S2000 vs Telephone pole
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This is pretty bogus, shit happens to the best of us. Sometimes adversity makes us better in a way. You definitely had a severe impact. I have seen cars that encountered simular or even less damage and the driver and or passengers died.
From the looks of it, I would say you were traveling laterally at about at least 75 mph.
Glad you are alright.
From the looks of it, I would say you were traveling laterally at about at least 75 mph.
Glad you are alright.
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Originally Posted by evo s2000,Nov 15 2003, 11:51 AM
Maybe I took it the wrong way, but I'm a little sensitive on that subject. The accident was pretty bad. The car was a total loss. It only had 300 miles on it. I had a huge nail in the rear right tire. But I decided not to patch it up, (since the next day, my 18" wheels and tires arrived). So I went on a drive, and at high speed. The tire let go and the car spun a few times. I met the pole. It was pretty crazy, with the top down and spining at high speed. I'm just glad no one else got hurt and it taught me a lot of lessons in life. And I still can't believe it when I look at that pix. That I just walked right out of it. If the power line snapped, it would of been a lot worse.
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Originally Posted by HighwayHottie,Oct 30 2004, 06:31 PM
Oh my god! So glad your ok! The car isn't that bad, is the engine damaged?
Originally Posted by payneinthe,Oct 30 2004, 09:41 PM
I'm curious what thought processes lead someone to drive at high speeds knowing there is unrepaired damage to a tire?
EDIT: I don't think anyone would do something dangerous if they thought the outcome would have an adverse affect. For example, people jump out of airplanes, but they wouldn't jump if they thought the chute wouldn't open right? A race driver doesn't go around a speedway exceeding well over 200 miles per hour if they thought they were gonna die would they? In evo s2000's case, he had a nail in his tire and did not think it would let go. I don't think he would have driven at speed thinking the tire would let go, because if he thought it would, he wouldn't have drove on that tire. I have done the same thing myself, but I guess I was lucky. This is a lesson we ALL can learn from.