I was in a very serious accident tonight in MINI Cooper S -- Car totally demolished.

[Magnus]

I am very happy that you guys are ok, and that your wife was being looked after....

Let me ask... if you had passengers, do you think they would have faired as well? I realize you said B & C pillars held well.

[bob(NJ)]

Wow thats a very horrible experience, one that nobody wants to be in but be thankful u were in a well designed car. Glad to hear u two are ok......like everyone else said. Cars can be replaced but people cannot.

[Vitolo]

Glad youre ok...

I had an accident in the ti a few hours before yours. too, although not as bad.

[M34EVER]

Glad to hear your ok, also great to hear the mini cooper faired so well. Im trying to convince my grandparents to buy one but they were concerned on the safety of it.

[Alan]

Glad to hear you are OK. Must have been a totally scary experience.

[tdc]

Thank God you both are still with us!

And thank you for sharing with us, Marcus.

Just reminds us to be thankful for all the things we take for granted.

[M3 Dream's]

Wow thats awesome you guys are okay. Unbelievable how the MINI held up. You should send in a letter to BMW with the story and they probably put it in BMW Magazine. I'd be histerical if i was okay after that one!

[bimmerdawg]

WOw that sounds pretty intense!! Glad everyone is ok!! how about the other guy?? Are you going to have any pics of the MINi?? Happy thanksgiving!!

[tranmanm3]

OMG Marcus - good to hear you and your wife are ok!
Thank god the Mini is a safe car. Let me know if I can be of any help. Take care and be safe.

[MarcusSanDiego]

I just returned from the crash site.

The skid marks (from our car and the Ford Explorer's) are 60 yards long. It is very apparent that what happened is that we hooked up with the Explorer. We couldn't unlock from each other. The debris field is pretty large as well. Stuff was strewn about the freeway (off to the right side). All sorts of car parts are discernable.

The steering on the MINI is extremely sensitive. My wife only needed to give it a nugdge. Unfortunately, she gave it the old heave-ho. I believe that had more to do with it than anything else. If the vehicle we crashed into (by the way, everyone was ok in that Explorer) had not been there, it's very possible that she could have pulled out of it. But "what ifs" abound in my head right now. There's a possibility that she would not have pulled out and we would have hit the right emergency lane area and flip as we hit the embankment.

Still, I accept our scenario as the only scenario. We are not living in a video game, so it makes little sense for us to think of what might have happened if X, Y, and Z happened.

Tomorrow I will get a chance to see the car in person. At that point, I'll have a pretty good idea of how well it held up.

At that point, I will determine whether or not I think the MINI could hold up as well in other types of accidents. If I determine that it would, I will be ordering a new MCS post haste.

I will post pictures tomorrow as well.

[Joey325i]

damn marcus glad to hear you and your wife are okay, hope you guys have a great turkey day, accidents are accidents it happens all the time

[M3BOYEE]

I'm very sorry to hear about the accident but VERY happy that you and your wife are SAFE!!! Cars can be replaced but lives can't. Please let me know if you need anything Marcus!

Take care and have a good thanksgiving.

[e46m3racer]

Good to hear you and your wife are fine Marcus.

Rod
2001 Jet Black M3

[stjobs]

Holy shit, that accident sounds insane. Glad to hear you and your wife made out out nearly unscathed. The MINI Coopers definitely have sensitive steering, my Z3 is similar but not quite as quick a ratio lock-to-lock.

stjobs

[vodomagoo]

glad to hear your ok, amazing what technology can do to provide saftey nowadays