[s-cars] Rolled a //M Coupe Thursday!!!

[Bruce Mendel]

Paul,

That's a great story when you're in the position to tell it from your PC, as
opposed to the hospital!

Glad to hear all went well. Will check on what the height/distance record is
for M-coupes. :)

Bruce


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Friedenberg" <paulunm at msn.com>
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Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 8:07 PM
Subject: [s-cars] Rolled a //M Coupe Thursday!!!


> So guys,
>
> Right when you thought my crazy antics could not get any worse...
>
>
> Went up to Mora, NM for Thanksgiving, a friend of mine (VW GTI driver)
> picked me up in his mom's 2000 M coupe (Dinan chip and exhaust). The car
was
> incredible, fast as shit, although the whole time I'm thinking, "OK, when
is
> the rear end going to snap out?" I drove the car for awhile, had a blast,
> started to get the hang of driving RWD. Switched places with my friend,
and
> not too much further down the road...
>
> We were comming out of a LH sweeper, maybe a little too fast, probably
90mph
> (speed limit 25) and the rear end slowly swings out to the right. OK, this
> may have been manageable, had he kept into the throttle. Well, he lifted,
> and the rear end violently swung left. We slid sideways for a good way on
> the pavement, then went into the dirt. We would have been fine had a tree
> not flipped us. We hit the tree, went airborne, and flipped over four
> times(a witness said we were as high as the tops of the pine trees on the
> side of the road). All I remember at this point was dirt and glass flying
> everywhere. We actually took out three smallish pine trees. We came to a
> stop, right side up, I was fine, look over at my friend, and he was
knocked
> unconcious momentarily. He hit his head on the pillar just over the side
> window and got a pretty nasty concussion. He is OK, doesn't remember the
> accident at all. Its a shame, 'cause it was the sweetest thing I have ever
> experienced!
>
> I'll post pics of the car as soon as we can get some digital pics. BTW my
> side airbag was the only one to deploy, not sure how I would have been
> without it(although I think it broke my cell phone, which was in my
pocket)
>
> Moral of the story-
> 1.If you drive RWD, or even most other cars, stay in the gas.
> 2.Wear your seatbelt (we had ours on of course).
> 3.I am not a fan of glass sunroofs, it did not last long, thankfully none
of
> our limbs went out of it...
> 4.Side curtain airbags are a good idea
>
> German cars kick ass!!! They've saved my ass more than once.
>
>
> Paul "Wreckin' the fuck out of some cars" Friedenberg
>
>
>
>
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