The New “What did you do with your Z today” (with off topic replies) XXXVI

bunk · 04-20-2020, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Sure looked like it was on a straight section of the road. But I guess you can't really tell from the photo in that one article.

Also the possibility of black ice on the road

FPenvy · 04-20-2020, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Someone explain this to me. The cars were travelling parallel but the impact was perpendicular?

had to be a turn.

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RIP Doug

yea he was a good guy. i never even had given him money and he would go back and forth on texts with me about different parts, options, info, etc...

hell, first time i hit the drag strip and texted him my stock time he was mad i didnt take a laptop was gonna send me a tune to my OEM setup to drop my 11.0 into the 10s. only a handful of OEM gtr's ever hit 10's and mine is one. i did 11.0 on terrible tires. might go hit it again with the cup 2's now.

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Blind curve in the road. GTR mustve fishtailed, overcompensated?

agreed

FPenvy · 04-20-2020, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by bunk

Also the possibility of black ice on the road

in the pic the road was wet and it's def colder up there.

JARblue · 04-20-2020, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by bunk

Also the possibility of black ice on the road

Oh yeah, I guess you can just lose it on a straight, too. Fckin north

JLarson · 04-20-2020, 10:20 AM

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Oh yeah, I guess you can just lose it on a straight, too. Fckin north

Happened to me once, long ago. Not my favorite.

JARblue · 04-20-2020, 10:21 AM

The blind curve makes sense though. Wet road exacerbated the loss of control in the AWD GT-R. I'm guessing the camera angle is from the top or downhill side of the curve coming around to the straight.

bunk · 04-20-2020, 10:25 AM

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Happened to me once, long ago. Not my favorite.

How fast were you going? My brother lost a friend to black ice in Az.

JLarson · 04-20-2020, 10:52 AM

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How fast were you going? My brother lost a friend to black ice in Az.

Slow. 25ish in a 40 mph zone. I was on guard because the weather was weird - raining but very cold. Descending a hill, I hit a patch of ice. Car shot abruptly to the right, impacted the shoulder of the road. Blew both tires, bent the frame of the car. I was unharmed. Cop happened to be driving just a bit behind me, pulled over to make sure I was ok. We're both on the shoulder, and a 2nd driver hits the same patch I did, comes flying directly at us. Regained control in time to miss us, barely. Both myself and the officer had a code brown moment.

bunk · 04-20-2020, 10:59 AM

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Slow. 25ish in a 40 mph zone. I was on guard because the weather was weird - raining but very cold. Descending a hill, I hit a patch of ice. Car shot abruptly to the right, impacted the shoulder of the road. Blew both tires, bent the frame of the car. I was unharmed. Cop happened to be driving just a bit behind me, pulled over to make sure I was ok. We're both on the shoulder, and a 2nd driver hits the same patch I did, comes flying directly at us. Regained control in time to miss us, barely. Both myself and the officer had a code brown moment.

Oh man, thats scary. Glad we dont have that here.

FPenvy · 04-20-2020, 11:05 AM

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Slow. 25ish in a 40 mph zone. I was on guard because the weather was weird - raining but very cold. Descending a hill, I hit a patch of ice. Car shot abruptly to the right, impacted the shoulder of the road. Blew both tires, bent the frame of the car. I was unharmed. Cop happened to be driving just a bit behind me, pulled over to make sure I was ok. We're both on the shoulder, and a 2nd driver hits the same patch I did, comes flying directly at us. Regained control in time to miss us, barely. Both myself and the officer had a code brown moment.

living up here also taught me why you shouldnt be 16, in an AWD escalade, and deicde to do doughuts in a empty lot with 6" of fresh snow.

had that big bitch on 2 wheels. also code brown moment.

Spoiler · 04-20-2020, 11:06 AM

Morning to all on this much celebrated day (4-20) in many of our open minded states...

I may just watch a Cheech and Chong movie later today.. (uh, they ain't dead are they?)

Oh well, let the Fritos land where they may...

FPenvy · 04-20-2020, 11:19 AM

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Morning to all on this much celebrated day (4-20) in many of our open minded states...

I may just watch a Cheech and Chong movie later today.. (uh, they ain't dead are they?)

Oh well, let the Fritos land where they may...

4/20 holiday?...

oh yea.....Hitlers bday

Spoiler · 04-20-2020, 11:22 AM

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4/20 holiday?...

oh yea.....Hitlers bday

Is it Hitlers B-Day? What a coincidence, because I heard that Rusty once dated Hitler’s girlfriend Eva Braun... Not sure if she was from PA or not, but some how he got to her...

Spoiler · 04-20-2020, 11:27 AM

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4/20 holiday?...

oh yea.....Hitlers bday

Well Damn, FP is finally right about something... I checked and it is Hitler’s BD

In looking at his picture, I bet he drove a Mustang... he just looks unhappy

(Of course, no offense intended to any of you Natzi’s out there...

)

FPenvy · 04-20-2020, 11:28 AM

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Is it Hitlers B-Day? What a coincidence, because I heard that Rusty once dated Hitler’s girlfriend Eva Braun... Not sure if she was from PA or not, but some how he got to her...

fun fact:

my great grandfather was the dentist for a German concentration camp here in PA lol

guess we had mini camps all around for rounding up germans here.

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Spoiler A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Central Florida Age: 65 Posts: 8,409 Drives: 21 Supra -Blk/Red Rep Power: 2684380	Morning to all on this much celebrated day (4-20) in many of our open minded states... I may just watch a Cheech and Chong movie later today.. (uh, they ain't dead are they?) Oh well, let the Fritos land where they may... JARblue, sx moneypit, old guy and 1 others like this. __________________ … I SUPPORT HOES WITH SUPPORT HOSE… Last edited by Spoiler; 04-20-2020 at 11:14 AM.

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