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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 01:29 PM
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I think the Maxima jinx covers the Altima as well. I saw one the other day in the rain. It apparently skidded off the road and had a tango wit the ditch culvert. about a mile down highway 70 from where the one I was talking about earlier in this thread split the guard rails and hit the water.
 
Old Mar 28, 2008 | 04:18 PM
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Once a front wheel drive car starts to fishtail there aint much you can do.
Steer into the skid and hammer on the throttle.

Or e-brake to spin the **** end out of the way faster.
It didnt have a fun stick, it had a pedal.
 
Old Mar 28, 2008 | 04:53 PM
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I think the Maxima jinx covers the Altima as well. I saw one the other day in the rain. It apparently skidded off the road and had a tango wit the ditch culvert. about a mile down highway 70 from where the one I was talking about earlier in this thread split the guard rails and hit the water.
I drove a Maxima last night... One of the older ones, and the rear end is uber light... Like going around a corner, on gravel, or snow/ice, I could go faster in my Blazer, while ON the throttle, and accelerating... And the Blazer is less likely to spin out, lol.




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Once a front wheel drive car starts to fishtail there aint much you can do.
Steer into the skid and hammer on the throttle.

Or e-brake to spin the **** end out of the way faster.
It didnt have a fun stick, it had a pedal.
Just needed to swing out of the way

Time for parking lot practice sessions!

If there's still enough snow for you to do it, lol... we've got practically none here...
 
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 10:16 AM
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Once a front wheel drive car starts to fishtail there aint much you can do.
Steer into the skid and hammer on the throttle.

Or e-brake to spin the **** end out of the way faster.
I wish I had thought of that when the Grand Am was totalled. I think that was before I started playing Grand Theft Auto. LOL
 
Old Apr 17, 2008 | 08:47 AM
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This past winter while driving North on I69 (the roads were clear, or at least appeared to be) traffic was moving nicely at about 70-75 mph when we hit black ice. Apparently the mini van that was in front of the semi I was following slowed down a lot faster than the semi. What I saw was the semi hit his brakes and almost jack knife and what appeared to be an explosion of plastic and metal come out the sides, then I see a minivan beingcrushed into the guardrail between it and the semi....Believe me, it's not a good feeling when you see a semigo almost sideways right in front of you when you're on ice. I stopped and checked on the driver of the (totalled) van and he was very shaken but ok. After that I saw three more accidents (already happened didn't actually witness) in the next 1-1/2 miles.
 
Old Sep 13, 2008 | 01:18 PM
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It wasn't a super huge collision, but i was sitting in traffic, and some guy pulled came out of burger king into the left turn lane, and on the oppisite side of the street a van came out of nowhere turning out of riteaid, and the van smashed the side of the car that came out of BK. His car was badly damaged from that impact. It was two cars in front of me.
 
Old Oct 2, 2008 | 11:14 PM
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The most horrific one i saw had to be when a Ford ranger went between the bridges on the highway, only to land through the side of a Plymouth Caravan, which killed the lady in the backseat. The guy had fallen asleep at the wheel after too many alcoholic beverages, senseless really. When i saw that truck fly through there i locked em' up and pulled off into the median to see if there was anything i might be able to do, and all i saw was the lady's daughter in the front seat get out and start screaming horribly. Not a good time dudes. I still get a lump in my throat thinking about it.
 
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 08:23 PM
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Haha I've Totaled two truck, my 1993 Chevy 2500 plowing, and my 2003 Dodge ram 2500 reg cab on 495 NB 50 MPH into the medien hitting a ditch and four trees. No airbags went off, never even leaked any fliud out of truck. and walked away with out even a scratch..
Wrecked my old 2004 Grand Am, Smashed up my Ex gf's parents car, A Tribute.
I was also wondering, i saw that someone posted that they smashed up there 97 Bonneville. It is funny because my brother just bought a 97 Bonneville that was reconstructed from a major front end hit. It was from MA.
I watched a girl one time last winter pass me and my friends in the left lane or rt 2 in MA near sears town mall in Leominster. She was driving a newer corrola, passed us, and some how lost it. She perfectly perpendicular to it t-bones the guardrail on the right hand side. Of coarse the snow had been banked up against it, she hit it, went off of it like a jump, rolled the car in the air twice, landed it on all fours in the right hand lane, and kept driving. about 40 ft down the road she put her directional on and pulled over into the breakdown lane. I swear the only reason why she stopped was because the accident blew out a tire. she was clueless to the fact she crashed, and even more clueless to the fact that she had rolled over. We had stopped behind her to check on her. The car was a loss, drivers side was crushed in and nose was banged up, i don't remember the airbags going off though?
 
Old May 27, 2009 | 12:27 AM
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ok so this happened yesterday. I was stopped at a red light, lighting my cigarette when i felt a bump and my tuck moved. the guy behind me was apparently asleep and idled into me. I pulled over into the McDonalds parking lot to see the damage, as im making the turn i see a sweet hole in his bumper and radiator fluid leaking everywhere. He guns it and I notice written in big letter on his back windshield "JUST MARRIED". i pull into a parking spot and all i had was some paint on the ball of my hitch. i almost felt bad for him...."Honey im home...oh i destroyed the bumper and fu(ked up the radiator...love you"
 
Old May 27, 2009 | 03:43 AM
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Wow! this is an old thread.
 
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