Finally decided to ditch the V6

PColav6 · 06-30-2007, 06:30 PM

Literally hahaha

Okay so here's the story, It had just rained and was raining in most of the city, I was driving on a small road that rarely has traffic on it, doing about 30 (25mph speedlimit), was passing through a very soft right turn and the car shifted into 2nd gear and all the low end torque went straight to my passenger side drive wheel and just started spinning like mad, and made the car swerve hard to the right, slammed on the brake and turned left and the car hooked to the right and i was perpendicular to the edge of the road, car finally pulled 180 degrees as we went into the ditch backwards missing a telephone pole by about 4 feet. Sat there for a second like "****," dukes' of hazzarded my way out the window (couldn't open driver door), we tried rocking the car out but no posi sucks so just the right wheel spun and dug it in more, called a neighbor with a diesel Chevy pickup truck and he pulled me out with his tow rope.

No real body damage, the only thing was my farking chin spoiler has a dent in it (small, but it was a 100$ piece of plastic..lol), Nothing frame damage as far as I can tell, but all I did was drive it back home so I'm not sure, no scratches or chips in the paint, no dents, just a lot of mud. Drove the ****er home and me and a friend got it lookin good as new.

I need to replace my rear tires, and probably fronts too...they've been worn out for a while but I really wanted to wait to get new wheels so I could just get the tires for those, but it looks like that's not gonna happen now.

I'm just glad I didn't hit that pole, if I did it woulda been bye-bye mustang hello city bus.

PColav6 · 06-30-2007, 06:38 PM

After I cleaned it

machnjo · 06-30-2007, 06:39 PM

Close call dude, glad your ok.

PColav6 · 06-30-2007, 06:46 PM

Thanks man, it could have been a lot worse than it was so I'm happy

mustangvsix · 06-30-2007, 07:06 PM

I guess you took the mustang 4x4 thing a little too serious...lol glad you are ok and that you didn't hit the pole.
Are you sure you can't hold off till you can afford the rims and tires? because i mean it's just cash out the window if you end up having a basically new set of tires put on. eitherway stock tires are cheap compared to the aftermarket ones for our cars.

PColav6 · 06-30-2007, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mustangvsix

definately a good thing you didn't hit the pole. Are you sure you can't hold off till you can afford the rims and tires? because i mean it's just cash out the window if you end up having a basically new set of tires put on. eitherway stock tires are cheap compared to the aftermarket ones for our cars.

Yeah, the rears are totally ****ed and the fronts are pretty worn, I might be able to get my dad to pay for them since it is a safety hazard...but I don't want him to buy tires just to have me get rid of them in a few months anyway.

and lol @ the 4x4 comment....actually I did kind of like the look with the mud all over it.

06-30-2007, 07:13 PM

glad you survived...and the car did too! nice.

try doing that maneuver in a fawking Honda and lets see it do no real damage!

American "iron" FTW!!

LOOT · 06-30-2007, 09:55 PM

Glad you and the car are ok. Something similar happened to me about 7 yrs ago. I was driving a 91 firebird on a curvy 2 lane country highway. It was dark and cold out with snow all over the ground and my windshield washers didn't work so my windshield was covered with salt. I rounded a curve and met up with this big 4WD pickup truck pulling another car out of a ditch with a chain. They guy being pulled didn't even have his lights on. I didn't see him till the last second. Just as reflex I whipped the car over in the ditch to avoid t-boning him. The guy that was pulled out took off and the pickup truck comes back and says he'd call a tow truck for me. Well after about an hour of freezing my arse off along comes a guy in a little toyota truck. He sees he doesn't have a chance of pulling me out and leaves me there. I waited forever and finally a lady came by and let me use her cell phone. I then was able to call a real tow truck. How bout those "good ol' boys". huh...To top it all off the tow truck driver accused me of drinking and driving because it was super bowl sunday. Needless to say that didn't sit very well with me in the mood I was in. lol.. Anyways I know how it feels and like you my car was fine except I think I cracked my front ground effects or something minor. I was buried in the snow half past the door!

PColav6 · 06-30-2007, 10:17 PM

That sucks man, I was offered help by 2 people, lady in an F150 and guy in a jeep, but I had someone coming so I told them thanks anyway, it's nice to know that not everyone on the road is a dick down here.

Pilks · 07-01-2007, 05:53 AM

ditches just pop outa no where, bet you ditch it twice

jk
glad your not dead

StreetRacer · 07-01-2007, 09:11 AM

i love that ... "glad your not dead" thats awesome.....glad your ok too

Cheddarbob · 07-01-2007, 10:59 AM

SO.... you gona buy a t lock lol
gald ur ok and the car as well

07-01-2007, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cheddarbob

SO.... you gona buy a t lock lol
gald ur ok and the car as well

yup...t-lok could have possibly saved you.

spike_africa · 07-01-2007, 02:20 PM

I think a simple set of GT take off wheels would of saved you over a posi. But glad its ok, i would of been sad to see another mustang down.

