"Decay buys too many beaters" (decay)
12/18/2014 at 22:35 • Filed to: None
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"Decay buys too many beaters" (decay)
12/18/2014 at 22:35 • Filed to: None | 3
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I'm pretty sure I just saw a Dodge Stealth R/T Twin Turbo die.
I was out for a jog and, out in the distance, I heard the sounds of tires squealing leaving the local high school parking lot. I thought "great, here is some idiot high school kid driving like an ass on public roads". I looked up just in time to see taillights... then headlights... then taillights again, followed shortly by the sickening thud of breaking metal. Once I got there (not rubbernecking, just happened to be going that way), I saw the frame resting squarely on a curb with a huge dent/bend and the rear wheel doing it's best impersonation on the Delorean from back to the future 2.
Yeah, that's not going to buff out.
K-Roll-PorscheTamer
> Decay buys too many beaters
12/18/2014 at 22:37 |
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So was some idiot high school kid who fucked up?
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Decay buys too many beaters
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
12/18/2014 at 22:39 |
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Yep, pretty sure I was the first one on the scene too. Gave him the requisite "Hey, you ok?" then went along my way. Kid couldn't have been much more than 17 years old.
No Prius Needed
> Decay buys too many beaters
12/18/2014 at 22:41 |
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It was probably just a rebadged non turbo.
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K-Roll-PorscheTamer
> Decay buys too many beaters
12/18/2014 at 22:41 |
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Well, I would have stuck around, because witness report of fuckup.
Looks like someone's not getting some car parts for Christmas, let alone a new car hehe!
Poor stealth. :(
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Decay buys too many beaters
> No Prius Needed
12/18/2014 at 22:42 |
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Kinda hard to get a FWD model to rotate the way this one did :(
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Decay buys too many beaters
> K-Roll-PorscheTamer
12/18/2014 at 22:45 |
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Meh, didn't care enough about making this kids day even shittier. I mean asshole/stupid or not, he is having a BAD day.
Besides, I had to keep the heart rate up!
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No Prius Needed
> Decay buys too many beaters
12/18/2014 at 22:47 |
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Never doubt the magical powers of handbrake. That and a "pro" driver.
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Decay buys too many beaters
> No Prius Needed
12/18/2014 at 22:50 |
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I pray you are right, but I'm also pretty sure I saw an axle on that severed rear wheel
Axial
> Decay buys too many beaters
12/18/2014 at 22:53 |
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I really wish parents would drill it into their kids' heads that cars are not toys and that powerful cars will kill you in the blink of an eye if you don't properly respect them.
RIP Stealth R/T TT. :'(
thebigbossyboss
> Decay buys too many beaters
12/18/2014 at 22:54 |
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I saw a stealth crash last year on an offramp.
SaabStutz
> Decay buys too many beaters
12/18/2014 at 23:04 |
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It sucks when people get nice cars they don't know how to handle :(
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No Prius Needed
> Decay buys too many beaters
12/18/2014 at 23:07 |
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Decay buys too many beaters
> thebigbossyboss
12/18/2014 at 23:14 |
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It sucks right? I mean with how rare parts are, every single one is already an insurance write off without even crashing.
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Decay buys too many beaters
> Axial
12/18/2014 at 23:18 |
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Or better yet buy them something with LOW power to start, the Stealth/3000GT was basically a supercar in it's day. Or if they MUST get a sportscar, require them to do car control clinics/autocross.
With how I drove starting out I'd have killed myself with anything over about 150hp (depending on car weight)
shop-teacher
> Decay buys too many beaters
12/18/2014 at 23:20 |
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Back when I taught high school, I watched a kid come to a closed gate behind the school, and instead of just turning around, he decided to impress his friends by laying rubber in reverse ... And slammed into a light pole 100' behind him. Kid wrecked the shit out of mom's brand new Suburban.
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Decay buys too many beaters
> SaabStutz
12/18/2014 at 23:20 |
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Especially when it's a car on your automotive bucket list :,(
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thebigbossyboss
> Decay buys too many beaters
12/18/2014 at 23:39 |
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Yeah it wasn't great. Kid cooked it to hard around a long right hander in the ice.
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Axial
> Decay buys too many beaters
12/18/2014 at 23:45 |
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Well, not giving the keys to a high-powered sports car from the start would be obvious, but even then I think there's a dearth of effort given to teach new drivers that cars are weapons that are dangerous to all parties involved.
banjo cat ghost of oppo past
> Decay buys too many beaters
12/19/2014 at 00:59 |
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Stealth Woman wonders what could have been
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One more comfortable cruise missile a responsible owner won't enjoy