came a bit too close to death last night,
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last night on my way to work, i was pulling out my junction at the end off of my street when this people carrier came from nowhere, going at some stupid speed by the time he saw me it was too late he must have jumped on the brakes and locked up as i nailed it in first to try clear the road, how we missed i will never know, he slid right past me if i hadnt have flored it it would have been a whole lot worse i was obviously shook up, tryed to keep driving when 10 seconds later i remember why wont my car go any faster.... i was still foot to the floor in first and i couldnt figure out how to change gear, i t felt realy weird like i had forgotten, i soon figured it out again lol.

after a shift at work obviously thinking it over and over in my head how close it had been, when i got out to my car this morning, i had a quick look around my mini to find scuffs of blue paint on my bumper and a 5 inch long deep scratch below it my bumper, it was pushed upto my body work aswell. i thought it was too close for comfort, turns out he must have just hit me, i am so lucky.
i have been out to the junction to look for skid marks, there is no tire marks but too 15m long grouves across the junction (like stones stuck to the road type of surface) it just ripped them up

anyone else want to share their near death experiences :):)

Edited by Brett on 22nd Feb, 2009.

Yes i moved to the darkside

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try not to think about it too much

do i want to share mine? no not really

if i stopped and thought about everytime ive cheated the design, i probably wouldnt leave the house!!

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

i cheat death on a daily basis but until i learn to cook ill have to carry on at eating lisa's

Edited by wolfie on 22nd Feb, 2009.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Yes i moved to the darkside

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i cheat every day ..... buying packs of 20

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

i'm married!!!

most (but not all) of the near misses i have been involved in were in the mini... and totally my fault. thankfully i have grown up a lot since then. you live and learn...

i had a white beemer try to change into my lane once, almost streight into the side of me, id only just fitted 6x10 wellers so didnt have arches on yet, he got thick black lines down his doors and quarters

i had a taxi stop at a junction, watch me moving towards him, pullout, stop halfway across both lanes, revearse back into the side road, and then wait for me to go past, i was only doing 30 in the first place and it was 1 in the morning so no other traffic, it was bloody retarded

Was coming back from North Devon along the A roads at night, my mother was driving. We were approaching a right hand bend and could see headlights approaching from the other direction.

Turned out to be a fucking great lorry on our side of the road, pulling in to a siding. We had to swerve on to the other side of the road to avoid it. If there was anything behind it, it would have been a 60 mph head on collision...

Doesn't bare thinking about really.