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Old Jan 4, 2020 | 10:07 AM
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Old Jan 4, 2020 | 10:24 AM
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Wondering how all that came about?
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Old Jan 4, 2020 | 10:59 AM
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I read that the spring on his carb broke or something to that effect.
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Old Jan 4, 2020 | 06:36 PM
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maybe he was coming out that parking lot when the carby incident accelerated him .

damn shame , looks like he had just put a new nose cover on it as well.


I bet the camera car guy **** his pants !

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Old Jan 5, 2020 | 07:12 AM
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i was sitting on a Philly city street. idiot in a 90's mustang makes a left at full throttle. back end gets away. he countersteers still at full throttle. car spins. finally hits brakes when car is past sideways. hit my parked accord and 2 cars in front of me. told cop something went wrong with the brakes. looks similar to this.

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Old Jan 5, 2020 | 11:41 AM
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Too much car, for low skilled driver?
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Old Jan 5, 2020 | 06:37 PM
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No fesser-uppers on this, eh?
Presume they left (forum) after they wrecked.

Things sure weren't much helping the unfortunate nissan jappy car driver with the a-hole driver illegally squeezing her over without recourse to veer - would have loved to have seen her slam him but she was cool even amid the airbag explosion and he made off without a scratch.

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Very lucky (?) it was a glancing blow rather than offset head on. Hope everyone's ok.
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Very lucky (?) it was a glancing blow rather than offset head on. Hope everyone's ok.
My thought exactly -
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Yikes.
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Ouch that hurts
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Why was the guy filming traffic out the back of his window anyway? I can't imagine staging that but doesn't anyone find that kind of odd?
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Old Jan 6, 2020 | 11:33 AM
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Why was the guy filming traffic out the back of his window anyway?
Paranoia? Electronics geek? He probably has forward and side view cams too, lol.
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Some dash cams have 2 cameras, one facing front and one facing rear.
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Old Jan 6, 2020 | 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by resdoggie
Wondering how all that came about?
Hey Guys, WATCH THIS!
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Old Jan 7, 2020 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by itsforfun
Hey Guys, WATCH THIS!
That was what I was thinking. It appears as if he lost control during acceleration. If it was truly a malfunction he has my sympathy. Looks like we lost another.
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Old Jan 7, 2020 | 07:38 PM
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Accelerator issue does not make a vehicle fish tale, go over the center divider and into on coming traffic.
At the angle he went up over the divider it looks like he lost control.
Too much pedal and over steer to compensate.
Idiot could have seriously injured someone.

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People panic....
True story...in 1965 (I was a 15 yr old kid), I was riding in a car with a family friend going to the bakery after church.
She had a nice automatic 1963 Impala.
Pulled out of parking lot and said "watch this!".....stomped on it. Burned rubber.
Gas pedal stuck to the floor.
She panicked and yelled "JUMP".
She opened her door and jumped out leaving me sitting there with the cake on my lap.
No time to reach across and turn it off or throw into neutral.
I calmly set the cake on the floor, opened the door and rolled out in my Sunday church suit.
She was screaming because she thought I was still in the car.
Car flew down the road right into a telephone. Broke the pole and totaled the car except the engine was still running when I got there.
Reached in and turned off the key......

Her father was pissed......

God was with us that day as no one was hurt, especially anyone coming the other way.

Like I said....people panic.

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Originally Posted by bmans vette
People panic....
True story...in 1965 (I was a 15 yr old kid), I was riding in a car with a family friend going to the bakery after church.
She had a nice automatic 1963 Impala.
Pulled out of parking lot and said "watch this!".....stomped on it. Burned rubber.
Gas pedal stuck to the floor.
She panicked and yelled "JUMP".
She opened her door and jumped out leaving me sitting there with the cake on my lap.
No time to reach across and turn it off or throw into neutral.
I calmly set the cake on the floor, opened the door and rolled out in my Sunday church suit.
She was screaming because she thought I was still in the car.
Car flew down the road right into a telephone. Broke the pole and totaled the car except the engine was still running when I got there.
Reached in and turned off the key......

Her father was pissed......

God was with us that day as no one was hurt, especially anyone coming the other way.

Like I said....people panic.
now THAT'S funny !
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