thread of shame

**gldgti** · 26-02-2007, 08:16 PM

hey guys.

im making myself write this and tell you all what a fool i am in the hope that i learn a lesson.

this arvo at about 5:10 i spun my car out on the uni drive/ bypass roundabout in newcastle, doing 270 degrees and putting the left rear of th golf into the guard fence.

the damage is minimal, i have smashed the tail light, done some minor panel damage. all glass and rear hatch is fine, the car is still straight, all doors operate correctly, rear hatch still closes liek before. didnt even bend the bumper due to shape of the weird fence.

all i have really done is remind myself to be more careful and consider my actions for longer than 0.5 seconds.

please someone else young and stupid learn from my mistake.

on the upside, i'll probly have most of it fixed by the end of tomorrow.

also, my new continental premium contact tyres are amazing. these adorn my front tyres unlike the rear where i have also new but obviously far inferior hankook tyres. this in at least small part, was my downfall, as like never before, the rear tyres let go without warning, whilst the fronts still had all the grip in the world... i was waiting for understeer that never came..

this by no means lessens my guilt or stupidity.

i hang my head in shame.

**WABIT** · 26-02-2007, 08:21 PM

no good to hear mate

i think i bet you to it though except no panel damage but rear suspention damage and a flat rear tyre

spun out overtaking 4 motorbikes (in a line) at yarra blvd taking a u-turn like bend at over 100kph the back became light and i spun up a hill missing many BIG trees

wabit

**gldgti** · 26-02-2007, 08:23 PM

sounds like you were lucky to miss the trees

**gotrice** · 26-02-2007, 08:24 PM

Sounds like you got off light with just a good bit of scary added to your day.
My best effort is puntting my old Datto 1600 off a bridge and into a river. Good times....good times....

**Golf Loon** · 26-02-2007, 08:25 PM

Glad all the dubs are ok and only pride was hurt. Remember you blokes that its winter now and wet roads are VERY slippery.

**GoLfMan** · 26-02-2007, 09:26 PM

very slippery for my ****ty non directional tread firestone "fuel savers" that give me no grip wat so ever in 1st and 2nd.....

i want new tyres.
closest i've come its accelerating way to hard around a corner in the wet with my fronts ablaze understeering me ever closer to the gutter... lucky i lifted off... not a close call but im learning the limits of my car.
it grips better now that i upped the tyre pressures.

**antinora** · 27-02-2007, 09:02 AM

ii spun out on a right hander and ended up doing a 180 and was lucky enough to miss the curb and no oncoming traffic.... and to top it all off it happened in the space between my second last and last hsc exam

**static1800** · 27-02-2007, 09:28 AM

on my old mk1 i got the front lip for it, it lasted 2 days after hitting a rabbit about a foot of it on the drivers side gone, then a week after that i spun it on a back road hit an oil patch when i t was pissing down. The back spun out i was going sideways for a bit then i got grip and rocketed off onto the grass and smashed the rest of the lip off.

**Rednut** · 27-02-2007, 03:33 PM

what a crackup. you crash yesterday and youve nearly restored it already. lucky you have tuesdays off

good to hear you werent hurt.. as well as kabluey that i guess just sustained a bruise..

**WABIT** · 27-02-2007, 03:35 PM

Originally Posted by static1800

on my old mk1 i got the front lip for it, it lasted 2 days after hitting a rabbit about a foot of it on the drivers side gone, then a week after that i spun it on a back road hit an oil patch when i t was pissing down. The back spun out i was going sideways for a bit then i got grip and rocketed off onto the grass and smashed the rest of the lip off.

how ironic... you hit a rabbit with a mk1 lol

wabit