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Originally Posted by block58
A P-Plater i know has been through two fences in his 'fooly siiick' VT and still does 100 down suburban streets. Some people just never learn.
Only crash experinces I've had are a couple of rear-enders. I guess I've been lucky so far 
Only near crash I can remember is going through a traffic light intercection where a dude had run a red as I was entering. Hardest descision to make is whether to floor it or brake to get out of the way. |
Did you floor or brake? Had 3 near misses in a stock EL. One was 2 cars running a red as I was turning across an intersection. Gunned it and missed the second car by half a metre.
Another time, a stupid Yaris driver decided to indicate and slow down to turn into a sidestreet with a give way sign on his lane, then proceed to accelerate right past it towards me as I was turning in. Still can't believe I made it through, engine redlining and wheels spinning all the way to 60kmh.
The scariest one was a VT commodore pulling out of a sidestreet, concealed by oncoming traffic. Braked, swerved and hit the kerb at 50kmh. Avoided the VT but I exploded the LHF tyre on impact with the kerb and heard a sickening scrape as the car bottomed out. Stopped in the nature strip 3m short of a power pole. Idiot VT driver turned off at the next street and took off. Jacked the EL up and changed the tyre. Was impressed that the EL still steered straight and drove away from the incident like nothing had happened. Just needed a wheel alignment after. I've seen similar incidents where a corolla or hyundai has had a wheel ripped off by an impact, and not long ago same thing to a VE ute.
Learnt to always look twice, and gained an appreciation for the mighty 4.0 i6, and somehow believed someone was watching over me after those incidents.