Saturday, December 11, 2004
To be grounded?
Borrowed to car today, to go to mk's place to watch the incredibles... had a great time there... and incredibles is a real nice show.... damn funny, and touching too... However, my visit to his place would not be the highlight of the day....
At 1am, we decided to go to Fong Seng for kopi.... As I was driving my dad's car, and as my fav saying goes, "All roads lead to Kachakawan" (south buona vista road, the very windy one), I made a 'detour' there along the way, though it was like quite inconvenient from his house.... Just had to have some fun u know... It was raining, and the roads were all wet, and so I think you know what to expect.... haha.... And Lynn just recently got into an accident by riding her bike on the wet road.... sounds like some sort of dejavour... Anyway, so back to my story, mk was chasing me with his car, and I was leading the way... And maybe I wasn't in my right state of mind, but I was basically taking the bends at speeds I normally do when the road is dry.... extrapolate and tada.... you got it!
Nothing happened....
Haha... so, after successfully clearing KCKW, we made our way to Fong Seng, and along the way, going by Haw Par Villa, where there are 2 consecutive turns, right, then left, I decided to push my luck....
I went into the corner at around the speed i usually do in the dry, again, maybe a bit faster, and the car skidded, as expected.
Though a bit too much, this time into the curb. I could feel it coming, the line was all wrong.... my mind was screaming.... "Oh shit.... oh shit.... this can't be happening"...
Next thing I know, I feel a sudden jerk, with a damn loud thud.... "F*ck"..... The first turn I could see, I just turned into it, to check on the car... Fortunately for me.... it looks alright... At first glance.... The rims were scratched all round, the tires had cement stains or wat not, quite white... Thank goodness it doesn't seem too severe.... However, on closer inspection, I realised that my left tire now had a positive camber.... if you know what that means... woohoo! so "tiong".... As if my car doesn't turn badly enough already.... I'm screwed.... my dad will surely find out about this.... and i'm not going to try and hide it... just going to say that I bumped into the curb.... not including the additional info that I was taking a 90 degree bend at around 70++ km/h per hour.... haha.... damn.... But what the hack, its my first accident! It calls for a celebration! So, mk and I now officially had a reason to go drink teh-ping.... wow.... "how life turns out"... as the condo advert puts it... Anyway, after the drink, I did some test on my car -- damage assessment... Now there's an extremely slight rubbing / grinding sound every now and then, increasing with speed.... crap... and when I took a right bend at close to the limit, I realised that the car doesn't seem to turn as well as before... I bet its due to that positive camber.... (just FYI, people usually do negative camber -- the tilting of the tires outward, such that the bottom is further out -- to make their car turn better.... I don't think anyone does positive cambers, the opposite)
I just might be grounded, not allowed to borrow the car.... in fact, very likely will I be grounded.... haha.... crap.... Doesn't matter... I still have my trusty ez-link card, since I'll have to take the MRT and bus more often... Qimin/Jac/Px, if you're reading this, I guess I wouldn't be able to go eat supper with u ppl anymore.... haha....
残念ですね…
車を借りることができないから…
- Emptiness - 12/11/2004 02:25:00 am
