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Freak Accident 456GT Manual- 1995, with 30K miles. fine shape

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  1. Boy Wonder

    Boy Wonder Karting

    May 23, 2014
    164
    Boulder, CO
    Full Name:
    Fred Wolf
    ok, here goes, i do think its worth posting as theres a lesson here

    to start out:
    Weather was clear, mid March day around mid afternoon, I live in a hilly part of Colorado, and i was returning from a run with the car and returning home.
    I was doing about 25mph in 3rd gear, and was approaching a sharp uphill right turn which requires at least 2nd gear if not 1st if you are going slow enough.

    now in this area they don;t use salt on the roads, only gravel , about the size of BB's and they can be very slippery...
    As i was approaching the right hander , i had the windows up , and had baerly any pressure on the gas peddle'
    as i didn;t want to lug the engine in 3rd gear at slow speed. All of a sudden, the car accelerated abruptly, and made a powered 170 deg turn to the left. The car hit some rocks and came to a sudden stop. the airbags went off, and i stepped out of the car without a scratch, The whole thing too not more than 3 seconds..

    When i reviewed the circumstances i made the following conclusions: over time a layer of BB's ie. gravel accumulated in the center of the road. The left read wheel started spinning and i did not notice it as the windows were up. It is possible that the car was slowing down due to the loss of grip, and i may have add peddle pressure, but i have no way of knowing, All of a sudden , the Limited Slip differential brought all the torque to the right rear and off I went.

    the overall damage to the car was relatively minor, , suspension, oil cooler leak and some body damage, plus airbags going off,,, New Airbags were not to be found nd the insurance Co totaled the car,,

    And as an aside, i have to say the airbags are a joke, unless you have a head on,, i say this as the steering wheel was cocked to the left, the airbag went off and passed my head to the right and never touched me.

    So anyone with a 456, you will have a problem if the airbags deploy..
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  2. motts

    motts Karting

    Sep 1, 2015
    227
    Denver
    Full Name:
    Alex
    Was this today? Sorry to hear that they totaled the car.


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  3. Boy Wonder

    Boy Wonder Karting

    May 23, 2014
    164
    Boulder, CO
    Full Name:
    Fred Wolf
    NO this was in March of 2020 .. you can see it was pretty superficial damage , looking at it now , i feel pretty sad about it, it was a fine car , no issues
    i posted this because i am having trouble getting insurance with my 575M
     
  4. motts

    motts Karting

    Sep 1, 2015
    227
    Denver
    Full Name:
    Alex
    Got it. Was just reading your other post.


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  5. franschman

    franschman Formula Junior

    Dec 18, 2017
    349
    Holland
    Full Name:
    Bart
    What a waste! Lucky my 456 doesn't have any airbags.
    What happened to the car? Has it been parted out?
     
  6. Boy Wonder

    Boy Wonder Karting

    May 23, 2014
    164
    Boulder, CO
    Full Name:
    Fred Wolf
    it went to auction, i think the high bid was 17K, and was rejected. I dont know what happened after that.

    My local F specialist told me to "start fresh" and take the settlement money and run, which i did

    I have not seen or heard anything since
     

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