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05-27-2005, 09:18 AM
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scary death There was no race involved here but damn scariness. I was rolling down I70 on the east side of indy and coming up on an orange miata. We weren't racing or anything I was just going to pass him. As I approached his back bumper, his left front wheel just came off the car!!! 
Even worse is that it starts bouncing like it was an indy 500 crash. This damn wheel comes flying right at my windshield and I had to swerve madly to avoid it. I barely missed it and it went bouncing toward the median. The miata was making bad noises and scraping and sparking but kept it under control and got into the emergency lane. So a definate miata death. Watch out for flying tires around those things!
Even worse is that it starts bouncing like it was an indy 500 crash. This damn wheel comes flying right at my windshield and I had to swerve madly to avoid it. I barely missed it and it went bouncing toward the median. The miata was making bad noises and scraping and sparking but kept it under control and got into the emergency lane. So a definate miata death. Watch out for flying tires around those things! 
05-27-2005, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by 03BlackSVT
sounds like he saw you coming and he downshifted, the Miata being a torque monster that it is, spun his tires
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05-28-2005, 10:11 PM
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I killed a Miata 
He decided to try and merge between me and the guy 6 ft in front of me on the interstate doing 65mph, pushed him sideways for about 200 ft. 
It didn't look like it hurt it much, just a ding above the rear wheel well, and the wheels were a little wobbly when he drove it off. His estimate was $4000.00, but I couldn't see it. Personally I didn't know they cost over four grand.The Leo that came asked him if he was stupid and couldn't read the word Dodge on my truck. 
then wrote him a ticket.
He decided to try and merge between me and the guy 6 ft in front of me on the interstate doing 65mph, pushed him sideways for about 200 ft. It didn't look like it hurt it much, just a ding above the rear wheel well, and the wheels were a little wobbly when he drove it off. His estimate was $4000.00, but I couldn't see it. Personally I didn't know they cost over four grand.The Leo that came asked him if he was stupid and couldn't read the word Dodge on my truck. then wrote him a ticket.
05-28-2005, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by m8d2run
that miata got scared and lost it you know big v8 coming and all your lucky he didn't 
all over the road 
your lucky he didn't all over the road
05-28-2005, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by YlwGTO4m3
There was no race involved here but damn scariness. I was rolling down I70 on the east side of indy and coming up on an orange miata. We weren't racing or anything I was just going to pass him. As I approached his back bumper, his left front wheel just came off the car!!! Even worse is that it starts bouncing like it was an indy 500 crash. This damn wheel comes flying right at my windshield and I had to swerve madly to avoid it. I barely missed it and it went bouncing toward the median. The miata was making bad noises and scraping and sparking but kept it under control and got into the emergency lane. So a definate miata death. Watch out for flying tires around those things!
Even worse is that it starts bouncing like it was an indy 500 crash. This damn wheel comes flying right at my windshield and I had to swerve madly to avoid it. I barely missed it and it went bouncing toward the median. The miata was making bad noises and scraping and sparking but kept it under control and got into the emergency lane. So a definate miata death. Watch out for flying tires around those things!
05-31-2005, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by VanbibberLt1
hmmmmmm... Ev0 8s stall and mazdas throw the tires off when a rumbling v8 is around. imports everywhere are getting scared.
Now THATS comedy!
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thats scary, i was on the same highway the same day. good thing i was in the sh*t10, and not the z. i did have a cardboard box hit my hood on I69 going 70mph one time. i had a nice white racing stripe. somehow i got it all off and buffed the scratches out.
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Originally Posted by Ms Kitty
I killed a Miata He decided to try and merge between me and the guy 6 ft in front of me on the interstate doing 65mph, pushed him sideways for about 200 ft. It didn't look like it hurt it much, just a ding above the rear wheel well, and the wheels were a little wobbly when he drove it off. His estimate was $4000.00, but I couldn't see it. Personally I didn't know they cost over four grand.The Leo that came asked him if he was stupid and couldn't read the word Dodge on my truck. then wrote him a ticket.
He decided to try and merge between me and the guy 6 ft in front of me on the interstate doing 65mph, pushed him sideways for about 200 ft. It didn't look like it hurt it much, just a ding above the rear wheel well, and the wheels were a little wobbly when he drove it off. His estimate was $4000.00, but I couldn't see it. Personally I didn't know they cost over four grand.The Leo that came asked him if he was stupid and couldn't read the word Dodge on my truck. then wrote him a ticket.
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Originally Posted by Ms Kitty
I killed a Miata He decided to try and merge between me and the guy 6 ft in front of me on the interstate doing 65mph, pushed him sideways for about 200 ft. It didn't look like it hurt it much, just a ding above the rear wheel well, and the wheels were a little wobbly when he drove it off. His estimate was $4000.00, but I couldn't see it. Personally I didn't know they cost over four grand.The Leo that came asked him if he was stupid and couldn't read the word Dodge on my truck. then wrote him a ticket.
He decided to try and merge between me and the guy 6 ft in front of me on the interstate doing 65mph, pushed him sideways for about 200 ft. It didn't look like it hurt it much, just a ding above the rear wheel well, and the wheels were a little wobbly when he drove it off. His estimate was $4000.00, but I couldn't see it. Personally I didn't know they cost over four grand.The Leo that came asked him if he was stupid and couldn't read the word Dodge on my truck. then wrote him a ticket.Now that's some funny ****. Ya gotta love a cop like that.
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WOW! Are people just stupid or what! Today in the rain, I was nearly smooshed by a piece of rice hydroplanning across the exit from I-4 This fool came down the ramp at about 85, hit the meridan, slid at me (Yep it's a Dodge), and then bounced through the underbrush in a pasture and dissappeared! THEN, the dumbass asks me to pull him out of the woods.
My apologies to all rice owners, but I told him I only pulled real cars out of trouble and drove off His little car was sitting up on top of bushes and he didn't have enough power to move it!
This fool came down the ramp at about 85, hit the meridan, slid at me (Yep it's a Dodge), and then bounced through the underbrush in a pasture and dissappeared! THEN, the dumbass asks me to pull him out of the woods.My apologies to all rice owners, but I told him I only pulled real cars out of trouble and drove off
His little car was sitting up on top of bushes and he didn't have enough power to move it!