Newbie (Just bought an 08' Lancer GTS)
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RE: Newbie (Just bought an 08' Lancer GTS)
side story...i never intended to buy aLancer GTS.i was saving up for the newEvoX / Ralliart... but i crashed my civic coupe (im no Honda Lover, it was passed down by the father. He drives a MitsuMontero Sport now 
)by rolling over twice beside a cliff. Luckily, all i got is a scratch and a bruised leg. The car stopped inches away from a 100foot drop!
...now i gotta wait a year to trade up.
)by rolling over twice beside a cliff. Luckily, all i got is a scratch and a bruised leg. The car stopped inches away from a 100foot drop!...now i gotta wait a year to trade up.
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RE: Newbie (Just bought an 08' Lancer GTS)
it happened real fast i didnt even have time to be scared...the road was pretty narrow. i was coming out of a tight left hander when the car lost grip (i hit dirt)... car slid sideways to the left facing the cliff, i overcorrected when i yanked right and the car went up the dirt banking, flips over twice, then stopped after2 flips.
here's the mountain trail if ya wondrin':
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=3...;z=15&om=1
here's the mountain trail if ya wondrin':
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=3...;z=15&om=1
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Oh wow....... bet that was fun.
I can kind of relate in the whole not having time to be scared thing.. i have been in that position before.. and only after did i start shaking. (throttle got stuck)
I can kind of relate in the whole not having time to be scared thing.. i have been in that position before.. and only after did i start shaking. (throttle got stuck)
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yah... while i was rolling all i did was tense up... i didnt even close my eyes [:@]...it all sunk in when i stepped out the car, lookeddown the cliff, andsaw how close i was.Still had a grin on my face though. Deep inside it was one of the most thrilling sh*t ive ever experienced... well what happened in ur case?
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Was going down the street.... driving the car hard... throttle got stuck to the floor and i let off the throttle intending to slow down JUST in time for a corner (i always do that) and it got stuck.. so i turned the car off and hit the brakes... but i had ZERO braking power because the car was off... so i pulled the e-brake just enough so the wheels didnt lock up.. and managed to stop the car in the middle of the ****ing intersection... freed up the throttle... and drove off. That ROASTED the stock clutch...
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Was going down the street.... driving the car hard... throttle got stuck to the floor and i let off the throttle intending to slow down JUST in time for a corner (i always do that) and it got stuck.. so i turned the car off and hit the brakes... but i had ZERO braking power because the car was off... so i pulled the e-brake just enough so the wheels didnt lock up.. and managed to stop the car in the middle of the ****ing intersection... freed up the throttle... and drove off. That ROASTED the stock clutch...
Was going down the street.... driving the car hard... throttle got stuck to the floor and i let off the throttle intending to slow down JUST in time for a corner (i always do that) and it got stuck.. so i turned the car off and hit the brakes... but i had ZERO braking power because the car was off... so i pulled the e-brake just enough so the wheels didnt lock up.. and managed to stop the car in the middle of the ****ing intersection... freed up the throttle... and drove off. That ROASTED the stock clutch...
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RE: Newbie (Just bought an 08' Lancer GTS)
I made it round the corner... but then there was a strait ... .and it wasnt a big corner either.. just a small one.. i looked down for a SPLIT second.. i remember it being a little under 100.. possibly 90 before i started slowing down.
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