Car wrecks?

steel · 20-08-2008

I just got in one three weeks ago. Was more worried about my car then my physical condition. But the car is totaled and i didn't even have it a month. I am now scared to drive in the rain because I hydroplaned into a ditch backwards then my back end hit a tree and i flipped over on my driver's side. The driver's side window busted and all the glass flew up into my side. I climbed out through the back window after a few failed attempts out the passenger door. Not my brightest idea. Anyway Am I the only to total their first car in the first month?

DotDotDot · 20-08-2008

One of my friends did it in high school. I will not ride in a car with a driver that is my age. I have to drive.

Kip · 20-08-2008

I think being in that car accident a couple of years ago is another reason I am afraid to drive.

My mom and I were driving somewhere and this lady tries to make an illegal left turn out of a business. She was stopped waiting for the traffic to clear so she could go. Since there was a tractor trailer on our left side, we coulsn't see her. We crashed into her drivers side door going 40 miles an hour. No injuries, but the car was totalled.

ballucanb · 20-08-2008

I hate to say it, but that will tell you something about driving too quick in the rain, any car will do it, and the wider the tires the faster it will leave the road.

And at 17 you did not have enough experience, with hydroplaneing, I almost spun one when I was about 20, it was a bad rain storm, too fast for conditions, and bald tires on a car I just put an engine in, it spun about half way and strightened out, lucky for me it was a big pontiac with some weight to it, but way too much HP.

DotDotDot · 21-08-2008

Hydroplaning is no fun. I did it with my old tires - all 4 were bald. Unlike snow or ice, you just can't save it. Luckily no one was on the road at the time.

Secret · 21-08-2008

A year ago, my brother was "offroading" (well thats what he called it) well he went down a hill of wet grass and on the way down near the end of the hill he turned sharply so he wouldnt hit a tree, well the car rolled and flipped twice . The axle broke and luckilly my hand wasnt out the window or it would have smashed my hand. This was in a national park and the park rangers were pretty cool to me and my bro and my brothers friends, they didnt even prosecute us, all we had to do was get the truck out of the park. It was really scary and Im not going off roading with my brothers friends anytime soon.

Fire2box · 21-08-2008

I know newbies can't see this topic until they hit regular but it will at least give ya something to look forward to when you do. http://www.adisc.org/forum/regulars-...ent-today.html

Lukie · 21-08-2008

I ran up the back on someone just last Friday... I'm currently looking at having to dish out $1000 for repairs.

You have no idea how incredibly infuriated I am right now and how much I'm raging about it.

/me keeps these things on the low-down.

It's not even worth a vent. It'll just make me more upset and unsettled.

**Peachy** · 21-08-2008

It's a case of live and learn. If you've experienced hydroplaning (or acquaplaning), you were driving way too fast for the road condition. A driver must adjust her speed to the weather and road conditions, and if you've landed in the roadside ditch, you have obviously failed at that. Be happy to be alive, and next time, drive slower.

Peachy

mzkkbprmt · 21-08-2008

My cousin managed to roll a car 4 times on some wet leaves on a tight corner. She ended upside down in a crushed car in a field. By all accounts she should be dead. In fact, when she went to the garage she was referred to as 'the living dead'. She got out without a scratch. She just went and got another car.

I have been in one but been as my age was still measured in months and not years at the time, I can't remember it.

20-08-2008	#1 (permalink)
steel Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Nashville TN Age: 18 Posts: 71 Threads: 9 Wiki Edits: 2 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 0	Car wrecks? I just got in one three weeks ago. Was more worried about my car then my physical condition. But the car is totaled and i didn't even have it a month. I am now scared to drive in the rain because I hydroplaned into a ditch backwards then my back end hit a tree and i flipped over on my driver's side. The driver's side window busted and all the glass flew up into my side. I climbed out through the back window after a few failed attempts out the passenger door. Not my brightest idea. Anyway Am I the only to total their first car in the first month?

21-08-2008	#8 (permalink)
Lukie Relax, it's [day]! Donor Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 3,426 Threads: 46 Gallery Uploads: 2 Wiki Edits: 162 Reputation: 134	I ran up the back on someone just last Friday... I'm currently looking at having to dish out $1000 for repairs. You have no idea how incredibly infuriated I am right now and how much I'm raging about it. /me keeps these things on the low-down. It's not even worth a vent. It'll just make me more upset and unsettled. Last edited by Lukie; 21-08-2008 at 03:49 AM.

