I wrecked my stinger a little over a week ago. The sad part? I wish I was racing when I did it, but instead, I let someone get the better of my judgment. I think had I been racing, I'd have had both hands on the wheel and be focused on vehicle control, and not overtaking some a**hole.
Long story short: Mercedes in the 1 lane wouldn't let me move over like a dick, kept getting on the gas to "block" me out. So I went full throttle around 50MPH because I wasn't having it knowing I could easily overtake his ass, and the road started to turn left AND crown down and away from the turn (the worst road crown condition for cornering, of course!), and I went into a power slide. For a moment, I had control of it, but as the crown started to continue bringing the rear out, I started to ease up on the throttle to maintain the slide... but as I started to ease down to around the 1/3 throttle position, I wished I had been in manual mode. The car upshifted (!) and the brief weight transfer lifted the already hot rear tires up and the rear quickly went into full swing and I lost control of it, wiped out over an island and into a street sign over the oncoming traffic's curb.
I let some jerk get the best of me, and my Stinger was totaled. While the pics don't look that bad, the bottom was pretty much chewed the hell up, and the car's drivetrain was destroyed. The underside of the car basically ate three curb hops on the way to its final stop.
At the same time, I'll be selling some stuff to help fund overcoming my own stupidity. I'll be posting what I'm selling in this thread linked to a proper sell thread over in the other section.
Sorry to be such an embarrassment to you all!
Long story short: Mercedes in the 1 lane wouldn't let me move over like a dick, kept getting on the gas to "block" me out. So I went full throttle around 50MPH because I wasn't having it knowing I could easily overtake his ass, and the road started to turn left AND crown down and away from the turn (the worst road crown condition for cornering, of course!), and I went into a power slide. For a moment, I had control of it, but as the crown started to continue bringing the rear out, I started to ease up on the throttle to maintain the slide... but as I started to ease down to around the 1/3 throttle position, I wished I had been in manual mode. The car upshifted (!) and the brief weight transfer lifted the already hot rear tires up and the rear quickly went into full swing and I lost control of it, wiped out over an island and into a street sign over the oncoming traffic's curb.
I let some jerk get the best of me, and my Stinger was totaled. While the pics don't look that bad, the bottom was pretty much chewed the hell up, and the car's drivetrain was destroyed. The underside of the car basically ate three curb hops on the way to its final stop.
At the same time, I'll be selling some stuff to help fund overcoming my own stupidity. I'll be posting what I'm selling in this thread linked to a proper sell thread over in the other section.
Sorry to be such an embarrassment to you all!
