Never thought I would be making one of these threads as I used to see these types of threads and they would only make me more thankful that I had my car in one piece... But it happened. Wrecked my Celica about a week ago and totaled it. It was early morning and I was tired to begin with, but basically, without going into too much detail, I went off the right side of the 2 lane 2 way road and half the car was on the grass, when I tried to correct it I lost total control when the car went back onto the road and started sliding sideways. Slid sideways for a bit a ways in a ditch, the car hit a driveway which is about a foot and a half higher than the ditch and area of grass I was sliding on, and the car went airborn. Finally came to a dead stop at the sake of a utility pole. It breaks my heart, and this is probably the biggest f*ck up I've ever done in my short life, but it only makes me want to get another one a build it even worse now.... Here are some pics:








Passenger side... Thankfully noone was with me, as they would have been dead...



All in all, nobody died, and I'm still walking and thinking straight. Could be a lot worse. But!

Engine still intact.. =]

I plan on having another Celica by the end of the summer, and have my swap done by summer of 2010.

That totally sucks. Well you learn from your mistakes I guess. Sorry bout the loss, but on the bright side, atleast no one was in the passenger seat nor did the utility pole hit the drivers side.

Agreed, that sucks majorly - I'm glad no one was injured. If the engine is still in good condition keep it.

Good luck with the new car and God speed.

did you have to pay for the telephone pole?


glad to see your ok

Sad to see another broken Celi, but it's good that noone was injured.
Good luck with the new car and beware of the utility poles!

yeah... or i would've had to pay for it if i didnt have insurance... luckily, insurance company covered that with no deductible, i heard i would've had to pay like 3,000 for the pole... i lol'd

That sucks. I teach some people how to drive stick and I always tell them dont wrap it around a pole... but this is unrelated.



So are you going to part the car out?

oh man...that first picture is unbearable! that sucks so bad man! i feel so sorry for you! there's another celica outt there for you, dont worry! good thing you're ok

Dibs on the headers

Glad to see you made it outta that one OK!!!!

I think you win the distinction of the worst wrecked Celica I have seen

appreciate all the love and kind words.... thas why i love these cars, and this site....... lol Sinyk, i hear ya.. I dont think ive ever seen a car with the entire frame bent the way mine is =/

as far as the header goes, if i change my mind on getting a shell and dropping the engine and tranny in, ill let you know crank... the header only had about 3,000 miles on it too... sigh =(

man.. this is too sad... I'm seeing wayyyy too many of these threads.... but, yeah good thing u had no passenger... and why didn't ur airbag go off??? a crash that bad should've triggered it? but glad ur safe.... hopefully u can find another celi..

Does the airbag system have side impact sensors?

wow that suxs.. do you get pretty bad whiplash? another celica gone . Looking at your strut bar, and you can see the bar being bent. but everything else in the bay looks fine from the pic. you plan on swapping out the engine from the gt to another celica right.

wow, that is sure pure bad luck....

a lot of damage, it would have killed a passenger

Wow, good to hear that you're at least able to walk away and tell us. I hope everything heals better and good luck finding a new shell for the transplant.

Just thank heavens you are OK. It was a beautiful car but it can be replaced. You can't! The fact that no one was in the passenger seat and that you walked away makes this something of a miracle IMO.

You're a very lucky guy that you weren't seriously injured. Think of it this way though. Car's can be fixed, people cannot. Its more important that you're OK, and even though its upsetting about your car, there are more Celica's out there begging to be loved!

i just ordered those same headers did they speed you up faster for that pole lol


sorry..


but did they do alot?

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there's an ebay header topic for that conversation.

unlucky there buddy, hope your well but i can see your taking it in good spirits, just make this a lesson to you, most of us have done it (i done it a hell of alot worse in an 18month Corolla which i spent a fortune on a few years back) in the past so don't think your the first because your certainly not going to be the last. Also be thankful your not from over here or any other country that is RHD because you'd be in a bad way atm if you were. Good luck with the next venture.

very lucky you are alright, cars can be replaced, people can't

one of the worst crashes of a celica ive seen.

will you part out some of the car?

OMG
i just have to say
YOU ARE FREAKEN LUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
good luck man.
things happen for a reason.

WOW!! I agree w/joe!! Glad you're alive & doing fine! Hope all goes good for you & good luck getting another Celi!!

I certainly hope they will be able to repaint the pole.... poor pole....







salvage what you can man!

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get another celica