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frost · 05-16-2009, 01:26 PM

Hmm. I know just the story. My buddy/roomate had purchased an older (3rd gen?) supra. It was a turbo version. We were about 20 at the time.

He stopped at one of those hand car was places with me in the passenger seat. After a quick wash, we went to leave.

Apparently forgetting that tires+wet=slippery, he gunned it while exiting the car wash establishment. There was a circle k right next to the car wash, and suddenly after spinning around, we were headed directly toward it. In a panic, my friend mashed the gas.

First, we jumped the sidewalk curb. Then, we jumped the parking curb, that keeps people from parking too far into the sidewalk. Then we hit a bunch of those porno newspaper machines, while flew like bowling pins. Then we hit one of those blue US mail boxes, which flew pretty well itself.

Now that all those obstructions are out of the way, it's just us and the circle k, other than the guy standing between us, too scared to move at all. Just a jaw dropped SOB about to be run over. Luckily, my friend came about his senses, and finally hit the brakes, instead of the gas (which he had been doing until that point). We stopped just a couple feet short of the guy.

My friend looks at me, and says "should we get out, or get the f- out of here" to which I reply "let's get the f- out of here." He slams in reverse, and we are on the way home. There is a horrible crunching noise as we drive; we figure the front bumper is probably hanging. When we arrive home to inspect, the front bumper is not hanging. One of the porno paper machines is wedged under the car, complete with a concrete weight and chain, meant to keep you from steeling the paper machine. It took probably an hour to get that out of there.

We went back to the scene of the crime (in my car) to see the damage. The paper machines and been thrown in a pile, but the blue US mail box had not been moved. As it turns out, those things are bolted to a concrete slab, which was still attached to the box. How that supra took it and flung it 30 feet, I'll never know.

The car was somehow miraculously unscathed.

Moral of the story: We tires are slick, and supras are tougher than they look.

05-16-2009, 01:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
frost Retired admin Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Winterfell Posts: 106,613 Drives: Your Wife Crazy Rep Power: 0	Hmm. I know just the story. My buddy/roomate had purchased an older (3rd gen?) supra. It was a turbo version. We were about 20 at the time. He stopped at one of those hand car was places with me in the passenger seat. After a quick wash, we went to leave. Apparently forgetting that tires+wet=slippery, he gunned it while exiting the car wash establishment. There was a circle k right next to the car wash, and suddenly after spinning around, we were headed directly toward it. In a panic, my friend mashed the gas. First, we jumped the sidewalk curb. Then, we jumped the parking curb, that keeps people from parking too far into the sidewalk. Then we hit a bunch of those porno newspaper machines, while flew like bowling pins. Then we hit one of those blue US mail boxes, which flew pretty well itself. Now that all those obstructions are out of the way, it's just us and the circle k, other than the guy standing between us, too scared to move at all. Just a jaw dropped SOB about to be run over. Luckily, my friend came about his senses, and finally hit the brakes, instead of the gas (which he had been doing until that point). We stopped just a couple feet short of the guy. My friend looks at me, and says "should we get out, or get the f- out of here" to which I reply "let's get the f- out of here." He slams in reverse, and we are on the way home. There is a horrible crunching noise as we drive; we figure the front bumper is probably hanging. When we arrive home to inspect, the front bumper is not hanging. One of the porno paper machines is wedged under the car, complete with a concrete weight and chain, meant to keep you from steeling the paper machine. It took probably an hour to get that out of there. We went back to the scene of the crime (in my car) to see the damage. The paper machines and been thrown in a pile, but the blue US mail box had not been moved. As it turns out, those things are bolted to a concrete slab, which was still attached to the box. How that supra took it and flung it 30 feet, I'll never know. The car was somehow miraculously unscathed. Moral of the story: We tires are slick, and supras are tougher than they look.