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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 04:45 PM
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Got some air

Here is what not to do in a Lancer. I was havin some fun ealier today and well the streering went out in my car and it decided to off-road and well I ended up launching my 02 Lancer ES from ditch to ditch over a 2 lane road with a median and got 8-10ft of veritcal air and landed i think the car is totaled now but waitin on the report and well i think this might be my last post on here
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 04:46 PM
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Great!!!
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 04:49 PM
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wow pics? I'll admit it, I've had my lancer airborne before but not as violently as you...
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 04:49 PM
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Not really my back hurts and the airbags deployed
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 04:51 PM
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Not of the action but the damage ones should be up in the future strangely all damage was mostly supspension and internal but the body is still in pretty good condition
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 04:52 PM
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Not really my back hurts and the airbags deployed
Yea you definitely beat me... Did you go to a hospital or anything to make sure you didn't mess anything up too bad?
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 04:56 PM
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Nope no hospital yet waiting to see how bad the pain gets think i might have compressed some of my lower spine
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 05:15 PM
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use punctuations man. haha

so you're saying that the steering went out?
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 05:17 PM
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Yeah the steering went out and i went straight instead of taking a nice turn.
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 05:25 PM
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so you understeered or just loss all steering?
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 05:34 PM
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Loss of all steering completely, I was just a passenger to the car it had a mind of its own.
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 05:47 PM
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Wow that sucks. I wonder what caused that... Like did the wheel just turn freely?
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 05:51 PM
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why would you post something like this and tell us about it and not have any pics to show
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 05:52 PM
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Wow that sounds crazy. So you were rallying pretty fun huh? Except the bad part glad your okay. Try to get pictures up soon.
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 05:54 PM
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At least you didn't flip over and roll...
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