engineholic wrote:
Oh, ya want the story, okay :

This was bout 30 yrs ago, My buddy and I were out late night in winter time in the roadster.We were almost home when I decided to do a quartermile pass near my home, had her wound out in 2nd gear pretty tight(turbo 400) I was in the fast lane,all of a sudden a blue 280z crossed into my lane, I hit the brakes and apparently the right front caliper locked up and jerked the wheel right outa my hands..I recall we did a number of 360"s, car was completely outa control, we hit curbs,fences, tree's, this seemed to last forever.....When it ended I found my self thrown out of the car bout 75 feet behind the car on the street and my friend was still in car.. We both emerged unharmed, when cops arrived they measured over 200 feet of skid marks and fiberglass was scattered everywhere !Cops said it was a miracle we were alive, as there was nothing left of the vette at all..The police said the fiberglass absorbed all the impact and that saved us... As for my friend, he had an 80 vette,after this he sold it never to drive his car again. I found a new respect for Corvettes and speed.. Forgot to add I did pee all over my self too,just a few scratches and torn clothe............