Stacks and close calls

[G3R3N]

Thought it'd be interesting to hear some stories of everyone's "misfortunes" on the road.

I haven't quite stacked the EB, but I've spun it 180* turning right (damp road) with the left side of the road sloping downwards, so I completely misjudged, went too fast and the gravity/momentum took me sideways...
In a matter of a few micro seconds, I knew correcting was a bad idea and had to bite the bullet and steer into the spin. About 90* left with the steering wheel initially to correct, then a good 270* to the right to allow the car to swing out completely. Residential streets for drifting are like rollerblading on gravel (lol)... The slide finished and I rolled backwards a bit as the car came to a standstill... Took a deep breath and continued on to uni haha! (Very lucky) Felt like I was controlling only about 50% of the slide (No LSD)

Then there's Mum's car... Before I got my hands on the EB, I was borrowing her purple Daihatsu Centrino '95 (I think)...
A valuable lesson was learnt one day, when I realised that handbrake turns and FWD cars dont really mix... Especially in the rain.
Going about 45 or so, the car slid left.. then right......... then straight.
Luckily, the car in its entirety wasn't too bad at the end of it. I had managed to wedge the front bumper onto the nature strip which was mounded due to this tree.
The front left wheel copped a beating thou. The tyre was shredded and the wheel bent. No driving for a good 3 months after that..

Love to hear your stories..

Chris

[glenneaux]

I looped my car on auburn road one day, turning off barker st.

Bit too much heat and bit greasy and woot, 180'd ending up in the middle of the road facing the wrong way.. it was auto and stalled.. had to restart, 3 point turn and then continue on.. fucking lucky there wasnt parked or oncoming cars!

was fun trying to drive after that with heart doing 10x normal speed and shaking legs haha

[Commando]

I call bullshit on handbrake turns and FWD not mixing 80s Civics, CRXs and early 90s Magnas rawk at arab J-turns

Haven't stacked in my EB (or EF) yet. EB will die from mechanical failure before I stack it, and the EF barely sees above 2000rpm so there's no way it's going to get sideways or overshoot a corner in the near future.

[Steady]

I impaled my first ED Fairmont on a guardrail.
Pics of destruction!!! (everyone loves destruction )

[Commando]

I love the van-style sliding rear door in the last shot

[Steady]

That mod is patented, don't steal it or you'll be hearing from my lawyers

[Nikk O'lass]

i've just had the usual spining out whilst trying to slide through corners

[Commando]

Let's meet and I'll buy you a coffee while we discuss this matter.

[Greenhorn]

i was fishying my car down a dirt road in the country a week after i got it and lost control and mounted a giant gutter and broke an indicator, front bumper and the exhaust, i 180'd my car on a buisy road in the wet and i watched a mate crash his early 90's magna into a fence at 70k's trying to be cool and pull the handbrake on after he'd just lost 2 me in a race

[Steady]

Can you e-stalk me and get your mates to ring my mates and threaten them first?

[five point slow]

I looped my Patrol. Beat that.

[Ef_frmnt]

looped two patrols at once. one on a trailer one towing... trailer got the wobbles and on a skinny ass road we ended up sliding round at 80 clicks. the 4 inside wheels half a metre off the ground. ended up facing 180 degrees the wrong way.



^ just beat that.

[Russ.]

Wrapped my old VP around a landcruiser's bullbar when he pulled out in front of me at a big country round about where I was doing 60-70k's (speed limit 70).
Very lucky, coz I swerved to nail the bullbar instead of his drivers door, but if i'd been half a second earlier then he'd have drilled my passenger door where my mate was sitting. All of the impact was on the front left corner, so the whole engine bay mooved over, so far that the RHS fender was bent on about a 30 degree angle!
His car needed a wheel allignment and had a bent tow hook on the bottom of the bullbar. He drove it back to Sydney that night!

But looking on the bright side, the insurance money paid for my EB........

[SgtBourne]

only prang i've had *touch wood* is a bloke ran my 96 magna into a gutter, split a wheel, went airborne which cracked suspension etc.

[oneredED]

Hit a big gutter backwards at 70 kays once. Went clean through it and broke the watts link and imprinted "kuhmo" on the inner guard, which is still visible to this day.

Only other close calls were
a) trying to get the front to understeer at 160kmh in the wet by jerking the wheel around a sweeper (testing new front tires)... but the rear let go instead unexpectedly
b) carrying waaaaay too much speed with a full carload + camping gear around a slightly too tight sweeper and 4 wheel drifting at 170km/h (dry)

Suprisingly that's all the close calls I've had... I'm a bit more mature now.

