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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: KCMO
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![]() I managed to /almost/ recover the 745 from a low-speed (25-30 mph) slide on a corner that I've driven hundreds of times before, and managed to run through a ditch and take out a mailbox... By the time I hit the ditch, I managed to get it slowed to 15... However, past that point, brakes don't work well on mud.
![]() So, my question is... Is there anything I could've broken when I took my little off-road adventure? The car feels the same, drives the same, but I'm still concerned that I may have damaged something that'll bite me in the rear, later. Any suggestions on what to check when I crawl under it, this weekend?
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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![]() Check for a body, that might be the problem.
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Laurel, MD
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![]() put your hands at 9 and 3 on your front tires and check for play, do again at 12 and 6. if you threw off your allignment, it is possible you could have busted ball joints or tie rod ends. also check to make sure your tie rods are still strait and such. look to see if your struts still look strait also. numerous things could have been effected by hitting something like that the way you did.
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Join Date: May 2007
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![]() these things always happen on the corner or road we have driven hundreds of times.
You can check things over yourself...or just spend $15 for mechanic to check it over. $15 is worth peace of mind. judging by the speed its not likely and major damage was done. but checking the ball joints and tie rods is a very good idea. |
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K-Jet or Bust
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: KCMO
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![]() No bodies... I would've noticed that when the owner of the mailbox pulled me out of the ditch.
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![]() I've got a lot more peace of mind after looking things over, however. These are amazingly tough little cars, I have to say. |
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: norte carolina
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![]() you are *NOT* an idiot...an idiot would do that at a hunnert miles per and drunk as a
skunk waking up in jail next to his best Bud - BOTH of you reeking of vomit and hot engine oil from trying to roll the crashed car back up on it's feet.... get the car UP on a lift or stands and SEE whatcha done....*GLAD YOU'RE OK*!! ![]()
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#7 |
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Join Date: May 2007
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![]() I have watched many 740 rally vids and seen them take some nasty hits and keep on going. Some of the vids are of cars that are only lightly modded..IE rollcage and cams ect.
It was nice the owner of the mailbox didnt make a big deal out of it. You never know with people these days. I keep my drifting limited to parking lots. Its emberassing if you lose a drift on the streets, worse if you take out of mail box...lol. I havent done that yet, but did drift a car on a dirt road only to see my bosses (pregnant) wife coming around the corner. I hit the brakes and spun out into a driveway. Could have easily endend up in a ditch, or worse hit her. That was not long after I had my license. Important lesson learned. Got home later that day and Dad took the keys. Had to bike around for a week. Oh, the '85 chevy celebrity is NOT a good drift car...lol |
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K-Jet or Bust
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: KCMO
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![]() Fixed that for you...
![]() Oh, the lessons we learn when driving our first RWD cars... (Okay, it's my third, but the RX-7 has been on jack stands for years and I don't drive the 744 in bad weather unless it's an absolute emergency.) |
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Join Date: May 2007
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![]() its never good to try and drift a FWD car using the parking brake...especially if the parking brake is foot operated!
I did have the chevy sliding at a nice angle till I saw her car tho. RWD is so much more perdictable! Ill take the 740 out in the snow any day over my '06 scion xb. Not that its a bad car, but lets leave the steering to the front tires and let the rear tires do the driving thankyou. |
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Dirigo
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K-Jet or Bust
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: KCMO
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![]() Lucky... The closest thing to snow I see is an occasional smattering of white dust that melts on contact... Of course, that also means my car doesn't get to experience salt, so I guess it's not all bad.
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Dirigo
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