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May 25, 2004 | 05:30 PM

#21

zippydawndr

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From: City of Wilmington

P.s. when we spun the car, hubby was doin 80 mph in third and shifted to 4th.....wrong thing to do.......

May 25, 2004 | 05:50 PM

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hpark

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From: Palo Alto

i hope you feel better, and glad you are okay.
i still don't understand how this could happen...it doesn't seem like it is raining and i'd imagine May wouldn't be too cold??? even in VA?

May 25, 2004 | 05:52 PM

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StarvinMarvin

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From: Sun City

If you are interested in doing so, sometimes you can"buy" the car back from the insurance company, sell the parts for more than you paid the ins. co., make a few dollars maybe ?

May 25, 2004 | 06:18 PM

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Nishant

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From: Philly

glad to see you're safe...can you give us a better description of how it happened? i don't understand how

May 25, 2004 | 06:22 PM

#25

vjarnot

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From: Mathews, AL

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Originally posted by Russian
You can clearly see the tires in the pics. They have plenty of tread left. But on a dry road bald tires have better traction then ones with tread still on them. I'd really like to know how the car just spun out going straight at 40.

Off topic, but yes slicks have more traction than grooved tires on dry surfaces. However, slicks are not equivalent to street tires that have been run to baldness. The compound may well be harder on the "inside" of the tire; regardless, the tires' performance would be negatively affected by the high mileage and heat cycling necessary to run them to baldness.

May 25, 2004 | 06:25 PM

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tekAP1

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From: Northern

Driving along, gradually accelerating in first gear from a stop light, shift to 2nd around 30-35.[not a power shift] Just happened to shift when i was in a mix of gravel, rain, oil, and the S02's. Turned clockwise about 100 degrees or so, hit the curb was lifted into the air, then hit a tree behind the driver door where i was turned about 30 degrees counter-clockwise. Then I landed. Perhaps, partly driver error, but the elements got the best of me.