crash

[jdawg190]

Well this is great. Today i was driving through my neighborhood to my friends house. I was going about 25-30 around a easy curve, nothing sharp. I started to brake for a stop sighn when My msp all of a sudden loses traction in the back wheels and fishtails around to the left and i go right into a ditch and flip on the side. Luckily my car was resting against the stop sign and didnt totally flip. The whole driver side of my car is messed up and front is messed up too. I was luckily fine. How do u guys think this happend? I mean our cars are meant for turning. It is really cold here, in the 30s but there was no ice.

 

[slug420]

summer tires + cold pavement = no traction

btw, this sounds so much like dexter's post whenever he rolled his car i actually had to check to see who posted it

except he was going fastAr i think

 

[surfingbuddhist]

That sucks! I'm still waiting to get my car out of the shop. It's been there for 2 1/2 months! Good luck. Might be better if your ins. totals it.

 

[jonnydoe48]

in my opinion braking through a turn = death

braking before the turn = win


but there were probably plenty of factors involved. were the tires cold? any moisture? yeah shrug there could be plenty of things

 

[SmoothCriminal]

sounds like my accident, except i lost traction in the leaves

 

[jdawg190]

i was wondering when my car started to spin it felt like the back wheel brakes locked up, could that have happend. I just had the car in the shop to get the rotors changed out for the rusting.

 

[03MSPRO]

it's funny how everyone want to get more power, but can barely drive the car stock. You don't brake during a sharp turn. Brake before the turn. During the turn, use the throttle and gears and hope the car can handle. Somepeople need to invest in driving school instead of power mods.

 

[jdawg190]

dude what the hell are you talking about. i havent said anything about getting mods, i like my car how it is. and if u read the damn thread u would know that it wasnt a sharp turn. i said it was a easy curve nothing sharp.

 

[03MSPRO]

dude what the hell are you talking about. i havent said anything about getting mods, i like my car how it is. and if u read the damn thread u would know that it wasnt a sharp turn. i said it was a easy curve nothing sharp.

did mention your name? did I quote you? then calm down!
sharp or not, braking caused you to lose whatever little traction you had. The tires in our cars do not perform well in cold weather. Maybe it was not your fault at all. Maybe there was oil in the road. I don't know, but one thing I do know, when I take a sharp turn I don't brake in the middle of it.

 

[jdawg190]

haha why are u posting in this thread if ur not talking about the topic. i dont care if u brake before sharp turns, great, that wasnt the topic so dont waste ur time typing it.

 

[jdawg190]

and braking at 30 mph shouldnt cause u to lose control of the car, when ur not even turning the wheel sharp.

 

[03MSPRO]

so what's the point of your thread?

 

[b00sted]

i think the point is if you crash your msp then you have to downgrade to a ford aspire.

 

[TiGrayMsp716]

ouch massive downgrade there... come one let him have an escort...

 

[t3ase]

so what's the point of your thread?

whats the point of your attitude? he wrecked his car, get off of his ass. jesus. if your comment had nothing to do with him, dont post it in this thread. "new thread" buttons appear for a reason.

 

[jred321]

in my opinion braking through a turn = death

braking before the turn = win

ahh, the gran turismo series taught me well

 

[jdawg190]

thanks t3ase. you guys are real asses. if u have nothing to do then post stupid crap at message boards. get some lives

 

[jdawg190]

the point of my thread was to ask anyone how this could happen. going around a curve, not turn, at 30 should not spin out ur car. i wanted to know if anyone has some advice on how it could happen.

 

[t3ase]

thanks t3ase. you guys are real asses. if u have nothing to do then post stupid crap at message boards. get some lives

dont let it bother you. the msp section is full of asses. try posting in the "performance", "appearance", etc topics found on the main page and not in here. you'll get a lot better, more informative, less arrogant replies...

 

[uclap5]

i would have to agree with everyone here. i guess "driver error" isnt the answer you are looking for since we effectivley say you are the sole person at fault. but hey, thats life. i dont think theres a scapegoat to blame like faulty suspension or anything, sorry.