DJ_L3ThAL Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 well just got home after the scariest/longest night of my life... just came back from a mini-meet some of us SAU boys had, those of you who were there met my mate who had the EA falcon with heaps of mods etc... well... i dropped my g/f off home (my mate was following me in his car i was in my car) and a couple streets after we left her house on our way back to my house my mate who was in front of me took the corner a bit hard, got into a fishy, looked impressive at first, i thought to myself 'wow, nice stuff' but after 2 seconds i noticed his 'kicks' were getting bigger and more eratic and after about 6 or 7 'kicks' from left to right the car headed off the road onto the gutter, clipped atree on driver side and then spun around and the passenger side smacked into someone's garden into a couple big trees, my friggen heart stopped... i pulled quickly into the houses driveway ripped my hand brake and jumped out and started running to his car, was thinking the whole time i was running 'i hope he's alright, please let there be no blood'.. luckily for him he was 100% fine and stepped out of the car, not even a scratch, but the car was totaled... the windscreen cracked, passenger side door crumpled to the ****, chassis on passenger side engine bay totally snapped, radiator pissing everywhere, passenger side fornt rim totally ****ed, whole front end gone, all the doors on the car wont open except passenger side because its totally broken off pretty much, so that suggets the whole chassis has moved... man what a scary event this has changed my perspective on the roads we drive on, the cars we drive in, and the people we drive/who drive us please people take it easy on the roads, i know im changing my patterns after seeing this, if u want to dorifto, go to a track, somewhere where mistakes can be forgiven with space, not with someone's front yard and possibly injruing or killing someone im so glad he is ok, so so glad, it has been a costly lesson for my mate, but im sure a good one in the sense he got to walk away, but as the police said, they have seen plenty of accidents where the cars havent been as badly damaged but every person in the car has died please people, take it easy unless your under controlled conditions thanks for listening DJ Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
3R1K Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 Oh, feel sorry for him. Hopefully he is alrite. This is a lesson for all of driver just be aware. I'll drive slow when approaching corner after read this thread, It's pretty nasty and scary man. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-487774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JET-33 Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 yeh exactly right someimes it takes a lesson to learn a lesson, just gotta hope it doesnt turn out bad 4 any1, at least hes ok now... i changed my perspectives gradually ova the past 6 months or so.... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-487818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE CHIEF Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 Yep couldnt agree more man. I was in a car accident 3 years ago where the car rolled 6 times and we had a full car. You can give your car the odd boot but if you want to drive like a hero take it to the tracks away from civilisation How would you feel if you caused an accident coz you where driving like a fool and you walked away without a scratch but the innocent driver you hit had serious injuries.. Just a thought to keep with you. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-487822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pushead Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 shitt, sorry to hear that nathan... My friends tease on me all the time that i drive like a granny and stuff... thats how sensible i drive. 2 of my friends died in car accidents. really tragic.. dont forget the loved ones around you... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-487873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
predator Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 ooo...bad shit man.. lucky u didn't go up the mountain either! mistakes like that and you're down a massive embankment, and any mistake can be fatal. Bad luck for your mate man.. especially seeing as he has put so much work into that car too. But yer, he was lucky.. It does give u a bit of perspective, but that soon fades and you start doing it all over again. Its like an addiction, but each time you do learn more and more... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-487893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKY031 Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 It's disturbing that it takes a near tradgedy to make people realise that nobody's invincible. Yesterday I drove to Ferntree Gully, and on the way home there was a woman who had a baby in her car, and she was driving like an absolute maniac... cutting people off, tailgating, speeding, abusing people because they were on 'her' road... If she had collided with any one else on the road, and anything happened to the baby, it would have been on the conscience of the person that she hit. Regardless of who was at fault, nobody would want to know that they took part in the death (or injury) of an innocent baby. There's a time and a place for everything... public roads are simply not the place to play games. pushead there's nothing wrong with driving responsibly..... it just means that you get to keep your licence, while all your mates get done for speeding, and write their cars off, as well as chewing through numerous sets of brake pads and tyres etc etc..... The nicer you treat the car, the longer it will live, and the nicer it will be to you. You may drive like a 'granny', but at least in doing so, you have a greater chance of living long enough to actually be a granny. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-487903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_L3ThAL Posted August 16, 2003 Author Share Posted August 16, 2003 thanks guys, yer my whole world has changed, perhaps ill stick to rice from now on hehe.. but seriously, i think ill stick to stock boost on the roads and start going to calder a lot more to vent my 'hoonish blood' to keep myself in equilibrium might pop over to my mates house today to see the car in the light/see how he is Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-487936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippy Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 can i ask if it was a wet road? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-487939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_L3ThAL Posted August 16, 2003 Author Share Posted August 16, 2003 it was frosty, u couldnt see the frost etc but we felt it after with our feet and it was like ice, i think 'black ice' is the term for it, we were driving for ages across the city etc and didnt have any problems, must have been a bad surface but i didnt lose it around the corner but then again i was taking it easy Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-487945 Share on other sites More sharing options...
riggaP Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 Originally posted by DJ_L3ThAL this has changed my perspective on the roads we drive on, the cars we drive in, and the people we drive/who drive us .... please people, take it easy unless your under controlled conditions thanks for listening DJ :werd: Nuff said. Its a same that people have to learn the hard way. Good to hear no one got hurt. EDIT: Well said R31 Skyline Chick :uh-huh: Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-487949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaXiMuS007 Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 at least it wasn't another skyline the hard way is sometimes the only way to learn (i should know) Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-487980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RedLineGTR Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 speachless Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-488020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkey Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 If you can walk away unharmed and learn a lesson thats great.(the wrecked car will piss him off later) There's too much to lose.Glad everyones ok. Alan Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-488060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RedLineGTR Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 A car can be replaced or repaired. A person can be patched up (to a extent) but can never be replaced. Rob Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-488063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaXiMuS007 Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 Amen Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-488069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horus Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 holy shit! at least your mate is alright....cars can be replaced but lives cant...hopefully this incident will have some positive outcomes on all involved, and get them to think twice before fanging it too hard Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-488076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaXiMuS007 Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 I learnt never to fang it in the wet... thats now my hard and fast rule, no matter what. Thats the main thing, coz as well as you think you drive, a wet road is way too unpredictable to be in complete control. If you wanna drift go to a track or skidpan.. u may think $100-$200 is a lot, but its a lot cheaper than car repairs (and human repairs) REMEMBER THAT! -Max's **experienced** 2c Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-488099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pushead Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 thanks for your understanding R31 Skyline Chick. Espeically in the wet 40km/h in a 60km/h zone. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-488134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R31Nismoid Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 mmm... interesting... just be careful. you know how i drive Nath... your in my car a lot... but you do have to know your limits. Not just of your car but of yourself too. Things can change in a split second. I worte a VL off in 3 secs. Nothing hard to do something like that Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/22712-scariest-night-of-my-life/#findComment-488269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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