djhatton

yeah was silly... specially considering i'm running on my tread-ware indicators! but its easy to lose concentration when you're just driving about at grandma speeds. i mean i was thinking about nothing when all of a sudden i lost it (and it really WAS my fault... no denying!). but yeah. caught me off-guard and the next thing i know i was like "aaaah damn no catching this one!". if i'd dropped the clutch and been ready for some sideways action, i don't doubt i could've controlled it... *sigh* and yes, canberra roads were very slippery this evening. as soon as i started making positive boost, it was all over lol. yeah could've been a convienient excuse! insurance. well... $1700 excess (just cars). its gonna be a right royal pain in the bank account! its funny (well... not really) but as soon as i connected the tree, the first thing that popped into my head was insurance... :bonk: d

hey peeps. about 2 months ago i took delivery of a nice r33 skyline gts-25t. i've been loving it ever since! BUT today, as i was driving back from work.... taking-off from a stopsign, just driving normally... 1st.... 2nd.... 3rd... boost hits.... road is drenched cos of the sh1t canberra weather we've had all day. car steps out (prolly doing 50k/h). i'm like "aaah okay yeah enough" and back off the throttle a little, winding-in a fraction of opposite lock. the car begins to shoot straight again and then all of a sudden WHOOSH and the car skews sideways. i correct. swings back around again and now i'm about 75o to the kurb. sccccrrraaaape wheel against kurb. back around again, up the gutter, into a tree, then a streetsign, then came to a halt. my car has a fcuked door, doorjam, sill, rear quarter and a rear wheel that looks like i have about 30o positive camber and 40o toe-in. LET THIS BE A LESSON to all those with big-hp back hoop drive cars and scrubbed tyres. :goddam: :goddam: :goddam: and more frustrating is that i wasn't being a maniac!!!!^#(*^Q$(^ just driving like your average joe. if i'd dropped the clutch on that corner and "drifted" consciously i'd have been good, but DAMNIT as soon as i drive normally... :x i'll put pics up tomorrow. :boohoo: d