I certainly accept that advice. That some folks are sensitive about that. I'll keep a lower profile. I already know that I was very lucky, and thankful for that. According to the trooper's device, my breath was not near the 'intoxicated' level, but I don't offer that as an excuse. I agree I was impaired. And stupid. One more excuse: The curve was unfamiliar, sharp, wet and occurring over a sharp rize. So, as the car cleared the rise and was lighter than on a flat surface, the rear kicked out. the trooper apparently had spent all day handling cars in the ditch. Apparently even sober people do this.
And I am now thinking that I got lucky again. I am thinking that the adjusting bolt is the only thing that keeps that end cap on the torsion bar. The bolt goes through a hole in the cross member. This event broke my adjusting bolt backward, out of its little cage. In other words, when I raised the car, I did not need to remove the bolt to remove the adjusing cap. I just reached in and the cap slid off. Unless I misunderstand this suspension, that cap is actually holding the car up. Had the cap finished sliding off, my left front suspension would have collapsed. The accident occurred about 5 miles from my house so I chose to drive her home.
