Unfortunate Christmas accident

[GhostTX]

Glad they're ok. Especially on a holiday.

[1carcrazyguy]

Glad to hear they made it....but in DFWmustangs tradition....sometimes it is not how fast you can go, but how fast can you stop.

Yeah, all that was cut off mine was the drivers door. Pic won't enlarge on my phone, but looks like it took a beating.

[Chili]

Meh, looks worse since the roof was cut off. Nick could have buffed it out if they hadn't done that.

Same thing I was thinking.. Other than the roof it doesn't look too bad from that angle. Doesn't look good either, just to point out, but rolling and taking out trees at 150mph, both being careflighted, I would have expected worse.

Hell, I think Talismans rolled Mustang looked worse than that (minus the roof that was cut off).

[71chevellejohn]

Meh, looks worse since the roof was cut off. Nick could have buffed it out if they hadn't done that.

[UserX]

HOLY SHIT! They are fucking lucky, that's a Christmas Miracle right there.

[crapstang]

Here is his car.
I measured the wreck distance, it was about 20ft short of a tenth of a mile. Considering he took out 4 tee posts, bent 4 others, and took out 2 good sized trees, that speed they told me is very reasonable.

[BMCSean]

Not one bit.

I was in 5th gear wot going down a hill, went to pass a car and the ass slid out. The rest is history.

Shock blew through the strut tower on landing. I never stopped though. Besides the fuel pump cutting off from the inertia switch.

I have pictures of the ditch with the tire marks, if it's needed. I posted it in the original thread.

I remember your pics, you may be dumb but so far you're not a liar. When calling you dumb I am referencing your driving story, and all of your other stupid stories.

[91CoupeMike]

Or fluffed...

Not one bit.

I was in 5th gear wot going down a hill, went to pass a car and the ass slid out. The rest is history.

Shock blew through the strut tower on landing. I never stopped though. Besides the fuel pump cutting off from the inertia switch.

I have pictures of the ditch with the tire marks, if it's needed. I posted it in the original thread.

[91CoupeMike]

Sounds sketchy.

Indeed it was.

It took me 4 years of driving to learn that lesson.

Making mistakes is how you get perfect, I'm far from perfect but I can hold my own when shit gets "sketchy".

[BMCSean]

Sounds sketchy.

Or fluffed...

[71chevellejohn]

Sounds like the mustang did it's job and saved their lives.

One thing I've learned in my time is that mustangs are unforgivable. I've lost it more then id care to admit, I've been able to drive my way out of it, or make the best of a shitty situation.

Sideways into a ditch at 130+ and sliding for 50-70yrds into a drainage ditch, some how I managed to get 6feet of air and land backwards in the ditch on the oppisite side of the road. I thought it was over and I was sure I was going to start rolling. I got lucky and to this day, speeding isn't what it used to be. That scared the shit out of me.

I just hope he learns like I did. It's just not worth it.

Sounds sketchy.

[91CoupeMike]

Thanks man. They are both home as of today.

Sounds like the mustang did it's job and saved their lives.

One thing I've learned in my time is that mustangs are unforgivable. I've lost it more then id care to admit, I've been able to drive my way out of it, or make the best of a shitty situation.

Sideways into a ditch at 130+ and sliding for 50-70yrds into a drainage ditch, some how I managed to get 6feet of air and land backwards in the ditch on the oppisite side of the road. I thought it was over and I was sure I was going to start rolling. I got lucky and to this day, speeding isn't what it used to be. That scared the shit out of me.

I just hope he learns like I did. It's just not worth it.

[EW]

Speaking of pelican dodging in the tags...I almost hit a huge crane on I20 on Christmas eve. Flew across the road really low. Just barely missed the truck. I doubt anyone was filming it though.

[71chevellejohn]

What caused the foam insulation to break?

The Board determined that physical and organizational causes played an equal role in the Columbia accident - that the NASA organizational culture had as much to do with the accident as the foam that struck the Orbiter on ascent.

http://caib.nasa.gov/news/press_releases/pr030826.html