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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 09:35 PM
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From the Mazdaspeed site:

Semi & miata dont mix

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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 09:43 PM
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Omg!
Old Jun 30, 2009 | 09:50 PM
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Everyone knows that you need a civic with green neons and $10k worth of overnight parts from Japan to get under a semi.
These cars seem to hold up awesome.
Old Jun 30, 2009 | 09:56 PM
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That will buff right out
Old Jun 30, 2009 | 10:17 PM
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d'yam is right!!!
Old Jun 30, 2009 | 10:23 PM
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Kinda makes me weary of what can happen out there....That guy definitly has some unforseen purpose to live!
Old Jun 30, 2009 | 11:14 PM
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HUGE thanks for the link to that site. I never heard of it before, but I am now the proud owner of a set of used Tein Flexes thanks to it.
Old Jun 30, 2009 | 11:45 PM
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Bullshit, he was trying to perform a scene from Fast and the Furious.
Old Jun 30, 2009 | 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by neogenesis2004
HUGE thanks for the link to that site. I never heard of it before, but I am now the proud owner of a set of used Tein Flexes thanks to it.
no **** son! and scott said your junks was done this weekend. and i want my 12 dollah.

btw, there's a better pic site and first hand account here:

Edge of Somewhere: Trauma T1571

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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 01:14 AM
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A set of door bars and a roll bar would have helped...
Old Jul 1, 2009 | 01:14 AM
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That's what happens when you buy an automatic Miata and put wheels that ugly on it... karma.
Old Jul 1, 2009 | 01:19 AM
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Against a semi? Not much.
Old Jul 1, 2009 | 01:52 AM
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I do that daily for fun. Big deal...

Seriously though, that is pretty awesome that he wasn't all that hurt from it.
Old Jul 1, 2009 | 07:55 AM
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The funny thing is that I did the same thing 5 years ago when I was 18. I just started dating this girl and we went out on a Thursday night, a couple of drinks and we went back to my house and pulled an all nighter. Next thing I know, it's Friday morning so I start driving to work and I fell as sleep. I open my eyes and I'm heading towards a 18 wheeler, BAM! Right into the back wheels of the truck. I spin out, do a 180 and hit it again with the back of my car. The truck driver kept driving! He didn't even feel my car hitting him. Lucky me I hit the wheel and didn't go under like that guy, but my car was totalled! Tear
Old Jul 1, 2009 | 08:57 AM
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You just need to find the right truck to go under.

Old Jul 1, 2009 | 12:08 PM
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ouch :(
Old Jul 1, 2009 | 12:26 PM
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Looking at the pics there is no way someone lived through that! Absolutely amazing.

My head doesn't spin around driving the Miata as much as riding a motorcycle but I'm much more alert in it vs. my wife's sport ute. I figure 5% of drivers won't see you regardless of what you drive. About 20% when you are on a bike. I figure a Miata falls somewhere in between.
Old Jul 1, 2009 | 11:23 PM
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Dibs on the....

uh nevermind.
Old Jul 2, 2009 | 07:30 AM
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Awestruck!

Could you imagine what that must have felt / sounded / looked like for the driver of that car?

Talking about your life flashing before your eyes!!

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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 09:26 AM
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dibs on tps pig-tail.



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