Well my friend and I had a near death experience tonight and I say this with the most sincerity. Went to Straight Line Performance to get the car retuned and the car ran GREAT to say the absolute least. On the way home we ran into some rain and with the MT DRs the car lost control going straight on I-80. In the right lane we were hitting 45-50 mph in a 70mph zone and out of no where with out even sliding at all the ass end came out and we did a 180 on the highway. The only thing I remember seeing the headlights of a semi heading straight at us maybe 10ft ahead of us at the most. The car proceeded to go around the semi and we clipped it at the semis door. I honestly don’t see how I’m even alive to write this and I must thank the good lord above for keeping us safe and alive. Incredibly no one was hurt at all, not even a scrape. My friend’s sunglasses were broke and that is it. As for the car I can’t say yet, it was towed and it was dark so I couldn’t see the damage. The bumper was ripped clean off and was still in one piece and my drivers side front fender was almost ripped off. The car did still run, very well actually, and drove a few feet too and I still had both head lights. The guy driving the wrecker said the front of the frame was damaged but I didn’t see it so there is no telling how bad it was hurt or if much at all. The bags didn’t deploy either so I hope it is salvageable, I really cant imagine it not with the “light” hit we took.
I just know I can’t thank god enough that we are still alive and no one was hurt what so ever. I’ve never felt so scared in my life when I saw those semi lights heading right at us 10ft away.
For those of you running MT DRs or any drag radial for that matter, PLEASE be careful. We were doing 20-25mph under the speed limit and we still lost control. There was no sign of problems until we were already sideways and it was too late and the worst part was we were going straight no turns, no nothing. It was raining moderately but by no means was it pouring rain and this was the out come.
The scary part was I’ve had a bad feeling about going up there and now I know that feeling I had was trying to tell me something, I usually follow my gut but this time I didn’t and I’m lucky it wasn’t a deathly mistake.
Well guys and girls I’m going to get some sleep, its going to be along day in 2.5 hrs. Peace and be careful.
I just know I can’t thank god enough that we are still alive and no one was hurt what so ever. I’ve never felt so scared in my life when I saw those semi lights heading right at us 10ft away.
For those of you running MT DRs or any drag radial for that matter, PLEASE be careful. We were doing 20-25mph under the speed limit and we still lost control. There was no sign of problems until we were already sideways and it was too late and the worst part was we were going straight no turns, no nothing. It was raining moderately but by no means was it pouring rain and this was the out come.
The scary part was I’ve had a bad feeling about going up there and now I know that feeling I had was trying to tell me something, I usually follow my gut but this time I didn’t and I’m lucky it wasn’t a deathly mistake.
Well guys and girls I’m going to get some sleep, its going to be along day in 2.5 hrs. Peace and be careful.