Nov 14, 2005 - 10:19 PM
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Ok so I was heading home today back on the freeway coming back from best buy and as I was driving along the highway. I saw a glimspe shot of what I thought was a piece of plastic lying on the road. So I thought hmmm its flat and is made out of plastic so I might just run it right over no harm there. So as I got closer I was like OH SHI*!!! The thing was a metal ladder, around 10ft long that some moron had dropped. I didn't have enough time to act so I swerved out of the lane and on to the grass that was in the middle of the freeway. As I got onto the grass I slowed down and the car died. I thought, OH CRAP! My oil pan probblay blew a hole when the ladder hit it or the tranny got knocked loose or something cause the car died. Then I quickly thought to myself.....
"Hmmm If I went into the grass, wouldn't some other idiot like me follow???" Then looking at the rear view mirror some idiot did follow and it was an SUV along with a truck. I was like, "Oh SHI***" Turned on the key and gassed it in the grass spinning out dirt and what not and going like a few feet down the "now and new" Grass road. So after I was clear of getting rammed by idiots who followed me or saw the ladder and went off the road. I checked my tires and oil pan and found that the stupid ladder did some damage to my front passenger tire. It chewed off some rubber from the tire, but luckly It didn't pop or get punctured, but I might need to get another alingment and tire balance, cause it was a nasty impact when the tire hit the ladder and what not. I love the Celi so much more after what happened. (The car died after I got onto the grass, cuz I didn't press down on the clutch and I was in 5th gear going less than 5MPH.) |
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Nov 15, 2005 - 12:54 AM
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Enthusiast ![]() ![]() Joined Oct 10, '05 From San Diego Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
2 months ago i was driving in the slow lane on the freeway in San Diego going about 85 mph (it's socal, we all drive fast) and an 18 wheeler was about 50 ft infront of me one lane to the left. and all of a sudden out of nowhere a huge chunk of tire rubber comes off of one of his wheels and smacks me windshield and leaves a huge rubber smudge. im lucky it didnt break the windshield and more lucky it didnt come through and smack me in the face.
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soulshadow hmmmm. WTF AHHH!! Nov 14, 2005 - 10:19 PM
forkee dood.....get new tires just in case
glad to hear ... Nov 14, 2005 - 10:26 PM
BLINKYxMUNKEY wow that sucks. stupid ladders. Nov 14, 2005 - 10:34 PM
Celica_Fan thats a first a ladder. The other day some guy fro... Nov 14, 2005 - 10:36 PM
LewFX wow thats crazy, glad your okay as well..ive seen ... Nov 14, 2005 - 10:36 PM
95gtschick yeah the other day i was driving down the highway,... Nov 14, 2005 - 11:50 PM
Agent21 Bah my Dad drove is Ford Aerostar up a similar lad... Nov 15, 2005 - 12:13 AM
Dr_Tweak One day I was driving down the road, and I notice ... Nov 15, 2005 - 2:12 AM
shin wow. gotta be glad nothing happened to the car... Nov 15, 2005 - 10:42 AM
soulshadow Man, my car was low too! Well I just came back... Nov 15, 2005 - 12:40 PM
95CelicaST I was going down the highway once and a truck pull... Nov 15, 2005 - 12:56 PM
dstrbcelica ladders suck ass. glad your okay. maybe i can head... Nov 15, 2005 - 7:38 PM
pr_caralho ya lotsa idiots do that here, i once was driving h... Nov 15, 2005 - 11:45 PM
Celica_Fan that guy that was driving on the wrong side of the... Nov 16, 2005 - 1:35 AM![]() ![]() |
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