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I've got a doozey.
A bit back I had two jobs; my main job and a second internship with a web company. When one ended, I had little time to get the the other. I found myself rushing every day.
Anyone who knows me knows that I drive a Mitsu Eclipse that breaks down a lot. I like the car, so I put up with it (and I'm fucking stubborn). It breaks down in ways that I can't really see coming, too.
One day, I was shooting up HWY 87, easily going 95 when I heard a snap. Instead of pulling over, I decided to finish the ride. As I was pulling into my parking spot, SNAP. Suddenly my left front wheel is jammed up into the wheel well. Then another SNAP. The right joins him.
Turns out both my my CV joints went, along with my axle (basically a catastrophic failure). Had it happened not 5 minutes before, the car would have spun out and I likely would have taken someone else out. It probably wouldn't have flipped because I have it lowered, but I very well could have died. It was a close call.
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