for sure.

Hopefully you can make some good money back on breaking the car, which shouldn't be too difficult being an STI with the 6 spd.

Glad you're all ok! Family first metal is way down the list!

Sorry to hear about this but as everyone has said you & family are way more important than the car, glad your all ok and to hear the little one slept through the incident made me smile

Ps...nice replacement :)

PM what you maybe interested in and I will make a note.

Thanks Steve. There was a moment there for sure. I am amazed how we never rolled or even hit another car. I can vividly remember as we span a car bearing down on us but thankfully he must have reacted well.

Thanks. Your spot on also.

Cheers Ian. A pratical replacement for now. Cheap, hopefully reliable and see us through Jess's maternity and then I can look at toys..

Sounds like a typical middle lane moron to me !
Glad your are all ok.

Glad you all ok especially the little one thats the main thing,cars always can be replaced,people cant!!!

Thanks again for the kind words..

I will add as I had forgot to put that the other car lost control due to an offside rear blowout. He was an elderly driver (86) and will not be prosecuted as it was just a freak accident. The police said at the time his car was immaculate and how you expect an elderly persons car to be.

Gutted for you mate but as all have said all that matters is that you and the family are fine!!!! Nice wagon though the boot space will be handy for buggys and baby stuff etc.

So sorry to see these pictures,

But I am so glad to here you are and family are ok.:five:

Glad your all OK Joel and the little one was still asleep through it all, like Granby it put a smile on my face..

These things happen and as you said a freak accident, no one got hurt and are all still here to enjoy the festive season :coolsanta:

The vultures are going to go for the SES sticker first :-)

Thanks. The wagon was brought for its practical appeal. Hopefully it will be reliable and get us through Jess's maternity leave then I can look for another toy.

Thanks Ian. The pictures just do not do it justice in fairness. It looks like she will never be as clean as yours.. :lol:

Thanks Pete. We sure are looking forward to our first family Christmas. It will be nice to forget for a bit!! :coolsanta:

It was tongue in cheek mate but thanks anyway. I'll wait for you to do a list and see what, if any, money I have spare then...

glad u and family are ok mate, looks very nasty!! thank god no one was injured.

lucky escape, glad to hear everyone's fine.............

Glad everyone was ok mate

Sorry to hear this mate, was a cracking car.
But glad all is OK and the nipper is none the wiser.
Will be good photo's to show him when he's older.

Mental glad you all made it out ok cars are easily replaced! did you find out the cause??

Hi there mate have u got round to breaking the car , just after a drivers side rear door ?


Thanks

Speak to stew at Tfs as his breaking it

Hi Charlie,

interior is out. external parts should be coming off tomorrow. would you need glass and the door handle?

if you want my number pm me.

Joel