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Old Aug 9, 2007, 09:57 PM
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Pike's Peak flipped STi

So I'm on vacation out here in Colorado Springs. Today we decided to take a trip up pike's peak. Everything is cool, we make it to the top, hang out for a while then head back down. About three miles down there is a station where you stop and a park ranger checks your brake temp before allowing you to proceed down the mountain. Well, we get there and the ranger(s) books it right before we pull up. WTF?

We head on down the mountain and this is what we saw a few turns down...






fortunately, the 2 dudes in the car were ok. They managed to climb up back to the roadside before help arrived. They said that a deer ran in front of them and they swerved to miss it.....

....but:

1. WRX STi
2. Pikes Peak
3. Gravel road
4. no deer tracks
5. two hard dick 20 somethings

...you make the call....

either way, I'm glad they were ok, and I had the 30d with me
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in that case,i would have hit the deer
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People come here for vacation?

Crazy sending it off a cliff like that and not getting hurt. Lucky SOBs...
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Originally Posted by Warrtalon
People come here for vacation?

Crazy sending it off a cliff like that and not getting hurt. Lucky SOBs...
HAHAHA ^^^

I would say the same thing regardless if it was a deer or not
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Perfect accident report! A DEER RAN IN FRONT OF ME SIR! How many times have they heared that one?
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Originally Posted by Warrtalon
People come here for vacation?

Crazy sending it off a cliff like that and not getting hurt. Lucky SOBs...

I think Colorado Springs is a nice town...I grew up on Long Island with a 2 year interuption to live in CS in 1975-76 for Jr. High...I went to a school in the hood called South Jr. High (I was bussed there from Petersen Field where my Dad was a hospital admin)....Been back to Colorado a few times since then...good quality of life compared to most states in that region IMHO...
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Probably Tokyo Drifting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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lol omg thats gonna be a great story for insurance
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double post +1 for subis
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Im confused? The rangers that check the temps drove someones car??

your story isnt written very well
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Their lucky they weren't higher up on Pikes Peak when they crashed.
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Originally Posted by Pure Playaer
Im confused? The rangers that check the temps drove someones car??

your story isnt written very well
the rangers check ur brake temps.if they are too high u have to let them cool down before proceedng down the rest of the hill
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Originally Posted by Pure Playaer
Im confused? The rangers that check the temps drove someones car??

your story isnt written very well
If I understand correctly, you stop mid-way down the mountain at the station so a ranger with a pyrometer can measure the temperature of your brakes/rotors. If they are 'okay', he'll let you procede down the mountain.

What's confusing?
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the rangers that were supposed to check my brakes had to go respond to the two dudes who drove the STi off the edge....
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Originally Posted by robboost
Well, we get there and the ranger(s) books it right before we pull up. WTF?

either way, I'm glad they were ok, and I had the 30d with me
I don't understand either of these 2 sentences .... and what has this got to do with motorsports?

I'm assuming by "books it" you are trying to say leaves

What's "the 30d" ?


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