So, recently, we bought Amanda a used ’92 Subaru Legacy 4 door sedan. 146,000 miles, ran good, but the clutch was shot, $700. Bought it, drove it to the shop. I spent a couple of days putting in a new clutch, which wasn’t nearly as hard as some of the ones I have put in in the past. I cleaned it up, fixed a door lock, bought trim pieces from the junkyard to get everything little thing inside looking good. It passed the emissions test no problem, and was running good.
However, the windshield had a crack. Saturday I took it in to get it replaced, and get the safety check. The safety guy was not there so I couldn’t register it. Whups. Monday I sent Amanda down to Salt Lake to have them do the check (for free, no less) so she could get tags for it. I had been at work for about 3 hours when the phone rang. It was Amanda, really broken up, and I couldn’t understand much of what she was saying, except she had been in an accident on I-15. I jumped in the truck and headed north.
Turns out that while attempting a lane change through a mound of slush to get clear of a disabled vehicle on the side of the road, she had lost control of the car and ended up hitting the disabled vehicle, an Isuzu Trooper, at about 50mph. The Trooper was mostly alright, but the Subie folded up, as you can see. More photos here. So, the $700 car is no more.
I’m debating taking the engine and tranny out and hanging onto them for a bit to make a few more bucks on it, but I haven’t decided yet. I gotta take it off to the junkyard Monday, though, so we’ll see.
Ah well, at least Amanda was not really hurt. She’s got bruises, but nothing broken.
So, anyway, watch out for slush this winter 
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wow…well… so much for learning clutch, lol.
More seriously, good thing She’s alright. That’s what’s really important. Boo on Utah for not having plowed the slush.
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