2dot4
08-11-2007, 09:09 PM
I officially am. I completely forgot to post this after it happened, but oh well.
So I was driving to Houston a couple weeks ago, cruising about 85mph down 55 South. Just outside of Sikeston. By this point in the trip, everything is starting to look the same - pretty monotonous highway driving. I'm listening to the radio and my co-pilot starts saying "tire" real calm...then the "tire" gets progressively louder and I finally realize what was said right as the tire shows up in my tunnel vision. I'm in the left lane, and I swerve to the left to avoid it - not erratically, but swiftly...and I hit the grass, and both of my left tires lose traction and I start to spin, so I correct back to the right, and start spinning the other direction, so I correct again, but I'm going wayyy too fast, and all 4 tires break loose and I spin in a complete 360 going about 70mph at this point, and slide off into the median.
Luckily there were no other cars near me, but a car a ways behind me saw what happened and stopped to see if I was ok. I was shaken up like mad, but I got out to make sure my tires were still attached and inflated, and amazingly they were, so I started my car again and drove off.
It was a fun experience that I don't recommend. Anyone else joined the 360 club in their scion yet?
So I was driving to Houston a couple weeks ago, cruising about 85mph down 55 South. Just outside of Sikeston. By this point in the trip, everything is starting to look the same - pretty monotonous highway driving. I'm listening to the radio and my co-pilot starts saying "tire" real calm...then the "tire" gets progressively louder and I finally realize what was said right as the tire shows up in my tunnel vision. I'm in the left lane, and I swerve to the left to avoid it - not erratically, but swiftly...and I hit the grass, and both of my left tires lose traction and I start to spin, so I correct back to the right, and start spinning the other direction, so I correct again, but I'm going wayyy too fast, and all 4 tires break loose and I spin in a complete 360 going about 70mph at this point, and slide off into the median.
Luckily there were no other cars near me, but a car a ways behind me saw what happened and stopped to see if I was ok. I was shaken up like mad, but I got out to make sure my tires were still attached and inflated, and amazingly they were, so I started my car again and drove off.
It was a fun experience that I don't recommend. Anyone else joined the 360 club in their scion yet?