My Subaru is actually the latest in a line of Subarus. My first was an '83. I was leaving a gig in the mountains just west of here at 2:30AM on a Monday. I had just been telling all the other folks on the gig what great car I had and how they should all ditch their SUVs and get Subarus. Feeling very proud of myself and my car, I made my way down the canyon (up to 10% grade at points, very curvy and with a creek next to the road the whole way). About 3/4 of the way down, a truck comes around the corner coming up the canyon and all of a sudden all I see is green and the next thing I know, I am wearing the windshield. For a split second, I think I'll just stick my head out the window and drive the rest of the way home. Luckily, at the particular stretch, there is a strip of gravel to my right between me and the creek, so I can pull over without too much difficulty (instead of veering into the creek, which would have been instant death due to my gear being right behind me). It turns out that a porta potty flew off the trailer behind the truck, who was going probably 60mph and right into my grill and then into the windshield. I was going 30, so that's a combined impact of 90mph. A little faster on either of our parts, and I would have been killed by the windshield. As it was, it messed up my right wrist and arm and my car was completely totalled.
My next Subaru (a mint Outback purchased from retired couple from California tricked out with everything) was totalled after I owned it for 5 months. I was driving along and the Ray Brown trio came on the radio. As it came up to the bass solo, I approached a light that was turning yellow. I could have blazed through, but I wanted to hear the bass, so I stopped. As I was listening to Ray play, a car going through the intersection made an illegal left into oncoming traffic, totalling another car that veered off and hit me, just sitting grooving to Ray. Really pissed me off! Damn kid totalled 4 cars with a dumb move like that (the car that hit me continued on and totalled the SUV next me. I could see the two girls in it, completely helpless as they came at me with no ability to steer their car or stop it).
Anyway, it's all good now, but watch out. When they say the **** hits the fan, some of us mean it literally!
Edwin
