Crashed my Fairlady

370zBoyz · 07-12-2016, 04:29 PM

Hello fellas, it was raining that day and yes traction control was off (my friend turned it off) and the rear end in the left hairpin near my friend's house. I hit the a tree pretty hard head on after spinning out. No one got hurt so that's good. It was pretty dark so it was hard to tell how jacked up the car was but I took a picture of it in the junkyard later.

This may sound silly but I thought I would ask anyway. The day before the crash I got new tires (pilot sport a/s 3+) and I washed my car. I armor all'ed the sidewalls and thought because the tires were brand spankin new I would lift the car up and put armor all over the tires. The whole tire would be jet freakin black 360 degrees. It looked hella shiny for the ladies. You guys don't think this might have caused my accident, do you? I know Armor All is a little greasy but I wonder if there was something else wrong with the tires also, or something?

I used their Outlast Tire Glaze product...Unlike their Extreme Shine Gel, the Outlast Tire Glaze didn't say anything about not armor all'ing the tread...it said "Dries completely, no sling guaranteed"

There was probably something wrong with the tires anyway if they caused the wreck. I'm gonna go down to Tire Kingdom and complain about them selling me defective tires.

Firebase99 · 07-12-2016, 04:51 PM

Why do I feel like there is a huge piece of the story missing?

RumbleFish · 07-12-2016, 04:53 PM

loiro370z · 07-12-2016, 04:59 PM

Chuck33079 · 07-12-2016, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firebase99

Why do I feel like there is a huge piece of the story missing?

This sounds eerily similar to a post many years ago where the OP wrecked his IS300 in exactly the same way, right down to the wording.

Dirk McGurck · 07-12-2016, 05:00 PM

Any tire shine will make the tires slick and shouldn't be put on contact surfaces, but it sounds like this was more of a life lesson than anything. Glad you are safe and unhurt. Take the loss and move on.

cigarclifford · 07-12-2016, 05:22 PM

sounds like your a pretty sharp guy and great with the ladies as well

Please keep us updated once you reached the contributing cause or causes

Glad your not hurt or in the hospital

-Clifford

BGTV8 · 07-12-2016, 05:10 PM

This exhibits a shortage of talent on an epic scale ............

1. New tyres take a few miles to scrub off the "release agent" used to allow the tyre to be pulled from the manufacturing mold. They are very skatey until that is gone (maybe takes 100 miles to get rid of it)
2. Putting a silicone-based tyre treatment on the tread will have magnified this 10-fold
3. Turning traction control off was a bad decision of yours (not sure how your friend can actually turn it off).
4. Gunning the car in a hairpin was the 4th d1ck-head decision

So harden-up and admit you screwed the pooch big-time.

I count 4 bad decisions on your part and you should be thankful that you did not hit the tree harder and cause real injury

If you came into my tyre shop with your level of attitude, I would be inviting you "to go forth and multiply"

Treat this as a learning opportunity and thank Mr Nissan's engineer's and manufacturing folks for making a solid car that could absorb the impact without killing you and your friend.

The accident is entirely your fault ............ admit that and you will have started to grow up

barncobob · 07-12-2016, 05:15 PM

blaming it on tire shine products...come on, UR in denial...U suck at driving,,too much car for you...get a Prius.

Z-Girl 12 · 07-12-2016, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BGTV8

This exhibits a shortage of talent on an epic scale ............

1. New tyres take a few miles to scrub off the "release agent" used to allow the tyre to be pulled from the manufacturing mold. They are very skatey until that is gone (maybe takes 100 miles to get rid of it)
2. Putting a silicone-based tyre treatment on the tread will have magnified this 10-fold
3. Turning traction control off was a bad decision of yours (not sure how your friend can actually turn it off).
4. Gunning the car in a hairpin was the 4th d1ck-head decision

So harden-up and admit you screwed the pooch big-time.

I count 4 bad decisions on your part and you should be thankful that you did not hit the tree harder and cause real injury

If you came into my tyre shop with your level of attitude, I would be inviting you "to go forth and multiply"

Treat this as a learning opportunity and thank Mr Nissan's engineer's and manufacturing folks for making a solid car that could absorb the impact without killing you and your friend.

The accident is entirely your fault ............ admit that and you will have started to grow up

Very well said...

madwi · 07-12-2016, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BGTV8

This exhibits a shortage of talent on an epic scale ............

1. New tyres take a few miles to scrub off the "release agent" used to allow the tyre to be pulled from the manufacturing mold. They are very skatey until that is gone (maybe takes 100 miles to get rid of it)
2. Putting a silicone-based tyre treatment on the tread will have magnified this 10-fold
3. Turning traction control off was a bad decision of yours (not sure how your friend can actually turn it off).
4. Gunning the car in a hairpin was the 4th d1ck-head decision

So harden-up and admit you screwed the pooch big-time.

I count 4 bad decisions on your part and you should be thankful that you did not hit the tree harder and cause real injury

If you came into my tyre shop with your level of attitude, I would be inviting you "to go forth and multiply"

Treat this as a learning opportunity and thank Mr Nissan's engineer's and manufacturing folks for making a solid car that could absorb the impact without killing you and your friend.

The accident is entirely your fault ............ admit that and you will have started to grow up

Very well stated.

Chan Chee Hoe · 07-12-2016, 06:18 PM

You are driving too fast,too over confident..

cigarclifford · 07-12-2016, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chan Chee Hoe

You are driving too fast,too over confident..

Was

-Clifford

TNBXIII · 07-12-2016, 06:28 PM

I seriously doubt anyone can be this dumb. If true, boy OP you certainly lowered the bar.

