Hi All! This looks like as good a place as any to introduce myself and show off my new ride, and post my first post!
I've seen some people mention doing solo 2 with MCO in the mid 90's. I was there too. My first year was the last year it was held at Carleton U. I had a red Miata with a roll bar. I was usually with 2 other Miata's with the same roll bar, another red one and a white one. Blur911, I thought the picture of your car looked familiar! These day I'm getting my kicks on 2 wheels, a '95 Ninja 500.
Anyway, last October we picked up an '09 Forester. Dark grey metallic, 5 speed, touring package. Not much in the way of extra's, just the rear gate spoiler and the tweeter kit, and got the dealer to throw in the cargo cover. We're lovin' it!
That was actually '09 Forester #2. Somewhere between payment #1 and payment #2, the life of '09 Forester #1 came to an abrupt end on I95 just outside Portland, Maine. A woman going the other way in the n/b lanes wasn't watching and didn't see traffic slowing down in front of her. 'Cause, you know, nobody has EVER seen sombody change a tire before!
She went into the grass median to avoid rear ending the car now stopped in front of her. When she hit the grass she panicked, hit the gas instead of the brake, launched herslf up out of the grass in front of us
, bounced off the guardrail, came back and hit us almost head on, then she rolled after she hit us. Just in front of my wife's feet took the brunt of the crash. The airbags went off, and the Forester came to a straight stop. We all got out without a mark on us, including our 4 year old.
It doesn't look that bad from the picture, but the Forester was a write-off. They were up to $15k in damage before they even started to take it apart a bit. The rr door didn't line up with the wheel well anymore, and there was a buckle in the roof near the lr corner of the sunroof. So it took a real hard hit. The crash was last August, the insurance aftermath that's still ongoing is worthy of the 'Moan 'n whine' board!
That's the story of my new Forester(s). At least the 2nd one made it past payment #2!!!
