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Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:44 am
by Avalanche
So this morning I was driving to school in my car, going speed limit in this zone (35 mph). So ahead of me is a 4 way red light, a normal light. So I'm cruising, putting lil less than half onto the throttle. So I'm like some 500 feet away from the light, so I start to break cuz I need to turn right at the light.
So I start to brake, to be surprised that my car is still ACCELERATING... So it's like WTF? I look down, my throttle is STUCK. YES, stuck. SO I try to lift it up by going behind it with my foot, that didn't work, so I try to pump the gas, which makes things WORSE. Now the car is FLOORING itself towards a red light, with traffic coming both ways.
You'd think I'd be farked now, right? Kinda. So Farking, I slam on the brakes with all my might, all four of my tires go in almost a complete lock, I'm skidding towards a red light at around 20 mph. I know that I wont Farking make it because my accel was more powerful than my brakes, SO! I let off the brake, and my car floors itself VROOOOOOM across the red light. Yes, I passed a red light.
Ironic thing is, the throttle let off once I passed the red light. God is trying to kill me.
Discuss.
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:47 am
by CrimsonNuker
Yellow always means speed up, you should have known better

Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:01 am
by Avalanche
Hershey wrote:ouch. you escaped death.. be careful this might turn into another final destination.
but thank God nothing happened to you.
or my car. lol
i'd cry if my car got dmged.

Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:01 am
by GrindingEternaly
need to learn how to stop the car when that happens? if your driving a manual clutch and brake that way but ur in a auto simply disengage the engine. lucky the coppers didn't see you... could have been alot of painful explaining ahead.
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:03 am
by Avalanche
GrindingEternaly wrote:need to learn how to stop the car when that happens? if your driving a manual clutch and brake that way but ur in a auto simply disengage the engine. lucky the coppers didn't see you... could have been alot of painful explaining ahead.
If I put it into neutral it would of been worse. The car would of rev'ed it's engine until it would of blown up
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:06 am
by GrindingEternaly
better than losing your legs.
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:07 am
by Dark Shifty
AvAlAnChE1 wrote:GrindingEternaly wrote:need to learn how to stop the car when that happens? if your driving a manual clutch and brake that way but ur in a auto simply disengage the engine. lucky the coppers didn't see you... could have been alot of painful explaining ahead.
If I put it into neutral it would of been worse. The car would of rev'ed it's engine until it would of blown up
cars life<your own life... in most cases

Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:09 am
by Avalanche
Before actually entering the intersection, I got a quick glance to see if I could make it or not. If I saw that I couldn't make it, I'd most likely just pull the E or 180 my ass the other way. Either way, it's unsafe and unavoidable.
Got me freaken shaking for 3 hours after that =/
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:23 am
by the_wicked
Dam thats scary. I remember the one time i was doing 80 on a back road and out of no where a deer jumped out, i slammed the breaks and spun the wheel, misseed the deer and did like 4 - 5 spins, landed in a brush pile. No damage to anything. Me and my friends shook for a bit. it was awesome scary lol.
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:26 am
by Crumpets
Lol, that's like something from Final Destination.
Count yourself lucky this time around : P
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:54 am
by Simplifique
I wouldve pushed the eject button, and parachute away in safety.
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:46 am
by Reise
lol If the way wasn't clear I would've bailed out. Some road rash is better than dieing.
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:13 am
by Simplifique
Reise wrote:lol If the way wasn't clear I would've bailed out. Some road rash is better than dieing.
and use the missus to cushion your fall. Such a badass <3
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:23 am
by Hostage
Damn and didn't you just get that stang after you messed up your mazda. You got some bad luck with cars xD.
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:24 am
by rek
Its a sign.. ride a bike.
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:06 am
by [SD]Twysta
.rek wrote:Its a sign.. ride a bike.
And give me the car.
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:47 am
by Sharp324
[SD]Twysta wrote:And give me the car.
Eh just a V6. But glad you had a fun day.
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:54 pm
by cin
lucky you didn't crash into someone else man.
i'm glad you didnt damage the car ;]
i guess you took it to a garage now to let them check it out?
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:33 pm
by Locketart
Your e brakes didn't work?
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:53 pm
by torinchibi
....Lol, that's pretty bad. Not as bad as what my dad did the morning of the 14th though. He passes out, slides up on an inclined separator between the lanes (there was a streetcar stop there), then he ends up flipping over (at low speed). The car isn't anything spiffy...pretty crappy one really, but now that's farked, he won't repair cuz it will cost more than it did to buy the car but he escapes the whole ordeal with a bum on the head and a little pain from hitting the steering wheel with his face.
....3rd time he falls asleep behind the wheel, at least this time it was after a nigh shift...and trust me, he is not a night person.
Hope you did a checkup on your brakes/accelerator btw... You don't want your breaks not working next time because you only fixed the accelerator problem.
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:06 pm
by Avalanche
I went straight home after that, dropped off the demon car, and took my mom's SUV.
It has been at Ford all day yesterday and it is still there today.
NOTE: This all happened within a couple seconds, so seriously I couldn't think that fast, I just went with my first instincts.
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:11 pm
by SM-Count
AvAlAnChE1 wrote:I'm skidding towards a red light at around 20 mph.
>.> I chuckled.
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:15 pm
by Avalanche
o.o why?
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:16 pm
by SM-Count
I make turns @ 20+ mph, it's rather slow.
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:20 pm
by Avalanche
SM-Count wrote:I make turns @ 20+ mph, it's rather slow.
.... did you even read?
I didn't turn, I went THROUGH the intersection on a red light. I slamed as hard as I could on the breaks, they LOCKED, making me SKID.
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:55 pm
by Reise
Simplifique wrote:Reise wrote:lol If the way wasn't clear I would've bailed out. Some road rash is better than dieing.
and use the missus to cushion your fall. Such a badass <3
No missus, but if I had that car things might be different lol.
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:00 pm
by SaoKill
GrindingEternaly wrote:better than losing your legs.
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:19 pm
by redneck
should have switched from a higher gear to a lower gear.
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:26 pm
by Jstar1
does you car have abs? if it doesnt your supposed to pump the brakes on and off so you can turn and go to the side or something
Re: Worse valentines day EVER..
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:31 pm
by SM-Count
AvAlAnChE1 wrote:SM-Count wrote:I make turns @ 20+ mph, it's rather slow.
.... did you even read?
I didn't turn, I went THROUGH the intersection on a red light. I slamed as hard as I could on the breaks, they LOCKED, making me SKID.
So I'm like some 500 feet away from the light, so I start to break cuz I need to turn right at the light.
I laughed because I would've just held on to brakes and turned, since you can right turn on reds unless specified, but you floored it and went through the red light anyways, that's what I found funny...