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post Dec 5, 2007 - 6:39 PM
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Here's my story. I was driveing In Pollock Pine's, It was winter, but no snow. I was takeing this left, It was a wide left turn a little long too, Im rockin out to the music, Then, my 6gc just spins out, Now Im going side's down this turn, one side there a ditch, on the other...a cliff...Im trying to correct the turn and I look to the right...Two vans are comeing....."F@$!" Im gonna die!" I thought to myself, Then, the tire's caught and I rolled backward's Into the ditch, just In time. I was hella shakeing, I started her up again, and pulled out of the ditch and Into a flat area. Left her running got out of the car, still hella shakeing, lit a cigarette, and just looked at her. Man, that was some crazy **** that day.
 
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post Dec 3, 2009 - 4:31 PM
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Since I've only just purchased my first Celica, I hope you don't mind if I talk about my single most scary moment which as in my 1st gen MR2 (non turbo) -hey its still a Toyota!

It was a long time ago but I'll never forget it. I was driving from my home-town (Christchurch) to Wellington, where I'd just landed a new job and was about to start a new life for myself.

I had stayed the night in a small township (can't even remember where anymore) after driving about 60-70% of the way, and was going to to the rest of the journey early in the morning in time to catch the Ferry to Wellington.

So it was a clear and very cold morning, and there was very little traffic on the roads -which was a very important fact considering what was about to happen.

I know I was feeling very reflective about leaving Christchurch and all my friends and family to a new city where I knew practically no one. I was a little concerned about getting to the Ferry on time and consequently was driving faster than I should have been. Even though the sun was shining and the roads were clear, it had been a very cold night and there was ice on the roads. It seems a truck had gone through some spots and dropped gravel at certain corners to help break the ice up.

But I wasn't thinking about road conditions, just getting to my destination on time. So at one point I was cresting a slight hill that was also turning gently to the right. On one side was flat and vertical rock-face, on the other was a sheer drop with nothing but some flimsy wire fencing to stop you going over. It happened very quickly, and everything I did was pure instinct. Firstly I noticed the crunching of gravel on my tires, next I noticed the back starting to slide out. I was doing about 110-120kms an hour when this happened. I over-corrected and the back started to slide in the other direction, but more vigorously now. I think I had also started hitting the breaks, but I really don't know for sure. I remember thinking Oh my god I'm going to go over the sheer drop followed by Oh my go I'm going to smash into the rock face -and I remember thinking this multiple times as I fish-tailed from one side of the road to the other. I know I was working the steering wheel like I've never worked it before, desperately trying to avoid either side of the road. Finally, and in dramatic fashion, I did a massive 180 skid that left me on the wrong side of the road looking back the way I came. I sat there for a moment with my hands frozen on the steering wheel. Then I told myself that I was in an incredibly dangerous situation as anyone coming the other way would not see me until it was too late. The car wouldn't start and I felt a massive surge of panic hit me. I could visualise a car flying into me at high speed. So I put the car in neutral and let it slowly roll down the hill (I was on the other side of it now and was on the descent) and at the same time turned the wheel so I'd be facing the right way. well that was the plan but I ended up sitting in the middle of the road with my car describing a letter T, so now I was in danger from both directions. I tried the ignition again and thank god it fired up. I calmly got myself underway again, and counted the minutes before I saw another vehicle coming the other way, which was about 3-4 minutes after I'd got going again.

While continuing my drive (at a much safer speed) I started to feel an overwhelming sense of massive elation. Elation that I was still alive. Everything I thought mattered seemed completely trivial now. I felt like I'd won lotto. I kept saying to myself that I should be dead or seriously injured, instead I got away scott free. The high lasted for a few days, and for the next couple of months it would come back to me occasionally. Eventually though, I went back to concerning myself with trivialities

