 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  | |  12-16-2005, 12:33 AM | #1 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Quad Cities, Iowa Posts: 2,110 |  I think my Ti is cursed! Help!
I have had my ti for about 3 months and a very interesting 3 months it has been. On the night I got my liscince and my ti I was pulled over for speeding and recived my first speeding ticket. Five days later I got off the hook because the officer made a mistake, but it still scared the crap out of me. At first I thought it was incredible bad luck and then a miricle (the getting off part). Today I have gone back to the incredible bad luck part. There was a light layer of snow and ice on the ground, enough that you could slide but not enough that you could really see it. I was approaching a stop light when I found that I was sliding towrd the car in front of me and my brakes were not helping. I rear-ended her and told her to pull over to exchange info.. From what I saw from inside the car, I thought I had got lucky and not caused too much damage. I hadnt', not on her car anyway. I had cracked a small peice of her bumper and that was it. My car was not so lucky. Since her car was and SUV I should have known it was going to be bad. The top right side of my hood was crunched and the right headlight was pushed in. My grills are destroyed and so is the metal that holds them in place. If anyone has had a similar experience or knows where I can get good replacement parts that would be appreciated. |  |  | | 12-16-2005, 01:50 AM | #2 | | doesn't care about you. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 3,925 |
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It dosnt hurt. | | | | | 12-16-2005, 02:50 AM | #4 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |
i figure everything happens for a reason, but sometimes you have to wait awhile to see what it is. if it hadn't been for my diff having issues, i would have never found this site (maybe some people are wishing i hadn't, lol)! i've had some bad situations in relationships, but i've always grown from those situations. keep your head up, you'll get through it and likely you'll have learned a number of things by the end of it  __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
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Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | | | 12-16-2005, 04:27 AM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 484 |
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www.myspace.com/avusblueti | | | | | 12-16-2005, 10:01 AM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: state college, pa Posts: 3,431 |
If you got pulled over for speeding, your car isn't cursed; you just need to drive slower.
If you rear-ended someone, your car isn't cursed; you just need to not tailgate people. __________________
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ZOMBIES. | | | | | 12-16-2005, 02:55 PM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 228 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by aceyx If you got pulled over for speeding, your car isn't cursed; you just need to drive slower.
If you rear-ended someone, your car isn't cursed; you just need to not tailgate people. | Second! Replacement parts can be found at bavauto.com, pelicanparts.com, etc. | | | | | 12-16-2005, 07:30 PM | #9 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Quad Cities, Iowa Posts: 2,110 |
I wasnt talegating I slid around 20-25 ft. before I hit. | | | | | 12-16-2005, 07:40 PM | #10 | | Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 11 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by SDKmann I wasnt talegating I slid around 20-25 ft. before I hit. | In snow, especially in a relatively light RWD car, you have to leave A LOT of extra space for braking. If you would've left the appropriate amount of space so you didn't have to press on the brakes hard enough to slide around, you wouldn't have rear ended her. | | | | | 12-16-2005, 08:01 PM | #11 | | Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 89 | Experience
From the sounds of it, you don't have much experience driving. A, your drive fast enough to get speeding tickets, which means you were driving very fast and/or completely oblivious to the fact that there are police out there. Also means you were not paying attention. B, since you were probably driving too fast for the conditions and driving to close and not paying attention you rear ended the lady in the SUV. Maybe take a driving course, learn the limits of your car. And don't wreck the car, it is already rare enough. Basically it sounds like you are young. And I did all the same stupid things when I was young too, just not in such a nice car. | | | | | 12-16-2005, 08:08 PM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: state college, pa Posts: 3,431 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by SDKmann I wasnt talegating I slid around 20-25 ft. before I hit. | Even on a dry road, it probably would have taken you more than 20-25 ft to stop. __________________
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ZOMBIES. | | | | | 12-16-2005, 11:09 PM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Quad Cities, Iowa Posts: 2,110 |
Hey this is my first time driving in snow and no one ever took the time to tell me that. | | | | | 12-17-2005, 04:47 AM | #14 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by SDKmann Hey this is my first time driving in snow and no one ever took the time to tell me that. | And what tires are you running in the snow? __________________ ...steven
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| | | | | 12-17-2005, 05:14 AM | #15 | | Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Huntington, WV Posts: 16 | 
As a 9 year State Trooper who is currently on a military leave of absence (much better money as an Army officer), I can say that I rear ended another car at the ripe age of 16. Too close for sure, and too fast in general.
We here in WV are State Police, as opposed to a Highway Patrol, which means that while on the Interstate, I may be going to interview a murderer, burglar or such and will only stop someone if they are being stupid. Such as extreme high speed or reckless driving. I had 6 points on my license when I joined, and then went by the saying "you want to play, you got to pay". Now, after 9 years of blood and gore I have slowed quite a bit. I used to look at a car for it's looks, but now go to the crash ratings... Sad, but true.
My advice for winter driving or any other is: Always assume the other driver is an idiot, who will do stupid things that you would never do. I lived in Germany for 4 years and would draft off of another car on the autobahn without hesitation after observing the driver for a bit. The drivers there are highly trained and most there were very professional drivers. Humans in general are skittish, unpredictable and will do the thing you least want or expect at least 50% of the time.
Try to find a good post high driving school (Bondurant or such) and have at it. I am a military airplane pilot now after having flown helicopters for 22 years. I am still learning the airplane thing as it is new to me. Don't tell the General's and such that I fly... Keep at it and you'll be fine. Just seeing that you're willing to listen to those of us on this forum is more than encouraging! No donut jokes... | | | | | |
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