almost totalled the IS... got lucky.
01-23-08, 04:34 PM
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i had switched back to stocks due to rain and weather. rear tires are factory dunlops with 35k miles on them.. still about 60% tread left.. fronts are brand new sumitomo's less than 2 weeks. i think i was goin around 65 - 70 when it happend.
01-23-08, 06:39 PM
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02-18-08, 09:48 PM
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so last night after gettin off of work. i was taking 85N to merge onto 280N. it started raining earlier during the day and was coming down pretty hard when it happened.. around 1130pm. as i came off the ramp... i hit a flooded area.. my car hydroplaned sideways at about 45 degrees.. then as i tried to correct it hoping my ABS would kick in... i started to do 360's. completed 2 full 360's and a half. car finally stopped facing the wrong direction on the freeway. luckily no cars were there when it did happen.. as my car finally stopped.. i saw 3 sets of headlights coming towards me.. they switched lanes and honked at me... probably thinking i was retarded or something. haha. the funny part was.. i was on the phone with my girl.. on bluetooth.. as i was spinning out.. i told her.. oh ****.. im spinning out right now.. her reply.. shut up.. quit Fing around. haha. glad i got lucky.
**01/25/08** OK.. im switchin back to my WORKS... forget this whole run on stock rims due to rainy season. this time my girl was driving my car and she drives very conservatively when she drives my car... she spun out on the freeway just now also. maybe its cause im running 2 differnt brand tires, maybe she hydroplanned and it was out of her hands, or maybe the stupid Fing car is cursed. i dont know but i'd rather total a car and a set of rims than someone get hurt.. sorry.. sorta pissed.. just ranting.
**01/25/08** OK.. im switchin back to my WORKS... forget this whole run on stock rims due to rainy season. this time my girl was driving my car and she drives very conservatively when she drives my car... she spun out on the freeway just now also. maybe its cause im running 2 differnt brand tires, maybe she hydroplanned and it was out of her hands, or maybe the stupid Fing car is cursed. i dont know but i'd rather total a car and a set of rims than someone get hurt.. sorry.. sorta pissed.. just ranting.
02-19-08, 03:24 PM
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heh i have an is250 awd and i went out an exit full of black ice (this happened on valentine's day). i saw the ice and said "oh ****" and tried to slow down but it was too late. i felt my front tires lose traction, my rear end kicked out and i did a 90 degree drift through the black ice before the car went off into the grass and into the trees. my front end was about a ft away from the trunk. i came out with scrapes all over my car but luckily my local detailing shop got most of them out =]
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