Ok, so Monday I lock the keys out of my car and call the police to get the car opened up, no big deal.
Wednesday I'm driving to school, its raining, the road I'm on is notorious for being slick, and I have bad tires and no ABS...shit. So I turn the wheel and kinda barely push on the brake pedal and the front end loses all grip immediately, no shuddering, no warning, just bam! complete washout of the front end, it gets better. The turn I'm on is actually a V in the road, I want to take the left branch.......my car decides to split the difference and go straight.....oh hell. So I panic, lock up the brakes (gotta love no ABS) and try to steer out of it, not gonna happen. Right before I leave the road I give the Hail Mary Stick a hard yank (Emergency brake) and that does precisely diddley squat. The first thing I hit is a little green pole that you see on the side of the road with the little reflector to let you know to stay away. That scratches up the front bumper and thats about it. So no I'm headed down a 45 degree slope covered in leaves and wet grass at a good clip. Then for no apparent reason, the car stops, within a foot of a big ass tree and about 5 feet of a lake. I walk up the hill and wave a 10 cars before anyone will help me. They call the cops and the cops call a towtruck and the towtruck pulls my car out. By the way this was a day of final exams at school and I am now way late. I miss a half hour of my college algebra final, but still manage to get it done. $150 towing fee, $75 for the "Too fast of conditions" ticket. They estimate my speed at 40-45 when I lost traction. Then I pay another $122 for new front tires.
Then today leaving the base I get pulled over for speeding on the last turn before I leave the base. I was doing 31mph, I thought the limit on the road was 30......its 20, dammit! so yeah that about covers it now. The car is fine, I'm broke and the folks hate me, yee-freaking-haw.
Wednesday I'm driving to school, its raining, the road I'm on is notorious for being slick, and I have bad tires and no ABS...shit. So I turn the wheel and kinda barely push on the brake pedal and the front end loses all grip immediately, no shuddering, no warning, just bam! complete washout of the front end, it gets better. The turn I'm on is actually a V in the road, I want to take the left branch.......my car decides to split the difference and go straight.....oh hell. So I panic, lock up the brakes (gotta love no ABS) and try to steer out of it, not gonna happen. Right before I leave the road I give the Hail Mary Stick a hard yank (Emergency brake) and that does precisely diddley squat. The first thing I hit is a little green pole that you see on the side of the road with the little reflector to let you know to stay away. That scratches up the front bumper and thats about it. So no I'm headed down a 45 degree slope covered in leaves and wet grass at a good clip. Then for no apparent reason, the car stops, within a foot of a big ass tree and about 5 feet of a lake. I walk up the hill and wave a 10 cars before anyone will help me. They call the cops and the cops call a towtruck and the towtruck pulls my car out. By the way this was a day of final exams at school and I am now way late. I miss a half hour of my college algebra final, but still manage to get it done. $150 towing fee, $75 for the "Too fast of conditions" ticket. They estimate my speed at 40-45 when I lost traction. Then I pay another $122 for new front tires.
Then today leaving the base I get pulled over for speeding on the last turn before I leave the base. I was doing 31mph, I thought the limit on the road was 30......its 20, dammit! so yeah that about covers it now. The car is fine, I'm broke and the folks hate me, yee-freaking-haw.
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. The guy didn't even ask for my license, just handed me the keys and told me to not take it out too far because I guy was buying it and would pick it up soon. Holy hell that is a nice car. VTEC is way fun too 
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