Canyon: 1, Fiero: 0

The Dark Side of Will · Fri Nov 24, 2006 8:58 am

Series8217 wrote:
Is the first picture taken from the point at which you left the pavement?
Heh heh. No. That was partway down the hill I think. I'll ask my dad though (he took the pic). I think you'd be able to see the fence I went over. I think he took the one you're talking about you could see the hill that I hit from the road (you can't see it in the one we did take from the road.) If I had missed that hill I would have sailed all the way down into the next canyon below and certainly wouldn't be typing the message. Might still be down there.
The people who stopped said they saw a huge cloud of dust and thought it was fog, and then saw the skidmarks.
Here's a pic from the road:
http://ct.pbase.com/g6/73/700873/2/7067 ... VBzxvR.jpg
That small silver and black speck is my car. I put the higher resolution version of this pic is on the gallery I linked to above.

Hah. Swweeeet. I haven't seen 25, but I drove 198 in a rented Cobalt when I was in that part of the country in January. That is an awesome road, but there were a LOT of black marks leading right off the pavement...

whipped · Post by **whipped** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:27 am

Damn dude... you're one lucky MF'er

I think your mistake was doing it at night :la:

(not that some gravel in the day time would change the outcome...)

crzyone · Post by **crzyone** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:00 pm

Wow. Glad you are alright, that was one hell of a crash. You are damn lucky to walk away from that one, guess our tubby little cars are safe afterall.

84fierotrevor · Post by **84fierotrevor** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:03 pm

lets see a skyline do THAT!

The Dark Side of Will · Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:08 pm

crzyone · Post by **crzyone** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:15 pm

Skyline would have made the corner

Series8217 · Post by **Series8217** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:34 pm

crzyone wrote:Skyline would have made the corner

That just means you'd be going much much faster when you DO finally make the critical mistake and crash.

crzyone · Post by **crzyone** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:35 pm

How the hell did this turn into a fiero vs skyline thread?

Series8217 · Post by **Series8217** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:44 pm

crzyone wrote:How the hell did this turn into a fiero vs skyline thread?

You and Trevor.
I was just making the point that faster and better handling cars are NOT safer

BACK ON TOPIC!

befarrer · Post by **befarrer** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 3:25 pm

Your pretty lucky that ledge was there, looks like you could have gone down alot further.

84fierotrevor · Post by **84fierotrevor** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 3:52 pm

Series8217 wrote:
crzyone wrote:How the hell did this turn into a fiero vs skyline thread?
You and Trevor.
I was just making the point that faster and better handling cars are NOT safer

BACK ON TOPIC!

I wasn't arguing, I was making a joke. I like the skyline. I don't want one, I want a m3, but i like the car.

product1620 · Post by **product1620** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 8:13 pm

I FEEL YOUR PAIN!!!! Glad your alright, dude. What the hell is with everyone wrecking lately?

Weponhead · Post by **Weponhead** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 8:24 pm

that one side shot of the car int he garage from the drivers side looks like you did an awesome chop or something.. haha.

Glad your ok, that car is fucked up. and im suprised your in one piece.

and yea take aaron and have sonic 50 go first so aaron can do it better .. mos def!

derangedsheep · Post by **derangedsheep** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:11 pm

Shit dude, glad to hear that youre ok.

stimpy · Post by **stimpy** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:45 pm

Damn, Steven, this is a real shocker to come home to. Barbara and I are glad that you're ok. 25 ain't no joke. Glad that you didn't do that in the Miata, we'd have never heard from you again.

Give me a call if I can help you with anything.

BigRedDeckSpoiler · Post by **BigRedDeckSpoiler** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:45 am

Dude...

I mean, Holeeeeey FUCK!

You are quite fortunate to still be at anything above room temperature.
I'm happy that you didn't get hurt.
Now that a couple have days have passed, are you still feeling okay?

whipped · Post by **whipped** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:35 am

I bet everything hurts now

:afrocool:

Fastback86 · Post by **Fastback86** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:21 pm

How far did you guys get with stripping down the car after I left? There wasn't all that much left, and it shoulda gone pretty quick once Chris got the torch out. Did you figure out if the engine and trans are for sure good?

Post up pics of some of the stuff that got royally fucked up, it was pretty impressive.

stimpy · Post by **stimpy** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:56 pm

So how did they get it home? Did they bring a flatbed, too?

Series8217 · Post by **Series8217** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:50 am

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

stimpy wrote:So how did they get it home? Did they bring a flatbed, too?

Yeah, the winch truck pulled the car up to the road and the flatbed brought it back to my house. The towing bill was over $1k

!

We got the motor out today; the front cover is cracked in a few places so I'm going to have to replace it. Also, one of the bosses on the front of the block for one of my mounts broke off, but its not at all critical. The front mount twisted into the oil pan so the pan gasket is weeping now, but I have another gasket, and I needed another pan anyway because the drain plug threads are nearly striped out.

We got the car stripped down to a bare frame with fuel tank; I'm going to take it out when I get back from winter break so I can reuse the fuel pump in my next car, and then the rest is off to the scrap yard.

BigRedDeckSpoiler wrote: Now that a couple have days have passed, are you still feeling okay?

Feeling better, actually.. my headache is gone and my neck doesn't feel sore anymore. Still pretty tired though.