so i crashed my car last week....
03-14-2006 | 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by icuh8nmy8
As the thread stated i crashed my rx8 this past weekend. Im all sad and dissaponited about it and its something i just need to vent about. So my friends and i left the club we were at that night, and dropped the girls we came with at home. So after we drop the girls off, my three friends and i decide to go get some food. (My friend was in his car and i was in my rx8) Well my friend start following our other friend who is also driving. He manages to lose me down a side street but i still turn where he turns. When i make the turn, which is about 20 seconds later< my friend is in a fight with some random dude. My friend thats ridding with me jumps out of the car and i do the same. We manage to break them apart and apoligized to the other guy(our friend was really drunk,in fact we all were) Anyway we get the hell ouuta there cause we hear cop sirens, and we all meet at some park maybe six blocks away. When we got their my friend that got into a fight started yelling at my friend and me for not kicking the other guys ***. . I managed to break it up, and then my other friend and i left. I sped off, not knowing where to go and just full of adrenaline. I started to go up Tantalus, which is our local windy roads. So i take this really sharp turn going about sixty, and when i turned the wheel the car just goes straight.We hop the curb going about sixty, and just go straight.The airbags deploy and by the grace of God, my car didnt go over. We get out and the cars front two tires are hanging over a ledge. Cops show about five minutes later, and give me all the DUI field tests, because they knew i was drunk. So i get arrested and spent the night in jail, worst thing about it is im only 20. Ill be 21 in April. Well im pretty much in deep s**t right now. The lesson i have learned is one i will never forget. I stand to lose my lisense for a while, and i also killed my pride and joy. I later found out that both the front and rear axles snapped and the car of my dreams is totalled. I will never drink and drive again. Sorry for such a long post i just needed to vent....adrenaline+drinking+driving does not mix. Well i have definitley learned my lesson, and can only hope for this to be all okay.
I would like to say how I really feel, but i'm sure it would get me banned. I hope if you continue to drive drunk that you end up only killing yourself and not taking anyone else with me. You're scum.
That's about as nice as I can put it.
03-14-2006 | 07:48 PM
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Scary stuff. I just don't understand why so many people, especially very young people, have to learn the hard way. Some of the posts I see on this board are unbelievable. It always blows my mind to see parents buying 16 year olds an rx8 for a birthday or some other reason. These aren't parents, they are idiots who don't know how to parent. I can't blame the kid for wanting one, I blame the parent for not being strong enough to say no and make it stick.
03-14-2006 | 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by cleoent
If you had been coming the other way on that road and he hit you head on, would it still be harsh?
i lost a friend in high school because of a drunk driver. i 100% agree with your anger at the stupidity of the action, but the statement was so harsh i'm pretty sure he won't hear the message.
03-14-2006 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by stickman
Scary stuff. I just don't understand why so many people, especially very young people, have to learn the hard way. Some of the posts I see on this board are unbelievable. It always blows my mind to see parents buying 16 year olds an rx8 for a birthday or some other reason. These aren't parents, they are idiots who don't know how to parent. I can't blame the kid for wanting one, I blame the parent for not being strong enough to say no and make it stick.
03-14-2006 | 08:38 PM
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Dude, chill out. YOU were the one who posted about your "nice" friends' actions about getting into fights, underage drinking, and drinking then driving.
Face it, you really have no leg to stand on ...
Face it, you really have no leg to stand on ...
03-14-2006 | 08:43 PM
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rx8 dont bring up kids to drink and drive .. their parents do ... heh .. you guys have no sense of humor and always have to fight over stupid **** .. how about a drink and a nice relaxing drive to let of some of that tension out 
03-14-2006 | 08:44 PM
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03-14-2006 | 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by BigOLundh
03-14-2006 | 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by RX8 Zoom Zoom
Hmm, no, that SheDevil chick thought I was the one that started the thread. None of my friends drink, so I don't know what you're talking about. And, when it gets brought up all the time about teenage 8 drivers it gets old and frusterating and some of these people just can't get over it. When was the last time I got owned?
carry on!
