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Writing off my second FC...

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Old Oct 22, 2013 | 01:06 AM
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Writing off my second FC...

Well guys, guess this is it again for now. I was coming home from school and I was so tired I blacked out and opened my eyes with enough time to slam on my brakes and slam into the car ahead of me. I can't believe this happened again. At least last time I was doing something that I could have avoided. Ill try and be back with the community in an FC as soon as I can.
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Old Oct 22, 2013 | 01:09 AM
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Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. I enjoyed following your build. This exact same thing happened to me as well, thankfully the car of fate was a Nissan Pulsar. Stop fussing around with NAs as well, get a T2 for a change!
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Old Oct 22, 2013 | 07:37 AM
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pics or it didn't happen...
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Old Oct 22, 2013 | 08:49 AM
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Sorry for your loss, but driving tired is avoidable.
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Old Oct 22, 2013 | 02:37 PM
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If I even start to lower my eyes, I'll find a place to stop on the side and take a short nap.

Before this, I almost plowed my Jeep into a bunch of stopped cars on the freeway because I was too naive to call it quits. Luckily there was an emergency lane.

Glad you're okay man. You'll be back in another car soon!
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Old Oct 22, 2013 | 07:40 PM
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It was completely avoidable but I was within minutes of being home so I tried to soldier on. Whoops. Ill put up a pic in a bit
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Old Oct 22, 2013 | 07:42 PM
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Personally ill probably end up tube framing my front end and begin an FD ProAm build. I've been bit by the drifting bug since I've started doing events
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Old Oct 24, 2013 | 12:41 PM
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that is terrible. at least you are ok.
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Old Oct 25, 2013 | 11:04 AM
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/globekidd/10477572983/http://www.flickr.com/photos/globekidd/10477572983/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/globekidd/, on Flickr
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Old Oct 25, 2013 | 11:07 AM
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A lot is salvageable, but it bent the frame and rail all the way up to under the drivers seat, so it won't be seeing street duty anymore. I may just keel the shell for a drift build down the line. I'm picking up a GTUs of my buddy and swap everything over (since his currently has an S4 drivetrain) but unfortunately he also took out the 4.30 rear end for his other 7 and its missing one of the GTUs mesh wheels. So I'm going to have to source one.
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Old Oct 25, 2013 | 11:56 AM
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it almost looks fixable...
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Old Oct 25, 2013 | 12:44 PM
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I guess that woke you up,huh?
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