Pictures of my totalled tC can be found at this link. Click on Car Crash once you open the URL address. There is a link in "Please Watch Out Thread" as well.

http://community.webshots.com/user/kemui490

 

ahhhh! I read the other posts but this is 1,000 worse. Poor car! (and everyone involved in the accident!)

 

oh my thank god ur ok

 

that's pretty bad demage. hope you get your replacement car soon.

 

Damn that was a nasty wreck.

 

That'll buff right out.

I'm glad that nobody was killed in that.

Hope you get a new one soon.

Dave.

 

that hurts!!!!!!!

sorry to hear the incident...hope insurance take care everything for you

 

D@MN, this is the one where the ABS locked?

 

its a miracle u survived that without losing any body parts! i hope u get well soon!

 

Theres no better feeling then knowing that you are sitting inside a car made of stirafoam (spelling error i know)

Why cant they make cars like they used to... You know... With a thing called metal?

 

Styrofoam is much better at obsorbing and dispersing energy. Would you rather run into a wall of styrofoam or a brick wall? You can actually get a feel of the styrofoam if you pop the hood. You can see some of the foam from the front bumper. It's pretty stiff stuff so it's not like it's going to simply flatten out.

 

And I thought my dent was bad! Thankfuly your ok man!

 

That was some wreck! I can't believe how the wheel was broken like that!

Hope you get better soon. Sorry about your car. We'll build another for you.

LATER

 

I have to ask you.. how do you feel about the tC after being in that wreck? -- I've been in a 70mph head on colision with a 1970-vintage truck (1/2 ton, I think, swerved at full speed into an oncoming lane and ran a red light as I was making a left turn into the same lane -- *her fault*) .. My Saturn SW2 absorbed everything and I only had a scrached finger and knee. I love Saturns and the features they built into that car so I could walk away from that wreck -- I never felt quite as safe in cars without those features..
Anyway, I'm a big fan of airbags and even opted for the side airbags in my tC..

So, Other than the ABS locking up or whatever, in the event of a crash, how do you feel about the safety features of the tC? --I'm just curious about your opinion after having first hand experience

-K

PS Hope you're recovering okay! Sounds like you were just banged up.. Glad it wasn't worse!

 

Yea hope your OK, and how was the drivers side air bag? did it work?

 

that crash looks bad. are you ok?

 

Silver 5-speed just like my tC. Glad your ok, Keep us updated on this ABS thing, hope it is not a problem on all tCs.

 

And that's after hitting a tree going 40mph with locked up wheels? Our cars are... soft.

 

Have you had any discussions with Toyota about this. If so, what do they say?

Roy

 

Wow. It sucks, but you walked away from it. I still can't believe it though...that's quite a whack.