I-90 Wreck of the Year - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

aklim · #1 10-07-2010, 11:18 AM

Some pics someone sent me to post here.

looks like he drove into the guardrail and it exited without giving him a window in his body. I'd be buying a lottery ticket that day AFTER getting my new underwear.

I recall an accident that a friend of mine had. Swore he loved his new Z28 with a stick shift and would never miss a gear. Well, he was hitting a ramp, went from 1 to 2 and instead of 3, back to 1. Whoops. Lost control. If you were sitting in the back passenger seat, the fencepost that went thru the car would have made a hole large enough to drop a soda can in sideways.

daveuz · #2 10-07-2010, 11:21 AM

your friend sounds like a moron.

HuskyMan · #3 10-07-2010, 11:24 AM

those guard rails are tough customers. best to avoid them at all cost.

chilcutt · #4 10-07-2010, 11:24 AM

Best thing is that this happened on a relitively deserted Hwy, and not in an congested area, during rush-hour, so that all the other motorists were not inconvenianced by this man who cannot drive. Needs to have his drivers liscence revoked.

aklim · #5 10-07-2010, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by daveuz

your friend sounds like a moron.

NO!!! Really? That was his first car with a stick and way more than he could handle. Accident like that. Whoda thunk it. Told him to drive with a stick shift beater before he bought it but he said he could handle it. Way too sure of himself. I made a note to NOT drive with him

aklim · #6 10-07-2010, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by chilcutt

Maybee things can get hairy in traffic, or in a cogested area if the driver is not experianced driving a stick. But this was on the open highway...straight road.
What am I missing here?

Fortunately, he did this on a ramp to the freeway. Took out his own car and since it was late at night, nobody else paid for his stupidity.

Yes, the ramp was relatively straight. There is nothing you are missing. Just some idiot who thought stick shift made him king of the world while he didn't know what he was really doing and didn't practice enough then tried to hit it hard and missed.

chilcutt · #7 10-07-2010, 11:50 AM

Sorry to pull my post. I re-read what you wrote and then realised you were talking about 2 differant drivers. Back to the pic-em-up truck.
How did he manage to hit the gaurd-rail in the first place? Looks like an open road...very little traffic. I dont get it.