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- 94CelicaDragon   Whats the scariest thing that happened with you and your Celica?   Dec 5, 2007 - 6:39 PM
- - daazndood   dam foo thats crazy. one time i drove on the wron...   Dec 5, 2007 - 7:18 PM
- - CelicaBuddy   Only time I can think of was the time I was drivin...   Dec 5, 2007 - 7:29 PM
- - cHinaman727   I haven't had my celi long enough to have a re...   Dec 5, 2007 - 8:04 PM
|- - thespacepanda   QUOTE(cHinaman727 @ Dec 6, 2007 - 1...   Dec 5, 2007 - 8:15 PM
- - 99GT   It was rainning really hard. Ran to my car stoppe...   Dec 5, 2007 - 8:13 PM
|- - daazndood   QUOTE(99GT @ Dec 5, 2007 - 8:13 PM) ...   Dec 5, 2007 - 11:45 PM
- - pabel89   ha the scariest thing tht happen to me in my celi....   Dec 5, 2007 - 8:13 PM
- - cHinaman727   Nope.   Dec 5, 2007 - 8:30 PM
- - Havok1997GT   havnt had my Celi long enough, although watching m...   Dec 5, 2007 - 11:58 PM
|- - purplegt4   QUOTE(Havok1997GT @ Dec 5, 2007 - 11...   Dec 6, 2007 - 12:13 AM
- - yarik83   In the line on scary and stupid things I have done...   Dec 6, 2007 - 7:00 AM
|- - cHinaman727   QUOTE(yarik83 @ Dec 6, 2007 - 12:00 ...   Dec 6, 2007 - 9:25 AM
|- - FortuneCookie   QUOTE(yarik83 @ Dec 6, 2007 - 7:00 A...   Dec 6, 2007 - 9:36 AM
- - FortuneCookie   I had a similar experience! It just got done r...   Dec 6, 2007 - 9:23 AM
- - lubu   We were on a countryside road, back from crabbing....   Dec 6, 2007 - 9:33 AM
- - frosty   I hydroplaned once, but that wasn't what got m...   Dec 6, 2007 - 1:26 PM
- - Jared95   damn Ford F350's   Dec 6, 2007 - 3:53 PM
|- - punkuup5150   QUOTE(Jared95 @ Dec 6, 2007 - 12:53 ...   Dec 9, 2007 - 3:51 PM
|- - Jared95   Yeeahh the ford had not a thing wrog with it excep...   Dec 9, 2007 - 5:44 PM
- - yarik83   to answer the question above.. no i did not get an...   Dec 6, 2007 - 6:39 PM
- - ZNG500   I had sum crazy times with my little Celi...an 18 ...   Dec 6, 2007 - 8:18 PM
- - 94CelicaDragon   QUOTE(94CelicaDragon @ Dec 5, 2007 - 6...   Dec 6, 2007 - 9:29 PM
- - OOBE   I was minding my own business in my Celica, just l...   Dec 7, 2007 - 12:01 AM
- - illneversellmycelli   2 things for me, got passed by pickup towing a boa...   Dec 7, 2007 - 10:34 PM
- - easternpiro1   Here is something scary.... hows that?   Dec 7, 2007 - 10:47 PM
- - Lovo   matt, your garage is like a museum exhibit bro... ...   Dec 7, 2007 - 10:54 PM
- - easternpiro1   yeah... but not for much longer! lol   Dec 7, 2007 - 11:11 PM
- - celicaST   driving home just now was pretty scary. driving at...   Dec 8, 2007 - 6:05 AM
- - 6gcSTVT   SCARY TREES: over a year ago i was driving my gf b...   Dec 8, 2007 - 4:45 PM
- - 3SGTE   braked really hard once, and car went into a snake...   Dec 8, 2007 - 4:55 PM
- - goferris   i did a 360 on the freeway once. that was scary as...   Dec 8, 2007 - 10:09 PM
- - Valo666   first car accident ever. Got rear ended by a Explo...   Dec 8, 2007 - 10:26 PM
- - LuDaChRiS   hydroplaned in the #1 lane for about 25 feet. drov...   Dec 9, 2007 - 4:24 AM
- - soulshadow   I was driving down I-540 and I saw what looked to ...   Dec 9, 2007 - 10:22 PM
- - 94CelicaDragon   Damn these are some good storie's! Keep...   Dec 12, 2007 - 11:59 PM
- - axelrduvirage   meeting a fully loaded gravel truck in a turn on a...   Dec 13, 2007 - 8:36 AM
- - burmeseboy   uhhhh wen up to Angela's Crest (Mt.Wilson) for...   Dec 15, 2007 - 4:04 AM
|- - hockeyplyr24   well i have like 3 lol when i got in my 1st accid...   Dec 17, 2007 - 2:11 AM
- - almostskater919   back from the dead I was driving right before p...   Aug 12, 2009 - 12:07 AM
- - nics   A cop hit me... http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.p...   Aug 12, 2009 - 1:38 AM
- - razor7   There's a turn by my house that's banked r...   Aug 12, 2009 - 2:11 AM
