DONT DRIVE 100 mph IN THE SNOW! i learn the hard way

TurboLegacy · Post by **TurboLegacy** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 6:36 am

i was driving on a semi-country road doing 100 up a hill. after i got over the hill i decided to slow down by coasting. but obviously that didnt work, i hydroplaned on the slush and slid through a slow bank at about 90. did a 180 and ended up in a ditch. i was 5 feet from a line of trees. i thought i was stuck, but i wasnt because of the beauty of subaru all wheel drive. i backed at an angle and floored it in first and drove side ways up the embankment until i was barely touching the road with my front tires when the caught in the dirt and i was on my way. it was the most exciting thing ive ever done, mainly cuz my car is fine. anywhere else and i would have been screwed. ill try to post pics soon.

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 6:43 am

Why would you drive 100mph in the snow in the first place? What made that seem like a good idea?

TurboLegacy · Post by **TurboLegacy** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 6:46 am

i love to drive fast , and i was having a craving. sometimes i eat very strange things when im hungry. i guess its a complex

greg donovan · Post by **greg donovan** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 7:10 am

screwed? more like dead. lucky you didnt find a cluvert or a field road hidden in the snow that could have flipped the car.

entirelyturbo · Post by **entirelyturbo** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 7:32 am

Every single one of us loves to drive fast. But we also know WHEN and WHERE and HOW to do it.

When it's snowing is definitely not WHEN, in a hilly area is definitely not WHERE, and 100 mph is definitely not HOW.

You need to take a couple days to sit and think about just how lucky you are to be alive.

Nomake Wan · Post by **Nomake Wan** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 2:19 pm

Yeeep. Was going up a hill (dry, no snow) the same speed I always do (30~40MPH), same tires and all (winter tires, I had put them on and then winter came really late, oh well)... came to a chicane and went left fine, but on the right my car understeered toward the outside of the turn, which was a rock wall. I didn't panic and carefully applied the brakes, and my car stopped before hitting anything. I wasn't going all that fast, which was very good for me. My car doesn't have ABS, so that I didn't slam on the brakes was lucky too. I drove home and sat for a while, thinkin' about how lucky I was and how I wouldn't be driving on that road for a while... at least until I could get my summer tires back on.

But 100MPH in the snow!? That's insanity, man. This was dry conditions and my car did that. I can't imagine doing something on the snow at that kind of speed...

schubaru · Post by **schubaru** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 4:49 pm

wow. i just laughed out loud. but it was a laugh of idiocy. jeez, and i thought i drive faster than i should in the snow.

TurboLegacy · Post by **TurboLegacy** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 5:18 pm

dammit, it rained over night and almost all the snow melted. i hope my tracks are still there, im gonna be pissed if they arent. my friend went with me last night to take pics with his phone, but it was too dark.

91White-T · Post by **91White-T** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 6:05 pm

Uhh... what if there was another car on the road? It wouldn't have been too funny then would it? You got lucky that you didn't kill yourself of someone else.

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 6:22 pm

Every day, I subscribe more and more to Steve's ideas of the evoloution movement.

Its one thing to be stupid and fuck up, it's quite another to be stupid and fuck up and risk killing yourself or others.

I hope you don't learn your lesson by losing your own life, or the life of someone else. You'll learn pretty fucking quick the ramifications of your actions when you are in court for manslaughter and have serious points on your license for Intent to Kill.

Matt Monson · Post by **Matt Monson** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 7:55 pm

It never ceases to amaze me that people put up threads that are essentially a brag about how stupid they were being and how lucky they are to still be alive :rolleyes:

tris91ricer · Post by **tris91ricer** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 8:00 pm

HAHA.
And you thought we'd think you were cool for going 100 in the snow.
I'm not gonna rib you like everyone else, but you may have showed some poor judgement. Granted, I'm assuming you knew the area, and you put some kind of precautions in place, you just didn't bother explicitly declaring them in your post, right?
Glad you're okay, though. We don't need any tragedies at LegacyCentral, just yet. Well, I was planning on being the first, but.. all I'm saying, is, don't beat me to it, mmkay?

Have a Happy Holiday,

skid542 · Post by **skid542** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 11:36 pm

I know I can say that I have had my times where I've gotten lucky, I'm sure we all have. However, most of these have been due to surprises ... you're lucky to be alive. I'm assuming you weren't driving in snow on 17's? The decision to go fast is always our choice, however, I decided a long time ago that I don't want to die bloody in a ditch on the side of the road. Glad you alright though, don't get me wrong, just be careful.

LedJetta · Post by **LedJetta** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 1:26 am

91legacy_sleeper wrote:HAHA.
I'm not gonna rib you like everyone else

well i am.

1) you are a retard for doing it in the first place.

2) for not even realizing how embarrassed and ashamed you SHOULD be to admit this in public, i say it may be time for darwin to condemn you and build on another site.

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 1:38 am

I barely do 80 on deserted multi-lane highways in the snow. I couldn't imagine doing more than that even on the highway. There's a fine line bwteen balls and stupid. I always had a sense for how far I can push and an awareness of the consequences of a bad move or unexpected event and I've stillbeen caught out twice. Lucky for me, neither time was I going fast enough to get in trouble and the car and I would've survived if we hit something.

This is why I'm glad I had a slow car to start with. I taught myself car control before I learned to drive at speed. Even then, 65-80 in a GL can be like 130 in a performance car.

No one in America can wait. It's like those Karate studios that hand out belts at regular intervals to keep impatient lazy Americans paying up; you have to learn to drive slow before you learn fast and then when you do, you don't go as fast as you would since you know better.

And, Phil, we thank you for your support.

Steve

G-reg · Post by **G-reg** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 3:19 am

Every once and a while a person escapes Darwin. Those who get away either wise up, or reschedule their appointment with the D man. It’s a whole other kinda stupid to brag about it on a bbs.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 4:56 am

I get the feeling he'll be talking to him again. And how the hell do you have 12k miles on an 05?

legacy92ej22t · Post by **legacy92ej22t** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 6:09 am

Like everyone else already said, stupid man, real fuckin' stupid.....if it even happened that way. I'm not one to usually call bullshit but...well, I call bullshit. You can build it up and brag about it all you want but if you lost control at 90 MPH and went into a ditch your car would be fucked. No if's, and's or but's about it. I for one don't really believe it.

I drive fast in the snow, faster then most do or should or I probably even should. I run 4 studded Ultra Grip snow tires though and grew up in Oregon driving in snow since I could sit on my daddy's lap. I still wouldn't ever push a hundred in the snow though, if you had to get on the brakes or make an abrupt steering correction you're toast.

I like to drive fast, and I love driving in the snow but not enough to risk my life blatently like that.

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DONT DRIVE 100 mph IN THE SNOW! i learn the hard way

DONT DRIVE 100 mph IN THE SNOW! i learn the hard way