[s-cars] Re: Rolled a //M Coupe Thursday!!! They call me flipper

[Joshua Sammons]

As the driver of the car, i can tell you.  Stay on the gas!  But to be frank
i don't remember a thing.  We passed a car, then I was in the hospital.  In
my defence it was a steep 12% hill we were coming down and it was off
camber, but it was saveable.  Well just glad Paul didn't get hurt.  All I've
got to say is that any car that can flip in the air 4 times and basically
come away from w/ very minor injuries is just amazing.  I owe some people in
Munich a beer.
josh

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Friedenberg" <paulunm at msn.com>
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Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 6:07 PM
Subject: 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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