Rusty · 07-12-2016, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BGTV8

This exhibits a shortage of talent on an epic scale ............

1. New tyres take a few miles to scrub off the "release agent" used to allow the tyre to be pulled from the manufacturing mold. They are very skatey until that is gone (maybe takes 100 miles to get rid of it)
2. Putting a silicone-based tyre treatment on the tread will have magnified this 10-fold
3. Turning traction control off was a bad decision of yours (not sure how your friend can actually turn it off).
4. Gunning the car in a hairpin was the 4th d1ck-head decision

So harden-up and admit you screwed the pooch big-time.

I count 4 bad decisions on your part and you should be thankful that you did not hit the tree harder and cause real injury

If you came into my tyre shop with your level of attitude, I would be inviting you "to go forth and multiply"

Treat this as a learning opportunity and thank Mr Nissan's engineer's and manufacturing folks for making a solid car that could absorb the impact without killing you and your friend.

The accident is entirely your fault ............ admit that and you will have started to grow up

Darwinism at work. The OP could be a poster boy for prophylactics.

07-12-2016, 04:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
370zBoyz Base Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Driver seat Posts: 207 Drives: Nismo Rep Power: 7214	Crashed my Fairlady Hello fellas, it was raining that day and yes traction control was off (my friend turned it off) and the rear end in the left hairpin near my friend's house. I hit the a tree pretty hard head on after spinning out. No one got hurt so that's good. It was pretty dark so it was hard to tell how jacked up the car was but I took a picture of it in the junkyard later. This may sound silly but I thought I would ask anyway. The day before the crash I got new tires (pilot sport a/s 3+) and I washed my car. I armor all'ed the sidewalls and thought because the tires were brand spankin new I would lift the car up and put armor all over the tires. The whole tire would be jet freakin black 360 degrees. It looked hella shiny for the ladies. You guys don't think this might have caused my accident, do you? I know Armor All is a little greasy but I wonder if there was something else wrong with the tires also, or something? I used their Outlast Tire Glaze product...Unlike their Extreme Shine Gel, the Outlast Tire Glaze didn't say anything about not armor all'ing the tread...it said "Dries completely, no sling guaranteed" There was probably something wrong with the tires anyway if they caused the wreck. I'm gonna go down to Tire Kingdom and complain about them selling me defective tires.

07-12-2016, 04:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Firebase99 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: fl Posts: 1,372 Drives: 14 3.8 Gen Coupe GT Rep Power: 14034	Why do I feel like there is a huge piece of the story missing? onzedge, Z-Girl 12, madwi and 8 others like this. __________________ '14 3.8 Genesis Coupe, '13 Volvo S60, '04 Honda Accord, '13 370Z-sold, '05 350Z Touring-sold, '92 300Z Twin Turbo-sold, '82 280ZX-gone, '79 260Z-gone

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07-12-2016, 05:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
Dirk McGurck Track Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Delaware Posts: 715 Drives: 09 MB 370Z Touring Rep Power: 21	Any tire shine will make the tires slick and shouldn't be put on contact surfaces, but it sounds like this was more of a life lesson than anything. Glad you are safe and unhurt. Take the loss and move on. __________________ 2009 370Z Touring with Sport

07-12-2016, 05:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
cigarclifford A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Cali State Hospital Posts: 13,351 Drives: 2017 Corvette Z06 Rep Power: 458714	sounds like your a pretty sharp guy and great with the ladies as well Please keep us updated once you reached the contributing cause or causes Glad your not hurt or in the hospital -Clifford onzedge and Dirk McGurck like this. __________________ -Clifford

07-12-2016, 04:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
loiro370z Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Miami Beach/Sao Paulo Posts: 409 Drives: 11 nissan 370z Rep Power: 23508

07-12-2016, 05:10 PM	#8 (permalink)
BGTV8 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: 03350 Australia Posts: 1,515 Drives: 09 Nissan 370Z M6 Rep Power: 39974	This exhibits a shortage of talent on an epic scale ............ 1. New tyres take a few miles to scrub off the "release agent" used to allow the tyre to be pulled from the manufacturing mold. They are very skatey until that is gone (maybe takes 100 miles to get rid of it) 2. Putting a silicone-based tyre treatment on the tread will have magnified this 10-fold 3. Turning traction control off was a bad decision of yours (not sure how your friend can actually turn it off). 4. Gunning the car in a hairpin was the 4th d1ck-head decision So harden-up and admit you screwed the pooch big-time. I count 4 bad decisions on your part and you should be thankful that you did not hit the tree harder and cause real injury If you came into my tyre shop with your level of attitude, I would be inviting you "to go forth and multiply" Treat this as a learning opportunity and thank Mr Nissan's engineer's and manufacturing folks for making a solid car that could absorb the impact without killing you and your friend. The accident is entirely your fault ............ admit that and you will have started to grow up onzedge, gbrettin, Rusty and 7 others like this.

07-12-2016, 05:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
barncobob A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: hangtown, CA Posts: 1,164 Drives: 16 370Z auto Rep Power: 590	blaming it on tire shine products...come on, UR in denial...U suck at driving,,too much car for you...get a Prius. onzedge, Fuzzzy, Z Runner and 1 others like this.

07-12-2016, 06:18 PM	#12 (permalink)
Chan Chee Hoe Track Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Singapore Posts: 861 Drives: 370z,Yellow,7sp A Rep Power: 18	You are driving too fast,too over confident..

07-12-2016, 06:28 PM	#14 (permalink)
TNBXIII Base Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Palm Beach Posts: 40 Drives: 12 Nissan 370Z M6 Rep Power: 10	I seriously doubt anyone can be this dumb. If true, boy OP you certainly lowered the bar. Duc_Z09 likes this.

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