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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 05:44 AM
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how did he lock up? any modern car has abs (besides the evo rs).
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 06:00 AM
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understeer is a bitch.

That guy and his kid walking by is lucky that there was a tree inbetween them and the Z.
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 06:04 AM
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bad taste + bad driving + drift event = poor tree
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Scot,Mar 9 2006, 09:44 AM
how did he lock up? any modern car has abs (besides the evo rs).
That's what I was thinking. ABS and even the traction control in a 350z (assuming it was on) would have kept him from line locking the car into a tree. It looked to me like something happened to his front tire or suspension that threw him into the barrier. Either way, that sucks for him!
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 06:30 PM
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Yep, by the looks of it, his front right suspension just gave out. You can clearly see the wheel buckle under the front fender. Must've been a crap-ass job on the lowering of the car.

Still funny to see that video though. WHat a ghey ass car.
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Clayman,Mar 9 2006, 07:16 PM
Either way, that sucks for him!
No, the driver was a complete friggin' homotron who got what he deserved for being an asshat. The people that this sucks for are those who want to put on or compete in a legitimate, well-planned (read: run-off room thought about) autocross who won't be able to because the general public can't tell the difference between normal, intelligent human beings, and polesmoking drifter fcuksticks who slam their hideous abortions of automotive excrement into immobile objects. The mere thought that a responsible individual might not be able to auto-x his car because some idiot ricer homo's automotive skills don't extend past "sticker application" and into the "knows how to drive" realm makes me want to off the next person I see with a carbon fiber hood.


Pardon the rant.
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 08:27 PM
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C'mon ,tell us how you REALLY feel
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 08:39 PM
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nah its got to be that he thought he was drag racing
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by jackalope,Mar 9 2006, 09:27 PM
C'mon ,tell us how you REALLY feel
yeah, don't hold back.
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 10:41 PM
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a couple of things I noticed just now

no airbag? good thing he's wearing a helmet.
that rear wing for down force was completely useless
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