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Peachy Leaves are falling Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bremen, Germany Age: 32 Posts: 4,688 Threads: 97 Gallery Uploads: 48 Wiki Edits: 12 Blog Entries: 13 Reputation: 145	It's a case of live and learn. If you've experienced hydroplaning (or acquaplaning), you were driving way too fast for the road condition. A driver must adjust her speed to the weather and road conditions, and if you've landed in the roadside ditch, you have obviously failed at that. Be happy to be alive, and next time, drive slower. Peachy __________________ A is like an apple with extra carpeting! Adopted users and furs : Littletiger, Jeffy, MrMacro, Mazza, RubixFox, Takashi, baseball4life, Yumi, mzkkbprmt (as a 2yo), EpicPie to my kindergarten Award winning fruit (2 years in a row!)

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20-08-2008	#2 (permalink)
DotDotDot Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: NY, USA Posts: 227 Threads: 6 Reputation: 3	One of my friends did it in high school. I will not ride in a car with a driver that is my age. I have to drive.

20-08-2008	#3 (permalink)
Kip Banned Join Date: May 2008 Location: Florida, USA Age: 20 Posts: 412 Threads: 21 Gallery Uploads: 8 Reputation: 3	I think being in that car accident a couple of years ago is another reason I am afraid to drive. My mom and I were driving somewhere and this lady tries to make an illegal left turn out of a business. She was stopped waiting for the traffic to clear so she could go. Since there was a tractor trailer on our left side, we coulsn't see her. We crashed into her drivers side door going 40 miles an hour. No injuries, but the car was totalled.

20-08-2008	#4 (permalink)
ballucanb Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: none Posts: 1,729 Threads: 3 Reputation: 18	I hate to say it, but that will tell you something about driving too quick in the rain, any car will do it, and the wider the tires the faster it will leave the road. And at 17 you did not have enough experience, with hydroplaneing, I almost spun one when I was about 20, it was a bad rain storm, too fast for conditions, and bald tires on a car I just put an engine in, it spun about half way and strightened out, lucky for me it was a big pontiac with some weight to it, but way too much HP.

21-08-2008	#5 (permalink)
DotDotDot Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: NY, USA Posts: 227 Threads: 6 Reputation: 3	Hydroplaning is no fun. I did it with my old tires - all 4 were bald. Unlike snow or ice, you just can't save it. Luckily no one was on the road at the time.

21-08-2008	#6 (permalink)
Secret VIP Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: none Posts: 853 Threads: 63 Reputation: 10	A year ago, my brother was "offroading" (well thats what he called it) well he went down a hill of wet grass and on the way down near the end of the hill he turned sharply so he wouldnt hit a tree, well the car rolled and flipped twice . The axle broke and luckilly my hand wasnt out the window or it would have smashed my hand. This was in a national park and the park rangers were pretty cool to me and my bro and my brothers friends, they didnt even prosecute us, all we had to do was get the truck out of the park. It was really scary and Im not going off roading with my brothers friends anytime soon.

21-08-2008	#7 (permalink)
Fire2box Regular Donor Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Stockton, California Age: 22 Posts: 4,596 Threads: 62 Gallery Uploads: 13 Wiki Edits: 2 Blog Entries: 6 Reputation: 39	I know newbies can't see this topic until they hit regular but it will at least give ya something to look forward to when you do. http://www.adisc.org/forum/regulars-...ent-today.html

21-08-2008	#10 (permalink)
mzkkbprmt Cnsnnts - Stt f Mnd Staff Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Jarvis Cocker Land Age: 18 Posts: 1,817 Threads: 54 Gallery Uploads: 40 Blog Entries: 31 Reputation: 58	My cousin managed to roll a car 4 times on some wet leaves on a tight corner. She ended upside down in a crushed car in a field. By all accounts she should be dead. In fact, when she went to the garage she was referred to as 'the living dead'. She got out without a scratch. She just went and got another car. I have been in one but been as my age was still measured in months and not years at the time, I can't remember it.