My first car was a 1987 Pontiac Fiero GT, and I never lost a race in that little car. They do have a little perk and it is that since the car is all made of plastic and has a V6 in the rear with a RWD, it makes for a car that likes to spin under certain conditions (namely heavy acceleration on a wet surface) which is what happened. I downshifted from 4th to 3rd gear to get some more RPMs and the car just started spinning around, hitting the left side curb first, bouncing to the right lane curb, jumping on the walkway and hitting a huge concrete light pole, tail first, on which the car was wrapped around. No airbag but since I hit the ploe rear first I guess the airbag would have been superfluous. I walked away without a scratch, but the car was unrecognizable. That was the end to my racing days. My 300SD makes sure of that these days.

__________________
[/SIGPIC]~cirrusman

1983 Mercedes Benz 300SD - Wife calls him "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
[SIGPIC]




1983 Toyota Tercel (Tommy, The little Toyota that could)
1965 Ford F100 (Grandma Ford)
2005 Toyota Sienna (Elsa, Wife's ride)


Gone:
1988 Toyota Pickup
2004 Subaru Outback

1987 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
1986 Volvo 740 GL Station Wagon - Piece of junk.
1981 Volvo 242 DL 2 Door - Hated to see it go. R.I.P.
1987 Pontiac Fiero GT