03-14-2006 | 09:21 PM
#37
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...5&page=3&pp=15
seriously though... the topic of teenagers driving 8s cuz their parents got it for them should stop... it's getting kinda old.
seriously though... the topic of teenagers driving 8s cuz their parents got it for them should stop... it's getting kinda old.
03-14-2006 | 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by RedSheDevil
i just dont think it was necesary to say you wish he'd keep driving til he was dead.
i lost a friend in high school because of a drunk driver. i 100% agree with your anger at the stupidity of the action, but the statement was so harsh i'm pretty sure he won't hear the message.
i lost a friend in high school because of a drunk driver. i 100% agree with your anger at the stupidity of the action, but the statement was so harsh i'm pretty sure he won't hear the message.
I said if he continues to drink and drive I hope when he dies he doesn't take anyone else with him, like a family on their way home.
03-14-2006 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by RX8 Zoom Zoom
Woooaaaah, now you're pissing me off. How dare you accuse my parents of not knowing how to parent just based off the fact that they bought me a nice car when I turned 16. That's upsurd. You don't know any of the kids and how they act and it's not your place to judge if they should get a nice car or not. That's my parent's money and my parent's decision, not stickman's. I think I have posted that post at least 50x on this website. There are also tons of teen drivers that have 8's. Get over it.
Personally, it wouldn't have mattered what car you were in, your mistake was drinking and driving, you would have done it in any car. By the sounds of your posts, there is no possible way i could fathom a kid like you deserving such a nice car, but that's a different discussion all together.
03-14-2006 | 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by NgoRX8
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...5&page=3&pp=15
seriously though... the topic of teenagers driving 8s cuz their parents got it for them should stop... it's getting kinda old.
seriously though... the topic of teenagers driving 8s cuz their parents got it for them should stop... it's getting kinda old.
Half the teenage owners end up crashing them. Everytime a "cool" parent puts their kid in a car that is way to much for them to handle, it puts my life in danger, it puts all the other drivers on the road in danger.
Sooner or later we'll have a tiered license system (I would hope) and have HP limits for new drivers.
03-14-2006 | 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by cleoent
Ask your parents if they regret buying you the rx8, if they say no, then i'm impressed, if they say yes, then it just goes to show you that your parents didn't know what they were doing and made a mistake.
Personally, it wouldn't have mattered what car you were in, your mistake was drinking and driving, you would have done it in any car. By the sounds of your posts, there is no possible way i could fathom a kid like you deserving such a nice car, but that's a different discussion all together.
Personally, it wouldn't have mattered what car you were in, your mistake was drinking and driving, you would have done it in any car. By the sounds of your posts, there is no possible way i could fathom a kid like you deserving such a nice car, but that's a different discussion all together.
03-14-2006 | 09:49 PM
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Sorry kid, but I stand by what I said. Look at what you did. I'm glad you and everyone else came out of it uninjured but your behavior and that of your friends really says it all. Being a parent isn't about doing what feels good or is popular, its about making tough decisions and setting parameters. I realize that people of all ages do dumb things and we all make mistakes; its just that the frequency is higher among the very young and parents need to recognize that in their decision making about what is acceptable and appropriate. How would they have felt if you got killed or killed someone?
03-14-2006 | 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by stickman
Sorry kid, but I stand by what I said. Look at what you did. I'm glad you and everyone else came out of it uninjured but your behavior and that of your friends really says it all. Being a parent isn't about doing what feels good or is popular, its about making tough decisions and setting parameters. I realize that people of all ages do dumb things and we all make mistakes; its just that the frequency is higher among the very young and parents need to recognize that in their decision making about what is acceptable and appropriate. How would they have felt if you got killed or killed someone?
WELL SAID!
03-14-2006 | 10:10 PM
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RX8 zoom zoom didn't start the thread and I note that he says he does not drink and drive which is good to hear. However, the message remains the same and it is not intended to belittle him or the one who did start the thread. It is a truth that hopefully will be understood in time. Too many die too young.