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Crashed the car....
18 years ago
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Well, not to bad though.
Here’s my story. I was taking a left hand turn (I was on the outer most lane on a 4 lane one way road) at about 50-65kph(not sure). Beside me, a place where concrete beams stood before(rough terrain with iron bars sticking out). Then a Speeding(well I was sorta speeding too) CRV cut me during the turn itself causing me to brake ever so slightly. To my surprise, the front wheels locked and boom, understeer. My front passenger side rim hit the rough terrain(wasn’t a pretty sound). Then my friend(very good with cars. Beat a Silvia in a non-modified Kia Pride) told me I had a flat. It’s a good thing that friend was with me because he told me about the damage. At first it only looked like a flat(except for the smashed rim). But upon replacing the wheel, in the process burning my friend’s finger on a lug nut, we saw the real damage. There was enough force to misalign the wheel and damage some other stuff under the car related to suspension too.
Well, my parents brought the car to the shop and the shop estimated $200 worth of parts are needed to fix the car (excluding labor). But my parents understood it was an accident and my Lancer Box project it still on the go!
Well, it was very foolish of me though. If I weren’t cornering that fast I wouldn’t have crashed. And I knew I had 5 passengers(classmates), small thin wheels, AND A KIA RIO! I emphasize, a KIA Rio... Now I know why everybody discriminates korean cars. A little brake cause traction loss instantaneously...
We still went to the mall though; changed car.
As for me, while we were walking in the mall, I told my self I would be scared of driving fast for another 2 weeks. But then the next day, I was racing my friend(another friend, drives a nissan sentra) to a tennis game he was going to in a nissan cefiro A32 . One of the friends who was with me during the incident.
Lesson here, always be aware of people faster than you on the road, always consider what car you’re driving, and always remember not to panic brake! Even if I didn’t brake, I wouldn’t have hit the CRV.
What really pissed me off is that the CRV had a tinted glass on it’s plate so I wasn’t able to report him…
Here’s my story. I was taking a left hand turn (I was on the outer most lane on a 4 lane one way road) at about 50-65kph(not sure). Beside me, a place where concrete beams stood before(rough terrain with iron bars sticking out). Then a Speeding(well I was sorta speeding too) CRV cut me during the turn itself causing me to brake ever so slightly. To my surprise, the front wheels locked and boom, understeer. My front passenger side rim hit the rough terrain(wasn’t a pretty sound). Then my friend(very good with cars. Beat a Silvia in a non-modified Kia Pride) told me I had a flat. It’s a good thing that friend was with me because he told me about the damage. At first it only looked like a flat(except for the smashed rim). But upon replacing the wheel, in the process burning my friend’s finger on a lug nut, we saw the real damage. There was enough force to misalign the wheel and damage some other stuff under the car related to suspension too.
Well, my parents brought the car to the shop and the shop estimated $200 worth of parts are needed to fix the car (excluding labor). But my parents understood it was an accident and my Lancer Box project it still on the go!
Well, it was very foolish of me though. If I weren’t cornering that fast I wouldn’t have crashed. And I knew I had 5 passengers(classmates), small thin wheels, AND A KIA RIO! I emphasize, a KIA Rio... Now I know why everybody discriminates korean cars. A little brake cause traction loss instantaneously...
We still went to the mall though; changed car.
As for me, while we were walking in the mall, I told my self I would be scared of driving fast for another 2 weeks. But then the next day, I was racing my friend(another friend, drives a nissan sentra) to a tennis game he was going to in a nissan cefiro A32 . One of the friends who was with me during the incident.
Lesson here, always be aware of people faster than you on the road, always consider what car you’re driving, and always remember not to panic brake! Even if I didn’t brake, I wouldn’t have hit the CRV.
What really pissed me off is that the CRV had a tinted glass on it’s plate so I wasn’t able to report him…
Shinkada
~shinkada
Tsk. Street racing ain't a pretty scene. I've seen enough people get wrapped around poles to be able to tell you the hype about safety surrounding cars isn't just more overly-uptight senior citizen rubbish.
