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DRKS1D3 · 05-25-2016, 04:20 PM

I see the handicap card in his windshield. Perhaps it means he is mentally handicapped? Best chance of losing control of a high horsepower car? Cut the wheel and floor it.

I'm glad nobody was seriously injured.

CamaroCracka · 05-26-2016, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by rontammy0

how many of us have taken off like this guy...got a little sideways and were a little scared.

I thought this was the whole point of owning a muscle car.

mickss · 05-26-2016, 10:30 AM

I can come up with one possible reason why this guy lost control, by the looks and the set-up of his car he`s probably use to doing burn outs at a drag strip where the track is prepped for traction, on a public highway you have to deal with oil and exhaust road film left from other cars.

102SS · 05-26-2016, 10:35 AM

He made a huge mistake,at least no one else has to pay the price.

No injuries just a badly bruised ego.

Nor Cal ZL1 · 05-26-2016, 10:51 AM

No big deal. Car is easily repairable. Falls into shit happens category. That category will dissappear when we are rolling self driving cars. Road was clear, dude made a mistake so what.

Norm Peterson · 05-26-2016, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Nor Cal ZL1

No big deal. Car is easily repairable. Falls into shit happens category. That category will dissappear when we are rolling self driving cars.

My bet is there will be different shit happening, including shit that you might not be able to do much about no matter how good you might be as a driver.

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Road was clear, dude made a mistake so what.

It reflects badly on the rest of us with enthusiast cars.

People remember crashes but don't even notice good driving or recognize skillful emergency driving as anything more than just blind luck.

Do you really want people to look at (down at?) your Camaro and automatically assume that because of a few widely-publicized Camaro crashes that you're just another Camaro accident looking for a place to happen at?

Norm

Norm Peterson · 05-26-2016, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by CamaroCracka

I thought this was the whole point of owning a muscle car.

After you've done something like that once or twice, what's left to prove?

I really doubt that the 1st gen's driver had never done a burnout before, although it is possible that he never had with the car in its current configuration.

mickss mentioned a definite possibility of street conditions being much less predictable and potentially trickier than dragstrip conditions (where you don't even run in the rain).

I've been there, more or less, at an HPDE track day. Hitting somebody else's coolant spill or even a left-over rain puddle doesn't take anywhere near supercharged BBC power to get a nasty ass-end twitch even with sticky tires. Trust me, 300 at the crank in 3rd gear is more than enough to make that happen, and at anywhere from 50 to 85 mph or so it will get your attention in a hurry.

Norm

PROZ11 · 05-26-2016, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by gajagfan

This, and the post right before it. Put the pitchforks down you bunch of hypocrites!

Yup, I'm guilty of autographing a street or two with my Pro Street Camaro. Any car can get away from you. Lots of power makes it easier for that to happen. That's the chance you take when you mash the gas, you kinda know that going in.

Not that it matters but, from what I've heard on other sites the throttle stuck. It's definatly stuck when he starts it back up. Not sure if that's what caused the accident or it was a result of it.

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Nor Cal ZL1 · 05-26-2016, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Norm Peterson

My bet is there will be different shit happening, including shit that you might not be able to do much about no matter how good you might be as a driver.

It reflects badly on the rest of us with enthusiast cars.

People remember crashes but don't even notice good driving or recognize skillful emergency driving as anything more than just blind luck.

Do you really want people to look at (down at?) your Camaro and automatically assume that because of a few widely-publicized Camaro crashes that you're just another Camaro accident looking for a place to happen at?

Norm

I usually agree with many things you say, but in this instance I don't care how people view me or my car. For good or bad, I hate this nanny society that we live in now. The big mistake here is the ability of smart phones, and youtube.

Still no big deal, but it is since it made youtube, now people can capitalize of stating what an idiot he is.... their dirty laundry just didn't get recorded.

gajagfan · 05-26-2016, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Norm Peterson

My bet is there will be different shit happening, including shit that you might not be able to do much about no matter how good you might be as a driver.

It reflects badly on the rest of us with enthusiast cars.

People remember crashes but don't even notice good driving or recognize skillful emergency driving as anything more than just blind luck.

Do you really want people to look at (down at?) your Camaro and automatically assume that because of a few widely-publicized Camaro crashes that you're just another Camaro accident looking for a place to happen at?

Norm

Norm, no offense, but the non-car people of the world (along with the high end import car people - Ferrari, Porsche, Lambo, Mercedes, BMW) already look down on us. Its really nothing I worry about. A crashed Camaro or Mustang added in is not really going to change the overall perspective.

Norm Peterson · 05-26-2016, 12:24 PM

No offense taken, guys.

I can live with being looked down at when it's because my car isn't up to the same price point as the cars being driven by the folks looking down at me. Not a problem here either because I really don't care what they think of my car.

Being lumped in with the people who lose control under very avoidable circumstances just because I drive the same or a similar car is something that does bother me. That's a problem because now they're looking at me personally as being just another careless and incompetent show-off.

Norm

rontammy0 · 05-26-2016, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by CamaroCracka

I thought this was the whole point of owning a muscle car.

I thought the same.....im 46 and done it more then once or twice over the years.....I still enjoy getting the rear tires a little loose once in a while.

Moto-Mojo · 05-26-2016, 05:05 PM

I was in th car with a bud in the 70's in similar circumstances. TWICE! I used to say once Butch broke the rear tires loose he wasn't stopping...for a steel post or an oncoming car. And he didn't. But I did live to tell about it.

Moto-Mojo · 05-26-2016, 05:05 PM

Oh, btw, Butch is still alive but no longer drives. So we all got that going for us!

05-25-2016, 04:20 PM	#71
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05-26-2016, 10:30 AM	#73
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05-26-2016, 10:35 AM	#74
102SS waiting at the tree Drives: SIM 2010 2SS/RS A6 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Niagara Falls Posts: 4,424	He made a huge mistake,at least no one else has to pay the price. No injuries just a badly bruised ego. __________________ 2010 2SS/RS A6 Just a few bolt-ons and appearance doo dads

05-26-2016, 12:24 PM	#81
Norm Peterson corner barstool sitter Drives: 08 Mustang GT, 19 WRX Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Eastern Time Zone Posts: 6,990	No offense taken, guys. I can live with being looked down at when it's because my car isn't up to the same price point as the cars being driven by the folks looking down at me. Not a problem here either because I really don't care what they think of my car. Being lumped in with the people who lose control under very avoidable circumstances just because I drive the same or a similar car is something that does bother me. That's a problem because now they're looking at me personally as being just another careless and incompetent show-off. Norm __________________ '08 GT coupe 5M (the occasional track toy) '19 WRX 6M (the family sedan . . . seriously)

05-26-2016, 05:05 PM	#83
Moto-Mojo Fast Cars and Old Guitars Drives: 2015 2SS RS (L99, baby!) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: N. CA Posts: 4,217	I was in th car with a bud in the 70's in similar circumstances. TWICE! I used to say once Butch broke the rear tires loose he wasn't stopping...for a steel post or an oncoming car. And he didn't. But I did live to tell about it. __________________ “I don’t want to belong to any club that would have me as a member.” - Groucho Marx

05-26-2016, 10:51 AM	#75
Nor Cal ZL1 Drives: 2013 ZL1 M6 Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 1,825	No big deal. Car is easily repairable. Falls into shit happens category. That category will dissappear when we are rolling self driving cars. Road was clear, dude made a mistake so what.