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08-05-2008, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by xtcz
08-05-2008, 08:10 PM
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Today was scary ****ed up.
I was driving my cousin home on woodbine going 80km/h on a 70km/h zone. Dum dee dum, just cruising... then the pavement surface material changes, BAM tail comes loose and I'm sliding sideways at 80km/h. Tried to correct it, nope, no use. Stupid MR cars.
Sliding sliding sliding and...
around 200 meters later
I'm heading towards a center traffic island andddd
it snaps backwards, then forward and came to a stop andddd causing a huge traffic jam.
I was lucky I did not hit anything. I stopped right between the center island and a YRT bus, blocking both lane of the traffic.
Started back the engine and started rolling again, only to peel out all the way to 3rd on very light throttle.
I go home and look at my tires. It's bald to the metal treads... Then I remember I had rotated the tires earlier... The front has full treads and the rear is bald to metal.
Oh yeah, front tires dies on my car REALLY quickly.
I feel lucky today... But then again I don't believe in luck
stupid MR. I need to go back to FR. Never had something this crazy with the Z...
I was driving my cousin home on woodbine going 80km/h on a 70km/h zone. Dum dee dum, just cruising... then the pavement surface material changes, BAM tail comes loose and I'm sliding sideways at 80km/h. Tried to correct it, nope, no use. Stupid MR cars.
Sliding sliding sliding and...
around 200 meters later
I'm heading towards a center traffic island andddd
it snaps backwards, then forward and came to a stop andddd causing a huge traffic jam.
I was lucky I did not hit anything. I stopped right between the center island and a YRT bus, blocking both lane of the traffic.
Started back the engine and started rolling again, only to peel out all the way to 3rd on very light throttle.
I go home and look at my tires. It's bald to the metal treads... Then I remember I had rotated the tires earlier... The front has full treads and the rear is bald to metal.
Oh yeah, front tires dies on my car REALLY quickly.
I feel lucky today... But then again I don't believe in luck
stupid MR. I need to go back to FR. Never had something this crazy with the Z...
Glad to hear that you are alright.
08-06-2008, 05:21 AM
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That's pretty crazy... But then again, I've never even driven an MR car. I've heard they can be a handful, even in situations where you're not doing anything "bad" if there's a surface change. I read not too long ago about a guy writing off an NSX on the first day of having it, due to a puddle in the road on a leisurely drive.
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