saw the end coming..............
05-12-2002, 04:40 PM
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I was on highway 70 this afternoon (3:30ish) and was going towards st.louis. Well I was nearing Cave Springs. I was doing 50mph it was raining pretty good. well I started to get back on the gas I let the clutch out slowly and then the car suddenly walked to the left and began going around I tried counter steering and everything. Nothing worked I went clear across the highway facing traffic before spinning around to see I was headed right for the ditch. I hit the ditch then went over the ditch and right up the hill. I finally came to stop hit the steering wheel then laid my head down pissed and shocked. Well this guy in a B series mazda Rolls up and is yelling at me. So I roll down my window he is yelling to see if I am ok. I say yes but I think I am stuck. So he tells me what to do exactly when and to my surprise I start to get out but then I get stuck on the lil edge of the highway I pull it out of 1st put it into 2nd begin spinning so I pull it out and put it in 3rd begin spinning floor it see some smoke then I finally pull up onto the highway. I shut down the car get out and look at it. Looks fine no damage mudd and grass everywhere. A lot of steam though.... open the hood nope no damage. So i get back in the car and begin to go. I dont know if the guy that helped is reading this but if he is I THANK YOU SIR! Seriously guys I thought I was dead! I was not driving fast! I was not driving stupid! I didnt even change lanes! I wasnt weaving in and out of traffic or anything I was just driving slowly due to the rain that was it! Well I will be putting the car on a lift up at my work monday and double checking everything!!
I thought the car was gone... I thought i was gone.....
I still dont know how me or the car made it through that with such heavy traffic!
I thought the car was gone... I thought i was gone.....
I still dont know how me or the car made it through that with such heavy traffic!
05-12-2002, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Twin89Stangs' date='May 12 2002,17:40
I was on highway 70 this afternoon (3:30ish) and was going towards st.louis. Well I was nearing Cave Springs. I was doing 50mph it was raining pretty good. well I started to get back on the gas I let the clutch out slowly and then the car suddenly walked to the left and began going around I tried counter steering and everything. Nothing worked I went clear across the highway facing traffic before spinning around to see I was headed right for the ditch. I hit the ditch then went over the ditch and right up the hill. I finally came to stop hit the steering wheel then laid my head down pissed and shocked. Well this guy in a B series mazda Rolls up and is yelling at me. So I roll down my window he is yelling to see if I am ok. I say yes but I think I am stuck. So he tells me what to do exactly when and to my surprise I start to get out but then I get stuck on the lil edge of the highway I pull it out of 1st put it into 2nd begin spinning so I pull it out and put it in 3rd begin spinning floor it see some smoke then I finally pull up onto the highway. I shut down the car get out and look at it. Looks fine no damage mudd and grass everywhere. A lot of steam though.... open the hood nope no damage. So i get back in the car and begin to go. I dont know if the guy that helped is reading this but if he is I THANK YOU SIR! Seriously guys I thought I was dead! I was not driving fast! I was not driving stupid! I didnt even change lanes! I wasnt weaving in and out of traffic or anything I was just driving slowly due to the rain that was it! Well I will be putting the car on a lift up at my work monday and double checking everything!!
I thought the car was gone... I thought i was gone.....
I still dont know how me or the car made it through that with such heavy traffic!
I thought the car was gone... I thought i was gone.....
I still dont know how me or the car made it through that with such heavy traffic!
I've gone hydroplaning in my Neon before, pulled out if it with no damage etc.
i had a candy bar sitting in the seat next to me, picked it up and started eating it like nothing happened. Sure was getting stared at . . .
05-12-2002, 06:05 PM
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That happened to me once while going 65 and changing lanes in my old TII a few weeks after I got it. The car swerved across 2 lanes, and came withing 1-2 feet of the concrete divider. Somehow I got it back to the right, but then it spun. I wound up going straight again, looked around, and just kept going...a little slower. 
That's what I get for driving with crappy tires in the rain. :madgo:
05-12-2002, 06:36 PM
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I know the feeling see my post, I Hate Snow! Well it is good that there was no damage done (to you or your car). Maybe you should go buy a lottery ticket. LOL!
05-13-2002, 05:29 AM
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When I used to drive a mustang, it would hydroplane all the time. The wide tires and the rain would create some problems. Now they have much better tires for the rain then they did 10 years ago. If you drive it for a everyday car, and you dont already have them- invest in GOOD tires. I know its hard when its happening, but I used to get out of the hydroplane if you let off the gas, throw it in neutral, then GENTLY lift the emergency brake, ever so slightly, and usually the back tires will allow the car to straighten out. It worked for me 2 seperate times, hydroplaning is some scary ****, but if your on a highway, you do usually have some time to at least try to do something. Glad to hear you are ok though!
05-13-2002, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='May 13 2002,07:29
When I used to drive a mustang, it would hydroplane all the time. The wide tires and the rain would create some problems. Now they have much better tires for the rain then they did 10 years ago. If you drive it for a everyday car, and you dont already have them- invest in GOOD tires. I know its hard when its happening, but I used to get out of the hydroplane if you let off the gas, throw it in neutral, then GENTLY lift the emergency brake, ever so slightly, and usually the back tires will allow the car to straighten out. It worked for me 2 seperate times, hydroplaning is some scary ****, but if your on a highway, you do usually have some time to at least try to do something. Glad to hear you are ok though!
05-13-2002, 08:31 AM
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What about in the Cutlass?