S-10 roll over (pics inside)
05-11-2012, 11:25 PM
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you should post this over in the "racing and kill story" section.....so those guys will see it's not nearly as safe as they like to think it is when the road looks clear.
that said, glad you and your kid are ok. i landed on the roof once a long time ago......in part due to a tard in a fox body mustang racing another tard in a bmw.
that said, glad you and your kid are ok. i landed on the roof once a long time ago......in part due to a tard in a fox body mustang racing another tard in a bmw.
I had a 84 camaro with a dart headed 408 with a serious wheel spin problem like 70 mph side ways.
When i drive fast or what ever you wanna call it. I have always done it on back roads when no one else or houses around, just incase i lost it. But wasnt like i was trying to do 160 mph either. Gotta know your limits and the limits of your car.
But as i get older i find myself being more tame. I have to drive the t/a all week because of not having the s10, and can honestlly say i havnt railed on it once. Not because im scared of wrecking or any thing as i am 110% confident in my driving skills and will not atempt any thing i cant do
05-12-2012, 08:01 AM
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Yea i was wicked pissed. I had to get my son out of his seat belt he was twisted up in it. So i couldnt get him out,then i looked down and my channel locks were on laying on the roof(the floor) and had to take the top seat belt bolt out.
so by time i got him out there was cops every where. When we left i walked by him and was eyeballn him,he wouldnt even look at me, plus he was cryin.
The lady that owned the cobalt came up and appoligized. She said she just adopted him.
His car was was all jacked up, front end was all caved in. After he hit me, his car still slide like 600-700 ft. There was a lil concrete bridge he went up on the side walk and slide the length on the wall on the bridge
so by time i got him out there was cops every where. When we left i walked by him and was eyeballn him,he wouldnt even look at me, plus he was cryin.
The lady that owned the cobalt came up and appoligized. She said she just adopted him.
His car was was all jacked up, front end was all caved in. After he hit me, his car still slide like 600-700 ft. There was a lil concrete bridge he went up on the side walk and slide the length on the wall on the bridge
also....the seatbelt thing. carry a knife. i keep a kershaw in my pocket ALL the time. it let me get my girlfriend out of her seatbelt in about 4 seconds when we landed on the roof. if you don't want to carry a knife, go to a parts store....they make a multi-tool specifically designed to slice seatbelts, and break windows.
again, glad you guys are ok
05-12-2012, 08:10 AM
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Ya. Let me be the first to say. I am no saint when it come to driving.(my toys not ever day rides). But i am 30 and have never wrecked or have been hit,this was the first.
I had a 84 camaro with a dart headed 408 with a serious wheel spin problem like 70 mph side ways.
When i drive fast or what ever you wanna call it. I have always done it on back roads when no one else or houses around, just incase i lost it. But wasnt like i was trying to do 160 mph either. Gotta know your limits and the limits of your car.
But as i get older i find myself being more tame. I have to drive the t/a all week because of not having the s10, and can honestlly say i havnt railed on it once. Not because im scared of wrecking or any thing as i am 110% confident in my driving skills and will not atempt any thing i cant do
I had a 84 camaro with a dart headed 408 with a serious wheel spin problem like 70 mph side ways.
When i drive fast or what ever you wanna call it. I have always done it on back roads when no one else or houses around, just incase i lost it. But wasnt like i was trying to do 160 mph either. Gotta know your limits and the limits of your car.
But as i get older i find myself being more tame. I have to drive the t/a all week because of not having the s10, and can honestlly say i havnt railed on it once. Not because im scared of wrecking or any thing as i am 110% confident in my driving skills and will not atempt any thing i cant do
as you mentioned, as we get older, we look back, and wonder how the hell we didn't kill ourselves. i know what i can make my cars do, and i know what they can/will do, and how far i can push them. i also(as mentioned in another thread), i saw a collision on jfk blvd and pattison that killed 2 people that weren't even racing. that's what woke me up to the true dangers of street racing....even when it's done in a "safe" environment.
05-16-2012, 06:55 PM
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05-16-2012, 10:23 PM
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I believe the good Lord was looking after y'all on that day, to walk away from that kind of damage is awesome! So is it totaled or is it gonna be the next truck in the conversion thread with a turbo 5.3, a little sheet metal here and there, some bondo and paint and you're good to go. Oh and like everybody else said get another tire on that thing, lol.
05-17-2012, 08:34 AM
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man i'm glad you or your son didn't get hurt. I am 28 and looking back at the crap i did when i was younger and some of the cars i've owned i'm lucky i never wrecked. i had one fender bender when a kid clipped me but never just wrecked out. Now that i'm older i've settled down alot. Hell i never got a ticket with my Vette and had it from '06-'11 and i had a couple Camaro's before that that i managed to stay out of trouble with as well. IDK that i agree with raising the driving age but parents need to keep better tabs on their kids shenanigans for sure
