Groundhog Day

If I could go back in time and relive a day I would relive the day I wrecked my 2001 Toyota Celica GTS in September.  That night I was stressed out and thought I would go ahead and top my car to see what the top speed was, but I made the bad decision of trying to top it on a back road. After hitting about 130 MPH I’m gliding on the road and then a bump comes out of nowhere and spins me sideways, after counteracting with I losing control facing the other direction and then the passenger side of my car is in the ditch. It’s late and the grass is wet, so when I cut the wheel to the left nothing happened, and I was forced to hit a covert that through me sideways across the road and put me on my side in the ditch on the opposite side of the road (Driver side up in the air). Hanging there, heart racing, I call 911. “911 what is your emergency” I tell them I was in a wreck on 1040, right outside of Pierce City. “So that’s Lawrence County? One moment let me transfer your call.” 30 seconds later I retell the situation to the next operator, and they say they will send a unit out….. 40 minutes later the state trooper shows up and takes all the information for the accident report. My wreck was about 100 feet in distance, and for some reason the cop never asked me how fast I was going. I would have gotten one big ticket if he knew the real speed and could prove it, but he seemed like a really nice guy. After the tow truck got there he ended up giving me a ride home. I would relive this night, and right before I turned on the back road 1040 I would not of made the stupid decision to drop into second gear and top my car out that night. If I did not make that decision that night I would have that Toyota Celica paid off and the 350z I have now, and would have sold my Alero. My insurance rates would be significantly lower and full coverage would be less than half the price I would pay now. Although I wrecked my car, even after paying my deductible, I made a profit on that car. The settlement was actually $700 dollars but -$500 for the deductible. So I made $200, but if there was any way possible to save my totaled car I would of payed $800+ for them to fix my car but it was about 6-7k in damage. It was a very easy standard to drive and excellent to learn in. It was just a very fun car to drive. And now I would be driving the Toyota Celica for work and delivering pizzas and the Nissan 350z in my free time just to keep the miles low on it and keep the value high, and then I wouldn’t have to be driving that sketchy Alero to work.