I watched initial D and went for a drift session. Was alright on a few turns and then i took one about 20MPH too much, LoL, did a 180 on a small mountain like two lane road. Dont ask me how i managed to keep it no the road. Was fun though.

 

well i cleaned my engine using the gunk foaming cleaner than i thought i had rinsed the car..anyways i took my 7 out to the store real quick parked it came back to it and to my horror saw SMOKE coming up from under the hood..i thought the car was on fire but it was only the residue form the cleaner steaming off.WHEW!

 

This wasn't me or my rx7 but me and my friend went driving in the mountains late one night, going pretty fast i guess, and around 1 turn my friend did the exact same thing in his eight-six.


another time also was when i was driving my 7 on the freeway. Just got on to it and was going like 70 or so in the slow lane when this lady in this green acord sitting in the right emergency lane (sholder) decides that she has enough time to pull out in front of me when she actually doesn't. So I try to turn safely but the back end slides out. so i counter steer but then the back whips around the other way and i'm still sliding. (my stock shot suspension is probably at fault there). Well, I end up missing the acord thakfully, but sacred the hell out of me.

Tim

 

Well my close call: I was going down a dirt road hauling *** of course. Rear tire blew out. thought i had it under control. then it whipped left firgt into a steep *** bar ditch. Lots of dust etc... Found out later at looking at the tire marks i spun about 3 times almost hit a tree missed it by like 1 1/2 feet. And i also debeaded 2 of my other tires. Bent all my rims. Also, tore up the front clip a little and the left rocker panel also the right rear quarter. But besides that everything is gravy. Nuthin I can't fix.

 

I was driving down the main drag in town and billows of smoke started comming out from under my hood, and I kept hearing a clunking sound comming from the transmission. It was driving okay, but the sound was enough to make me just go straight home to jack the hood. Found out it was just a heater hose blown off, and the clunking from the transmission was just my speedo cable disconnected. Replaced the hose that night and zip tied the speedo cable up and was back on the road

 

My scariest moment was before i got my first 7. It was when i was working as a ski instructor a few years ago and driving an olds. firenza shitbox.

I was driving down a gravel road right out from the parking lot and there's this 120 degree right hand corner at the end of this long straight. I hit the brakes late, they lock up and i start sliding. I slide right across the road and into the woods on the other side.

i stopped about 6" from hitting a tree and could get my car out because it was planted on top of some tree stumps. Luckily, no damage to me or the car and i got my Dad to come and drag me onto the road with his old Blazer.

Needless to say, i ALWAYS wear my seat belt now.

 

i had quite an experience sunday night! a friend and myself were leaving a usual hangout when 2 fights broke out. someone pulled a ugn on my friend and before i knew it they were chasing us out of the parking lot. i lost them....needless to say..........but curb checked my car at about 60mph! my car is now waiting for repair due to 2 bent rims and blown tires.......a bent tie rod......cracked windshield and broken motor mount. at least we lost them though!

 

i had air in my brake lines so i had virtually no brakes and a leak out of the back right caliper and apparently it convenietly dripped out as was coming to a stop sign and i flew right through...missed a pickup by about 2 feet..scared the **** outta me.

 

I wish I missed the car when my brakes gave out! This is what happened to my poor rex!

 

eeeeekk....thats horrible...hope that never happens to me

 

Gee thanks, I hope it never happens to me either!

 

Anybody else have any horror stories to share?

 

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hreadid=122032

all i gotta say, freaky ****

 

i was heading towards the freeway. This guy was tailgaiting me. So i decide to put the power down, going about 100 km/h on the onramp (our ones are quite small compared to the US). I get a little tail happy, smoking the rears. switch it back and and a chirp and resume into traffic. I look in my rear view and that guy must have **** himself. ran the gutter.

 

replacing the motor!!! espacially when your 16 doing it on your own..... eh oh well im sure i can get it running right im almost there!

 

one of my scarier moments

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hreadid=121527

 

Nick86 took my story.
I removed my rear speaker mounts so that I would have better access to the spring top mount, and was welding up the holes I had made. I finished and was admiring my handywork when it occured to me that there was still a lot of smoke hanging around... Looked into the wheel well to find the undercoating on fire. Luckily it was small enough that I just blew it out. Come to think of it, that same thing has happened every time I weld on the car...
Should I be worried that my race car keeps trying to burn itself down?

 

Woo Hoo! I'm not the only one!!

 

i am just damn lucky im alive i have close calls every day but buy far the werst was a mes up on my part wile racing a z28 was going about 115 wen a truck puled out in frunt of me and tank god i was abel to git in the other lane but wen i did i went for forth and asidntly hit 2nd for just a long enuf time to lock the back weals up the car went spining in frunt of the z28 i saw it flash by me 4 times tank god it was a 4 lane with terning lane the guys in the z28 stoped long enuf to laff at me