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Vaultboy · 06-05-2003, 04:07 AM

Braked for a dog, doing about 80kph. Brakes seized and did not release. rear end stepped out,front end clipped the curb, car started spinning. Hit a lamppole in the spin, which saved me from hitting a tree OR flipping the car on the curb and over the traffic island onto the stepped road below. Car went onto the curb ni any case and smashed with my side into a tree planted on the island.

Wrecked the undertray and suspension. Car was a writeoff. I walked away without so much as a scratch, although I could have been dead, since it was a CORSA (useless bloody Opel/Vauxhall breadbin) and I wasnt wearing a seatbelt.

And yes, I know that at that speed you should rather turn the dog into roadkill than brake, especially on a wet road, but I think I woulda been worse off, given that a corsa is BLOODY USELESS.

06-05-2003, 04:07 AM	#28 (permalink)
Vaultboy Addict Location: Third World	Braked for a dog, doing about 80kph. Brakes seized and did not release. rear end stepped out,front end clipped the curb, car started spinning. Hit a lamppole in the spin, which saved me from hitting a tree OR flipping the car on the curb and over the traffic island onto the stepped road below. Car went onto the curb ni any case and smashed with my side into a tree planted on the island. Wrecked the undertray and suspension. Car was a writeoff. I walked away without so much as a scratch, although I could have been dead, since it was a CORSA (useless bloody Opel/Vauxhall breadbin) and I wasnt wearing a seatbelt. And yes, I know that at that speed you should rather turn the dog into roadkill than brake, especially on a wet road, but I think I woulda been worse off, given that a corsa is BLOODY USELESS. __________________ "Failing tastes of bile and dog vomit. Pity any man that gets used to that taste."