- - screamingchicken   This is easy, since I've only had my Celica a ...   Aug 12, 2009 - 7:54 PM
- - richee3   First things first... Crappy cell phone picture...   Aug 12, 2009 - 9:49 PM
- - SwissFerdi   ...some girl tried to steal your car? That's c...   Aug 12, 2009 - 10:28 PM
|- - richee3   QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Aug 12, 2009 - 10...   Aug 13, 2009 - 9:51 AM
- - Rymaster   Note to self: Take no turns at 60mph while it...   Aug 12, 2009 - 11:24 PM
- - mmmchocolate   a couple of nights ago i was at my friends just wa...   Aug 15, 2009 - 9:06 PM
|- - SwissFerdi   QUOTE (mmmchocolate @ Aug 15, 2009 - 10...   Aug 15, 2009 - 9:48 PM
- - mafix   worst thing i've had happen was at 110mph arou...   Aug 15, 2009 - 9:24 PM
|- - 96bluevert   QUOTE (mafix @ Aug 15, 2009 - 7:24 P...   Aug 16, 2009 - 6:07 PM
- - 95CelicaST   My experience was a couple years ago. It was in De...   Aug 15, 2009 - 10:04 PM
- - trdproven   when my car was auto, and I got it back from the p...   Aug 16, 2009 - 7:00 AM
- - easternpiro1   here is my goodbye thread lol i was so dejected......   Aug 16, 2009 - 11:38 AM
- - SwissFerdi   Well, he's pretty much an idiot for driving 11...   Aug 16, 2009 - 6:09 PM
- - Euphoria   Was driving in heavy fog at the speed limit but ob...   Aug 16, 2009 - 7:36 PM
- - mafix   yes i was driving that speed where i shouldn't...   Aug 17, 2009 - 11:27 AM
- - reclaimerx1   when i had my '93 st i was going to UTI in Ill...   Nov 27, 2009 - 5:43 PM
- - ajmorris1977   some woman pulled a u-turn in front of me while i ...   Nov 27, 2009 - 6:31 PM
- - lilgreenyoda   I'd say it was the time a Dodge Durango almost...   Nov 27, 2009 - 9:35 PM
- - TerryE   Snow surfin' downhill in 6 inches of new snow ...   Dec 2, 2009 - 5:10 AM
- - dlx742   driving to LA from SD on the 5 at around 6pm in th...   Dec 2, 2009 - 5:40 AM
- - pittfirefighter   one year ago driving from michigan to Pa, i was on...   Dec 2, 2009 - 7:10 AM
- - CastrolCelica   I haven't had any bad experiences in my Celica...   Dec 2, 2009 - 9:59 AM
- - drumbum   Well here is what happened to my 7gen celica about...   Dec 3, 2009 - 12:14 AM
|- - nics   QUOTE (drumbum @ Dec 2, 2009 - 9:14 ...   Dec 8, 2009 - 3:53 PM
- - NOVAKx17   hm........ welll i've never gotten my celica o...   Dec 3, 2009 - 2:11 PM
|- - CastrolCelica   QUOTE (NOVAKx17 @ Dec 3, 2009 - 2:11...   Dec 3, 2009 - 3:22 PM
|- - NOVAKx17   no clue. they pulled over when we changed the tire...   Dec 3, 2009 - 4:27 PM
|- - TRD_Ian   QUOTE (NOVAKx17 @ Dec 3, 2009 - 4:27...   Dec 4, 2009 - 12:07 AM
|- - NOVAKx17   QUOTE (TRD_Ian @ Dec 4, 2009 - 12:07...   Dec 4, 2009 - 12:11 AM
- - Quidam   Since I've only just purchased my first Celica...   Dec 3, 2009 - 4:31 PM
- - mmmchocolate   QUOTE (NOVAKx17 @ Dec 3, 2009 - 12:1...   Dec 3, 2009 - 6:41 PM
- - 99GT   Elder lady ran a light and ran into my car.   Dec 3, 2009 - 9:00 PM
- - CelicaST_CALI   Coming from taco bell,7pm at night...putting the B...   Dec 4, 2009 - 12:38 AM
|- - NOVAKx17   QUOTE (CelicaST_CALI @ Dec 4, 2009 - 12...   Dec 4, 2009 - 12:44 AM
|- - richee3   QUOTE (CelicaST_CALI @ Dec 4, 2009 - 12...   Dec 4, 2009 - 1:56 PM
|- - CelicaST_CALI   QUOTE (CelicaST_CALI @ Dec 3, 2009 - 10...   Mar 28, 2010 - 9:46 PM
- - windowlicker   drove to work in the morning..................   Dec 4, 2009 - 1:13 AM
- - drumbum   Insurance company wouldnt let me take the seats ou...   Dec 9, 2009 - 9:05 PM
- - fanboy95   stupid people not stopping at stop lights (and i d...   Jan 2, 2010 - 5:55 PM
- - SwissFerdi   Well, nothing real scary...but perhaps my car is a...   Jan 2, 2010 - 9:33 PM
- - SwissFerdi   Are you lowering? I see a strut laying there. And...   Mar 28, 2010 - 10:23 PM
- - ajmorris1977   ok, so i'm driving in town last year when the ...   Apr 3, 2010 - 11:35 PM


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