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I would have peed.

I would have shat. A bunch.

A few years ago I was driving my Cherokee when I heard a loud bang and my windshield shattered and my dashboard broke apart. Pulled over to see what happened and realized everything was covered in broken glass and there was a length of logging chain in my interior. I had run it over, and the back wheel picked it up, flung it through my rear window and into my dashboard/windshield. I'm glad my head or arm wasn't in the way.

On a positive note, I paid $100 for the Jeep, it was a really nice piece of chain, and got $200 for it in scrap.

Posted by bandi ...it was a really nice piece of chain...

LOL

Similar snow situation, but with another car…
Lost traction & was swerving L & R (no, not oversteer), so pointed it toward the ditch & hoped for the best – straightened out on its own. Ever see the cartoons where the person was so scared their hair pings up? …yeah.

I was on Germantown Road here in Portland, which is a pretty twisty road here that goes through the mountains between the east and west side of the Portland Metro area. There was some ice and snow up on this road and of course, I came across a Chevy Suburban that went over a side. The driver was alive but was stuck in so I called 911.

While Portland Fire was enroute, I decided to move my XJ so it wasn't blocking the road. I'm glad I did because about 15 seconds I got out of my Jeep, there was this bread van that went sliding around the corner and went on its side right where my Jeep was.

Was towing an international scout on a tow dolly for a friend of mine. It was a 12 hour round trip and about 30 minutes from getting back to his place it started to snow like crazy. On the interstate doing 80mph the truck just changed lanes on its own. No steering input, no push from the trailer, no nothing. The seat needed to be surgically extracted from my anus lol

once upon a time, i used to drive anywhere, anytime, and in any condition. Where i live is all hills. You're either going up or down. Up is not half as entertaining as down, believe me.

Anyways, this one night, I had a desire for munchies. Now, i could've walked the 1/4 mile to the stop n rob before they closed, but what fun would that have been? It was, of course, snowing hard. So, Broad Street is a pretty steep hill that is off-camber... that means it slants hard to the right side of the road on the downgrade. I was driving a 91 Chevy Cavalier coupe, the last year before anti-lock became standard. So as I break over the hill, I hit the brakes. The rears locked and the car spins around in bias with the off-camber. So, there I am sliding backwards down the hill at 20mph and accelerating. I have maybe 400 feet before a T-intersection with the highway and a rather solid ornament in the center of the intersection. Hmmmm... What would Colin McRae do? I stuffed clutch, slammed the shifter back into reverse, wound the RPM's up and let the clutch out hard. The nose of the car swings around. Just as it passes 12 o'clock, I grab the ebrake and damn near yank it out of the console to counteract the rotation from the nose of the car. OKAY... so now were sliding head first at 30+mph towards a solid intersection ornament head on. Um....Back in 2nd gear, RPM's, out goes the clutch, ebrake to full on, swing the rear end out... Missed the ornament and am now sliding across New York Route 9N/22 at a mere walking speed! Yay.

What I didn't see was the SNOWPLOW (yes, big dumptruck with HUGE blade on the front of it) coming over the hill at 40+. I went across the front of that truck with nary a twat hair to spare and came to rest ever so gently against the curb...

winter driving sucks ballbag.

post script to that... the driver of the snowplow was NOT impressed, however i did get a free soda and bag of munchables from the stop n rob as they witnessed the entire manuever.

winter driving is great with a good snowtire

Posted by Nismo winter driving is great with a good snowtire

not really.
there was ice under that snow, hence loss of traction.

we go through this discussion EVERY FUCKING YEAR. not everyone needs assists to drive in the white and fluffy.
(although, the first storm we drove in a couple of weeks ago, i DID plug the ABS back in)

Posted by Samurai not really. there was ice under that snow, hence loss of traction. we go through this discussion EVERY FUCKING YEAR. not everyone needs assists to drive in the white and fluffy. (although, the first storm we drove in a couple of weeks ago, i DID plug the ABS back in)

Need to get my BMW back on the road. The V8 car is a blast in a snowy parking lot!

Driving down I-71 toward Louisville last year just after Thanksgiving, it had been snowing the wet and slushy stuff. It was still coming down, but not all that bad. Sadly, the roads weren't very well taken care of. I'm driving in the left lane going 5-10 MPH faster than those in the right lane (yet still below the speed limit). While passing a semi on the left, the nose of my car barely past it's rear bumper, it decides to throw on it's left turn signal and begin merging into the left lane in one swift motion. My only options were to hold on tight and hope he hears/feels his trailer hitting my car, swerve left into the guard rail, or slam on the brakes and hope for the best. I opt for the latter & hit the brakes hard. ABS immediately kicks in, but unfortunately the road conditions also cause the tires to lose traction. As the semi comes into my lane, narrowly avoiding my car, the rear of my car begins swerving to the left. Time seemed to slow to a crawl as I fought to regain control of my car. I fishtailed to the left, then right, then left again, all while maintaining steady pressure on the brakes. As the rear of my car is pointed to the left, the wheels regain traction and I dart into the right lane, then into the right shoulder. I straighten the car out and come to a nice, gentle stop along the shoulder as if I'd just pulled over. I sat for about 10 seconds with my foot buried into the brake pedal white knuckling the steering wheel. I put the car in park, turned my hazard flashers on, and sat there a good 10 minutes fighting to regain control over my heart and sphincter, pondering how the fuck I managed to avoid hitting anything.

Another time I took a curse too fast in my 75 Nova. Ended up with the right wheels in the air for about 2 seconds. Very nearly shit myself. A wreck in that rust bucket would've killed me for sure.

If I were that transport driver Id be pissed the guy in the car nearly ruined my drift sequence.

And SAM, Im pretty sure he's simply trolling you. And admittedly I laughed

Posted by team haymaker If I were that transport driver Id be pissed the guy in the car nearly ruined my drift sequence. And SAM, Im pretty sure he's simply trolling you. And admittedly I laughed

oddly enough, i was going to put snowtires on the Burrito this year, but when i started pricing them, the 'fuck that shit' light was blinking. I have brand new tires all the way around and goddamn it, i don't care if i'm upside down and burning in a ditch, they're going to stay on that fucking car!


edit to this:
Winter claims its first victim in my circle of friends. My friend Appleseeds' Cavalier kamikaze'd off a side road in Vermont this AM... Its fuxored.


Ahem, and he HAD snowtires.

Posted by Samurai edit to this: Winter claims its first victim in my circle of friends. My friend Appleseeds' Cavalier kamikaze'd off a side road in Vermont this AM... Its fuxored. Ahem, and he HAD snowtires.

I bet they were excellent quality ones, too... judging by the "cover it in glue and roll it in JC Whitney" appearance of that car.

Posted by bandi I bet they were excellent quality ones, too... judging by the "cover it in glue and roll it in JC Whitney" appearance of that car.

you would have to know Appleseed to get the joke, Bandi... he's quite a character.
ever hear the old saying, someone is riding with angels? With this guy, holy shit. I won't get in a car with him!
he paid $400 for the car, put an engine in it a couple of weeks ago and had already put a subframe in it once.

You Eastcoast and Canadian folks just don't know how to drive in the snow!!!!

Now over here on the west coast, we could give y'all a lesson or two;)

Posted by cr400 You Eastcoast and Canadian folks just don't know how to drive in the snow!!!! Now over here on the west coast, we could give y'all a lesson or two;)

That's not cocaine man. That's frozen water that fell from the sky. Two different types of snow!