corsa_rob
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Registered: 22nd Jan 06
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Last night i shit myself...
driving down a winding road at 20mph...i hit some ice/diesel/something slippy...my car slid to on to the wrong side of the road going round a blind corner...of which i was meet by a BIG van...i steered into the slide...then back to the other side...where i started sliding to my side of the road, where the van was all most beside me and about to hit i managed to steer again...toward the oppsite side to kinda stop me hitting the van/kerb...
I AM SOOOOOO GLAD I WAS THINKING FAST! and did not brake or accellerate...but just steer if i was going faster/he was going faster or i just steer just at that point or loads of didnt things would have been a head on collison or even worse van into my door
F**K ME! i was lucky...and i was driving sessibly and paying full attention at the time!
please be carefull all, could have been nasty!
my gf cannot believe i managed not to hit the van or mount the kerb flying onto the pavement...so in a way im pleased in my driving abilities of last night and also cannot believe the car/van/anyone was not hurt
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Dione J
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Registered: 22nd Sep 04
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Geesshhh sounds like a close call. I hate having a new car around Winter period
Glad your ok and lived to tell the tale 
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DaveyLC
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa_roband did not brake or accellerate...
You did the best thing there! Most people panic and hit the brakes or just let right off the power both of which upset the car even more and just put you further in the doo doo..
When you are in a situation where you have lost traction the easiest thing to do is to dip the clutch and let the steering wheel go slightly lose in your hands until you have regained traction
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Kyle T
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I managed to go about 50 meters this morning sideways and even maneauvered around a frozen pile of horse shit. I love being the first to drive down the shitty country lanes here when it's been snowing 
I agree though it can be very scary if it catches you off guard
Lotus Elise 111R
Impreza WRX STi
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corsa_rob
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Registered: 22nd Jan 06
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i know i did everything write just is the scary part...i also lost the corsa in the wet doing 70ish on a national speed limit and did everything wrong there but was no one else on the road other than a rover behind who was confused and beeped his horn ive just got used to the saxo's abilities and then ice is thrown into the sum...
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Ojc
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Like the retard in the M3 yesterday who saw fit to try and race me up the A329 sliproad and he clearly run out of ability very quickly and started to go sideways in heavy traffic.
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DaveyLC
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I call it a 'god moment'.. You've admited defeat so you leave it in the hands of god!
lol 
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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I had a moment yesterday, it was the only time I have ever had a propper panic in a car, I was doing 15mph and there wasnt another car in sight
up a single track road 18% slope and about a 20ft section had froze, traction light started flashing and I ended up sliding backwards till I hit the unfrozen part again, being a single track I couldnt turn round so I took a run up and gunned it over the icy part, I honestly though I was stuck there
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daymoon
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Registered: 1st Aug 08
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didnt freeze here yet.. and lots of salt on the roads now..
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
I had a moment yesterday, it was the only time I have ever had a propper panic in a car, I was doing 15mph and there wasnt another car in sight
up a single track road 18% slope and about a 20ft section had froze, traction light started flashing and I ended up sliding backwards till I hit the unfrozen part again, being a single track I couldnt turn round so I took a run up and gunned it over the icy part, I honestly though I was stuck there
I've done that before
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
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Before or after your advanced driving course?
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dannymccann
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Registered: 9th Aug 06
Location: Doddington, Lincolnshire
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Couple of Sundays ago I went to warm the car up, was taking it nice and steady from some lights where I was turning right, 10 - 15mph and the back end slipped out a little bit, steered against it Forza style and regained a bit of traction to carry on. Wasnt a nice experience though tbh, got some funny looks from people waiting at the 2 opposing sets of lights
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Ben-B
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Registered: 28th Jul 08
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I ride a 50cc Sports bike ( Yamaha TZR50 ) cause im only 16 but OMG did the ride to work this morning wake me up 
Still, glad your alreet mate
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
Location: Oxford, UK Drives: Jap wagon
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Not quite the same but whenever I go out in the day either a woman in one of those big Focus's on her phone or an old man in an Astra tries to have a head on collision with me 
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
I had a moment yesterday, it was the only time I have ever had a propper panic in a car, I was doing 15mph and there wasnt another car in sight
up a single track road 18% slope and about a 20ft section had froze, traction light started flashing and I ended up sliding backwards till I hit the unfrozen part again, being a single track I couldnt turn round so I took a run up and gunned it over the icy part, I honestly though I was stuck there
keeping your abs on is a sin. tut... and you call yourself an enthusiast
i always turn mine off whether it's rain or shine as i find it scary when the car cuts the power rather than myself. i control the car, not the silly computers. 
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
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quote:
Originally posted by Br.ANDO
I ride a 50cc Sports bike
Is that not a contradiction in terms?
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
quote:
Originally posted by Br.ANDO
I ride a 50cc Sports bike
Is that not a contradiction in terms?
it's a chav thing mate they all think they are sports bikes judging by the way they try to ride them down here
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Ben-B
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Registered: 28th Jul 08
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
quote:
Originally posted by Br.ANDO
I ride a 50cc Sports bike
Is that not a contradiction in terms?
it's a chav thing mate they all think they are sports bikes judging by the way they try to ride them down here
Davey - yea but i couldnt think of the correct name and its same shape as a sports bike
Ben - your thinking of rev and go mopeds mate, mines not chavvy 
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
I had a moment yesterday, it was the only time I have ever had a propper panic in a car, I was doing 15mph and there wasnt another car in sight
up a single track road 18% slope and about a 20ft section had froze, traction light started flashing and I ended up sliding backwards till I hit the unfrozen part again, being a single track I couldnt turn round so I took a run up and gunned it over the icy part, I honestly though I was stuck there
Hill holder?
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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it just slid back, even on the handbrake and foot brake, the hill holder is fantastic I fucking love it! Id miss it on any other car
[Edited on 02-12-2008 by mattk]
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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oh.. surely with all that diesel torque it should have just dug in?
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corsa_rob
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Registered: 22nd Jan 06
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well tonight was even better...battery went flat...stuck outside my flat in the middle of the court blocking anyone going anywhere, got a mate up and jumped it up...put ir down to blasting the fans on to heat up the car, after 5 mins...went down the shops and battery went dead again so jumped it again...ice must have came off the bonnet or summat cus i got sparks flying all over the place...headed for home..abs sensor light going crazy probably frozen up...like the windows did:@ then just as i pulled upto my car park space it went dead again and cut out...so pushed it into my space...i cant feel my toes and fingers are finding it hard to type oh joy to tomorrow morning starting it before work and trying to find out the problem...must say at this present moment...
I WANT A FACKING CORSA AGAIN!!! but dunno if i could handle down grading...maybe keep the corsa for the daily drive and sax for the track toy (parents garage has a sexy space for it
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Mike GSi
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I wait for it to get icy then i go out 
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Graham88
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quote:
Originally posted by Br.ANDO
I ride a 50cc Sports bike ( Yamaha TZR50 ) cause im only 16 but OMG did the ride to work this morning wake me up
Screw that
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Ben-B
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Registered: 28th Jul 08
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
quote:
Originally posted by Br.ANDO
I ride a 50cc Sports bike ( Yamaha TZR50 ) cause im only 16 but OMG did the ride to work this morning wake me up
Screw that
ride your bike to work, it was "entertaining" on mine, on yours itd be like russian roulette
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