EDIT: Just remembered the time I nearly lost it once when i hit an unexpected dip in the road, a bridge across a creek, and got about 3-4 feet of air at 210kmh. Wasn't nearly as close as the others, just a little speed wobble when it bottomed out, but it was just as scary given the speed.

[SIKORA]

no accident for me jus sum spin outs at factories but supposibly once i nearly got hit buy a petrol tanker?? lmaoo

[SLY347]

My old XF, had the best corner to go sideways around near my old work. Perfect 90 degree corner, used to do it every morning that it was wet. One morning a little bit to much speed, freaked, slammed the anchors which resulted in me slamming the gutter sideways.
Results:
1 bent and buckled EF XR rim
1 bent axle

Fix:
LSD and BA XR 17s

[nommic]

Did a 180 with the assistance of the handbrake in my AE92 Corolla. Ended up in a ditch, only damage was a deflated tyre.

Also never underestimate the shittiness of brakes in a VN Commodore. Almost rear-ended someone at 20km/h simply because I didn't expect something made post-1940 to slow down like a barge.

[Sunboost]

Lol I tried drifting this corner in Gill's old car which is now Joe's car. At that stage it was unregistered and we were on a private unsealed road. I was being pretty silly, at one stage hitting 100 clicks on this one laner with massive gum trees either side.

I was approaching a 4 right elbow (I was doing the Colin McRae thing in my head.. lol) and hit the brakes, down geared and turned in. The ultra high ride height that wasn't factored in to my 4 right (I was planning to put the car in to drift at the apex and slide it out) made the front end dip, which in turn loaded up the front wheel which in turn stopped doing it's job and dug in to the ground sending the car in to an uncontrollable slide in to a ditch - I hit it at full force about 40 clicks.

I remember seeing Gill hit the window hard and thinking **** this ****'s oding. He was OK but. He may or may not have suffered minor brain damage but we will never know.

The car only suffered one scratched rim and a bent lower left control arm (it's your problem now Joe )

Of course, none of this was my fault. Bad design FTL.

[Commando]

I remember seeing Gill hit the window hard and thinking **** this ****'s oding. He was OK but. He may or may not have suffered minor brain damage but we will never know.

My sides have split!

[XRated]

I remember seeing Gill hit the window hard and thinking **** this ****'s oding. He was OK but. He may or may not have suffered minor brain damage but we will never know.

My sides have split!

ROFL!! Fucking quality!

[holmsy]

only time iv really hit anything was in the paddock speeding along in my datsun 180b and the throttle jamming in the carby and putting me through a fence at 80kmh.
i tried to turn but it wouldent turn and i tried to brake but it wouldn't
due to the front wheels being near 90 degree angle to the car and hitting a small drop before the fence the only real damage was a front wheel had the rubber pushed off and the front quarters wer buckled a bit. but a swift kick of the boot fixed that

[Damo]

I remember seeing Gill hit the window hard and thinking **** this ****'s oding. He was OK but. He may or may not have suffered minor brain damage but we will never know.

My sides have split!

ROFL!! Fucking quality!

+1 LOLLERSKATES!!!1!

[DTP]

I once was (very stupidly) using my BA XT to tow a float (loaded with two horses) down Stirling Hwy (70km/h zone) doing the speed limit (for once! ) And a very fukn stupid old man in his little kit car convertible in front of me decided that the intersection we were almost at (50mtrs away) was the one he wanted. So, the silly old codger slams his brakes on and his 500kg car stops on a dime. My car (and float!) didn't stop that quick! I couldn't lock my wheels (or change lanes without the float sliding out) so I stopped in his boot. I got outta the car and bolted to check the horses, they were fine. Thank god for independant float brakes! Then I checked my front end - And the old kent says, 'Mate, that's the least of your worries!' I was like, **** off old man, I don't give a shit about your car! I care about my horses, then my car!'

Dumb old ****.
His car = write off (bent chassis, rooted rear-mount engine)
My car = some spooked horses, bent rego plate & couple of crows feet in my front bumper around the lights.

He tried to hit me up for insurance, but I am to this day in debt to Matilda Bay Brewing Co. for their perfectly placed CCTV camera that caught the whole episode.

Cheers!

[TUFED6]

He tried to hit me up for insurance, but I am to this day in debt to Matilda Bay Brewing Co. for their perfectly placed CCTV camera that caught the whole episode.

What a stupid old fcuk, glad you came out on top, pisses me off when people do that when you are towing.