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What happen? took a 90 left turn and car slide for 4 meters on tarmac/dust. I was able to put the car straight but suddently car turned right and did a 180 and smash the side road. I made a mistake by giving to much steering right after the car was straight and hit the gas.
Here a small update, the car engage in 1st gear and reverse like butter, no noise. "the bolt" you use for alignemet got mess up during the shock... I just unscrew it a bit and was able to push back the wheel in. Will bring the car to a shop to check it.
Here some more pics:
















You can see in picture nothing is bent :shock:. And last pic show the wheel more in than out
Here a small update, the car engage in 1st gear and reverse like butter, no noise. "the bolt" you use for alignemet got mess up during the shock... I just unscrew it a bit and was able to push back the wheel in. Will bring the car to a shop to check it.
Here some more pics:
















You can see in picture nothing is bent :shock:. And last pic show the wheel more in than out
wow man, not even 3 days ago I almost had the same exact thing happen to me.
I was coming home late at night and it was really cold out. My home was close and the tires were totally cold (it was a very chilly night). The roads were a little greasy too from the fog.
Basically I took a left turn and decided to give it a little gas. Totally underestimated how poorly these tires grip when cold. Started sliding, overcorrected and spun around 180 degrees. Missed a curb by no more than 4 inches. Scary ****. I learned a lesson that night for sure.
So that said, sorry to hear about this happening to you. I hope it gets fixed up nicely and back on the road. Good luck.
I was coming home late at night and it was really cold out. My home was close and the tires were totally cold (it was a very chilly night). The roads were a little greasy too from the fog.
Basically I took a left turn and decided to give it a little gas. Totally underestimated how poorly these tires grip when cold. Started sliding, overcorrected and spun around 180 degrees. Missed a curb by no more than 4 inches. Scary ****. I learned a lesson that night for sure.
So that said, sorry to hear about this happening to you. I hope it gets fixed up nicely and back on the road. Good luck.
When i owned a s2k, i had a similar thing happen. I was driving and had to make a lefthand turn and the road was offset to the turn and there was running water from hard rain minutes before. I made the turn and just out of no where the car did a 180 and i seriously was touching the tire on the curb but the wheel was untouched. Funny thign is i just drove off like nothing had just happned lol
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Hey Jake! What are you doing in NY? You left HI??!?!
If you have snow, we can trade country!
Well so far, i'm pretty sure I will need new shoes
. Bye bye LE28N
If you have snow, we can trade country!
Well so far, i'm pretty sure I will need new shoes
. Bye bye LE28N



what happened?