Not A Good Day

[lonestar]

That sucks man ! Mustangs on wet roads scare the hell out of me. I've never driven one, but in the few years I drove trucks I saw more than a few mustangs completely lose their ass on slick roads. One I nearly killed in the exact situation you described. I was doing 70 and he raced up the ramp to beat me, hadnt passed me by 10 feet when he completely lost it, started spinning and if I hadnt been expecting the whole thing to happen theres no way I could have slowed down or changed lanes and he would have been T-boned in the drivers door by 80,000 pounds of diesel doing 70.

I was able to brake and change lanes just fast enough to avoid it, I still believe there was less than 2 inches between my truck and his ford when I passed and he bounced off the concrete wall another 3 times that I could see in the rearview.

Mustangs and wet roads do not mix well.

 

[zanthal]

That's an ouch, alright.
Count your blessings!

 

[mrenglish]

Oh man, that sucks but I am glad you are OK. That is the most important thing though it may not seem like it at this time.

 

[voorhees]

Driven carefully just like other cars, Mustangs are just fine in rain, etc. I have been driving them for 25 years and have learned when to have fun and when not to. Its really all about the driver.

 

[topd]

Did your pipe get scratched?

 

[hawk60ce]

I would tend to agree with you voorhees. Ive owned mustangs, camaros, and trans-for about 10years and even driven them in the snow as a daily driver. This one was outta my control. I wasnt trying to have fun. Like i stated i controlled it enough to point i didnt hit anything. I was struck by another driver, but since i had lost control at one point it was my fault.

 

[bdstansel]

As others have said, glad you are here to keep posting. Mustangs are great cars, I'm on my 3rd one now ('85 5.0, '95 5.0 & now a '10 4.6) I have lost more than one of them, not intending too, just easily rounding a corner in 2nd gear with rear tires wet. They can be a handful but I certainly DO hate it for you man.

 

[taerin]

I guess you were very lucky not not be on that motorcycle when it happened 8O

 

[ssjones]

Our 96 Impala SS, rear wheel drive; with four snow tires was a HOOT in the winter. With 1000 lbs of cat litter in the trunk I drove thru a 15" snowfall, passed 10 up ended SUV's to pick up my daughter from college.

 

[grizzly86]

Sorry to hear about the bad luck. Glad to see you are OK though.

 

[captainsousie]

Never had a Mustang but I doubt they are as dangerous as many believe. If you know how to handle them and when not to mash (or lift off) the throttle or the brake, high-torque RWD cars can be handled fairly easily. My G8 hates the snow but will deal with everything else easily. Sometimes though, in a muscle/sports car those wide tires will just catch a pool of water and you will be hydroplaning and there is nothing you can do but try to hang on. I really hope you can salvage this one and get back on the road.

 

[judcole]

Things are only things.Stuff is only stuff.Your ok and nobody got hurt or killed.You are blessed my friend.Count your blessings not your losses...

+1

 

[hawk60ce]

You mention wide tires, I had 10 inch wide wheels on the back.

 

[ssjones]

It's all about the tires. Almost any car will go in the snow/wet, with the right set of rubber.