jeredan2003 · 07-01-2007, 03:00 PM

glad your ok

07-01-2007, 03:03 PM

06-30-2007, 06:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
PColav6 Saving for new car. lol Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pensacola, Florida Posts: 4,527	Finally decided to ditch the V6 Literally hahaha Okay so here's the story, It had just rained and was raining in most of the city, I was driving on a small road that rarely has traffic on it, doing about 30 (25mph speedlimit), was passing through a very soft right turn and the car shifted into 2nd gear and all the low end torque went straight to my passenger side drive wheel and just started spinning like mad, and made the car swerve hard to the right, slammed on the brake and turned left and the car hooked to the right and i was perpendicular to the edge of the road, car finally pulled 180 degrees as we went into the ditch backwards missing a telephone pole by about 4 feet. Sat there for a second like "**," dukes' of hazzarded my way out the window (couldn't open driver door), we tried rocking the car out but no posi sucks so just the right wheel spun and dug it in more, called a neighbor with a diesel Chevy pickup truck and he pulled me out with his tow rope. No real body damage, the only thing was my farking chin spoiler has a dent in it (small, but it was a 100$ piece of plastic..lol), Nothing frame damage as far as I can tell, but all I did was drive it back home so I'm not sure, no scratches or chips in the paint, no dents, just a lot of mud. Drove the **er home and me and a friend got it lookin good as new. I need to replace my rear tires, and probably fronts too...they've been worn out for a while but I really wanted to wait to get new wheels so I could just get the tires for those, but it looks like that's not gonna happen now. I'm just glad I didn't hit that pole, if I did it woulda been bye-bye mustang hello city bus. __________________

06-30-2007, 06:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
PColav6 Saving for new car. lol Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pensacola, Florida Posts: 4,527	After I cleaned it __________________

06-30-2007, 06:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
machnjo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 1,086	Close call dude, glad your ok. __________________ 2004 Screaming Yellow Mach 1 (5spd) 2002 Mineral Grey GT (auto, DD) http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2534038/1 Sig courtesy of wnracing

06-30-2007, 06:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
PColav6 Saving for new car. lol Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pensacola, Florida Posts: 4,527	Thanks man, it could have been a lot worse than it was so I'm happy __________________

06-30-2007, 07:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
mustangvsix 4 point 6 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Flagstaff, Az / Los Alamos, NM Posts: 2,434	I guess you took the mustang 4x4 thing a little too serious...lol glad you are ok and that you didn't hit the pole. Are you sure you can't hold off till you can afford the rims and tires? because i mean it's just cash out the window if you end up having a basically new set of tires put on. eitherway stock tires are cheap compared to the aftermarket ones for our cars. __________________ 2001 True Blue Cobra Convertible 1 of 292 #935 built on 4/20/01

06-30-2007, 07:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
zigzaggthefag321 Posts: n/a	glad you survived...and the car did too! nice. try doing that maneuver in a fawking Honda and lets see it do no real damage! American "iron" FTW!!

06-30-2007, 09:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
LOOT Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 313	Glad you and the car are ok. Something similar happened to me about 7 yrs ago. I was driving a 91 firebird on a curvy 2 lane country highway. It was dark and cold out with snow all over the ground and my windshield washers didn't work so my windshield was covered with salt. I rounded a curve and met up with this big 4WD pickup truck pulling another car out of a ditch with a chain. They guy being pulled didn't even have his lights on. I didn't see him till the last second. Just as reflex I whipped the car over in the ditch to avoid t-boning him. The guy that was pulled out took off and the pickup truck comes back and says he'd call a tow truck for me. Well after about an hour of freezing my arse off along comes a guy in a little toyota truck. He sees he doesn't have a chance of pulling me out and leaves me there. I waited forever and finally a lady came by and let me use her cell phone. I then was able to call a real tow truck. How bout those "good ol' boys". huh...To top it all off the tow truck driver accused me of drinking and driving because it was super bowl sunday. Needless to say that didn't sit very well with me in the mood I was in. lol.. Anyways I know how it feels and like you my car was fine except I think I cracked my front ground effects or something minor. I was buried in the snow half past the door! __________________ 2002 Mustang GT MAC o/r h pipe & flowpaths MGW Short Throw Eibach Pro Kit

06-30-2007, 10:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
PColav6 Saving for new car. lol Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pensacola, Florida Posts: 4,527	That sucks man, I was offered help by 2 people, lady in an F150 and guy in a jeep, but I had someone coming so I told them thanks anyway, it's nice to know that not everyone on the road is a dick down here. __________________

07-01-2007, 05:53 AM	#10 (permalink)
Pilks Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 548	ditches just pop outa no where, bet you ditch it twice jk glad your not dead __________________ http://www.gotstang.com/profile.php?pilks

07-01-2007, 09:11 AM	#11 (permalink)
StreetRacer Banned Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,639	i love that ... "glad your not dead" thats awesome.....glad your ok too

07-01-2007, 10:59 AM	#12 (permalink)
Cheddarbob Haul ass on regular gas Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Diego, CA/ Putney, VT Posts: 2,101	SO.... you gona buy a t lock lol gald ur ok and the car as well __________________ 2000 V6 mustang, K&N FIPK II, True Dual Flowmaster Super 44's, DiabloSport tuner, 9mm Stang wires, Smoked Headlights, Mach 1 chin spoiler, Mach 1 grille delete, smoked tail light tint,GT rear bumper,12in Rockford Fosgate Sub w/a 600 Watt Rockford Amp, Tinted windows 5% back 35% front. SOLD

07-01-2007, 02:20 PM	#14 (permalink)
spike_africa Administrator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Orlando,Florida Posts: 7,367	I think a simple set of GT take off wheels would of saved you over a posi. But glad its ok, i would of been sad to see another mustang down. __________________ Dustin 2002 GT Mustang 5-Speed Drag Radials,Sprayed,Powershifted WOOO HOOOO!

07-01-2007, 03:00 PM	#15 (permalink)
jeredan2003 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Murfreesboro, TN Posts: 1,788	glad your ok __________________ 2003 DSG GT 5-speed Hellion 62mm and Flowmaster catback..... My bonestock 2v engine had been through 2 years of NX 100 shot, 3 years running 8-12lbs vortech s-trim, got into boost daily while racing on the weekends, had 157,000 miles on it, and was running like new

07-01-2007, 03:03 PM	#16 (permalink)
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