Amazing/Shocking SVX crash... (TODAY, Saturday)

[RSVX]

Originally Posted by SilverSpear

This SVX has no sunroof

Hence why I keyed on the L :-)

[RallyBob]

Originally Posted by RSVX

Based on my quick search, there were only 2 Red SVX's in CT, one was an LSi and one a L... The L lives 75 miles from the location of the accident, so chances are slim it was one of our members.

I'm about 15-20 minutes from Suffield.

FWIW I see 2 or 3 different red SVX's all the time in the Avon/Canton/Simsbury area (different drivers anyway). These cars are still quite common in this area, mostly driven by people in the 35-55 age bracket, who probably would never frequent an automotive forum. In other words people who bought their SVX's because they were AWD and upscale, but aren't 'into' cars.

That said, I could probably get a slightly used EG33 for pretty cheap after today...

[Landshark]

so i was racing my recently acquired red SVX through CT, and i wrecked it already.



who needs parts?

[svxfiles]

Originally Posted by svxistentialist

Well I hope both the kid and the passenger from the Galant are ultimately OK.

This is not an endorsement of street racing or bad driving, whatever bad driving caused the accident maybe capital punishment is too high a price to pay for stupidity.

From when I started driving I have had my share of accidents and scrapes. Most of them minor. Nearly all of them my fault, for being young and sometimes careless or reckless.

I lived to learn the difference, and I hope this kid does too, he's some Father's son.

Joe

Fixed it.

[svxfiles]

Originally Posted by Landshark

so i was racing my recently acquired red SVX through CT, and i wrecked it already.



who needs parts?

Hows the windshield?

[RallyBob]

It's a small world. My best friend runs a local business, and the driver who crashed the red SVX is an employee of his. Guess the SVX driver is in a coma and critical, the other driver apparently died.

[Mike621]

Crazy kids.

This is all really unfortunate, as it could have been avoided completely.

[Wikedjuggalo]

Originally Posted by RallyBob

It's a small world. My best friend runs a local business, and the driver who crashed the red SVX is an employee of his. Guess the SVX driver is in a coma and critical, the other driver apparently died.

That really sucks.. specially since all of it could have been avoided.

[Alycone]

The pics of the SVX wadded up like that turn my stomach. Shame the kids had to pay so dearly for being dumb.

[BeneathNorthernSkys]

Darwin 1, kids 0.....looks like someone didn't take drivers ed. Last time he skips out on a drivers test. BAHAHAHAH

*I apologize, I just don't think either deserves a pity march on here for making horrendous choices*

[svxfiles]

Originally Posted by BeneathNorthernSkys

Darwin 1, kids 0.....looks like someone didn't take drivers ed. Last time he skips out on a drivers test. BAHAHAHAH

*I apologize, I just don't think either deserves a pity march on here for making horrendous choices*

If everyone died when they f****d up, this would be a very lonely place.
Street racing is stupid!
Wrecking an SVX is stupid.
Dying has to suck.
Let alone dying young.

[BeneathNorthernSkys]

agreed, but something like that is common sense, which as it turns out isn't so common. I mean, they knew it wasn't ok, they know that it's dangerous, so basically they willingly stated with their actions that death wasn't that big of a deal.

*and I state this as someone who had two friends in high school die from driving way too fast. I see it in a different light perhaps, b/c the stakes are way higher than the pay out of the game they were playing, I just have a hard time feeling that much sympathy, I'm mostly glad that the man mowing his lawn wasn't injured, being that he was doing nothing wrong. I hope the families of both parties are comforted but I won't feel any compassion for two kids that did something so wrong.*

[WestCoastSVX]

Are we sure that the one who died was even involved in the race? I'm assuming it was the passenger in the Gallant (remember it was the PASSENGER that was airlifted) that died. A) If the Gallant was the other car in the race, the passenger may not have even supported the idea of racing. B) We don't know for sure that the Gallant was even involved in the race, all we know was the SVX was racing another car, had to swerve, and hit the Gallant. The Gallant may or may not have been a 3rd vehicle and the victim that died may have just been an innocent person riding along the neighborhood.

[RSVX]

the kid in the SVX was also airlifted...

[immortal_suby]

An svx vs. a gallant? What was he trying to prove.
I did some stupid **** behind the wheel in my younger days. I was one of the many lucky ones that survived it.Very sorry for all of the families involved.