Coming home late at night I spot some interesting taillights, so curious about it, I move in for a closer look. It was a yellow NSX, I think these cars are so cool so I kindda move up next to him to take in his car, racing was the last thing on my mind cause I was still thinking, "Cool! An NSX!". The driver must've though I was baiting him so he floors it and in no time at all he is really moving. My excitement got the best of my judgment and I floor it but he is pulling away from me, until I drop down to 4th and start reeling him in. We are in the low triple digits and he is about half a car length in front of me, and this is where the shit hit the fan. We come up to where this 4 lane highway splits, two lanes going east towards a bridge and two lanes continue north for a bit before merging back into a 4 lane highway of S turns and dips. We keep left where the two lanes keep going north and he is on the left lane and coming up on a car, my lane has a mini-van that is about to merge onto my lane but has a yield sign so I'm in the clear. I'm doing mach 3 (@ 100mph) by the time I realize that the minivan isn't going to yield to me and I have the car that was blocking the NSX on my left! It is hard to explain what happened in the next fraction of a second but I wanted to slam on the brakes but knew I was going too fast and wouldn't slow down fast enough to avoid the minivan so I put the gas literally to the floor and threaded my car in-between these two other cars at over 100mph! I fit in a space that I wouldn't even try to park in, literally centimeters separated my mirrors from each car on either side of me. By the time my brain could process what was going on the event had unfolded, its hard to explain but it really felt like an out of body experience everything happened so fast that it was over by the time I realized what happened.
I looked in my rearview mirror to make sure there wasn't an accident and my brain was screaming at me, "GET THE F*&K OFF THIS HWY NOW!!! Before someone takes my plates down and calls the cops on my retarded a$$". I took the first exit and when I got to the streets I pulled over, I had so much adrenaline pumping through me that I stepped out of my car and my hands where shaking. Then I envisioned what would've happened had I clipped the minivan and I almost puked.
I can't believe what an idiot move I did that night; it was very out of character for me. Every now and then I just think of making contact with that minivan and the whole series of event unfolds in my head and it makes me queasy.
In any case that is my story of how I killed an NSX and almost killed myself and lord forbid someone other people.
Funny thing is that as much as I'm a total A-hole for driving like that I can't F'ing believe that IDIOT in the mini-van didn't yield. I can't help but to feel as much as I'm 100% guilty of driving way to recklessly that the freaking mini-van should've FREAKING YEILDED!!!!!
Now I'm looking into track days near me, where I can drive fast without worrying about minivans that don't yield.
(legal disclaimer: this never happened, it was all a nightmare)
that split second where you had to chose between braking and flooring it was quite literally less than a minute but you had like 10 scenarios going through your head and your isnticts told you to floor it if you want to live.
in some countries, you'd be a god, you've reached the enlightenment. lol!!
but from the minivan's pt of view, he glanced and you were pretty far back, he probably didn't realize you were going 100mph. this is a minivan, not another coupe. so you'll have to forgive the conservative naive driver for that move. your buzzing by probably straightened him out. hahaha
ive also had experiences like that... but im glad to hear you made it out fine. ive cut down a lot on doing crazy stuff because you can never trust the road.
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got no smile and lack a lavish lifestyle but its cool cuz I came up hungry, jus a lil Latino tryin to make it and when I make it.. I promise the world wont lightly take it.
It happened, I was the guy driving the mini-van!
I chased him down and got his tag number. Now with this confession I will be sending the police to his door.
It happened, I was the guy driving the mini-van!
I chased him down and got his tag number. Now with this confession I will be sending the police to his door.
i cant bevlieve it gard... im so dissapointed in you....
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Killed an NSX and almost died!
