Excellent body of Mitsubishi Lancer - experienced in an accident! It was the night of October 8, 2003. It was my cousin's birthday. One of the other cousin's had got his father's Mitsubishi Lancer instead of the usual M800 . He told he had managed to steal it as his dad was asleep.
We had a nice dinner at a dhaba after the hebbal flyover. After the dinner, the other cousin who had go the Lancer wanted to show off the power of the Lancer and said "Let me show you the power of Lancer" and took the vehicle to the Outer Ring Road.
He was driving at pretty high speeds with 5 of us in the car, when one cousin started saying "not so fast please". Just then there was a curve in the ring road which was more than expected by the cousin who was driving, he over steered to the right, and to get back control he tried to steer it back to the left abruptly (at almost 120 KMph).
Anyone who knows about the laws of motion can guess what happened next. The car moving forward at 100kmph but the front two wheels suddenly turned to the left... The momentum could not be resisted, the car did a summer sault! The car's bumper hit the floor first, it lifted the car, as it was coming down (the car was almost upside down in the air) hit the right side top (bottom when we were falling) of the car next to the driver, jumped again and landed on the wheels!! All this happened in a fraction of a second!
If the hit on the top of the car flips the car back and makes it come back to its wheels, you can imagine the amount of impact on the car.
The outcome of the accident:
The there of us in the rear seat - not even a scratch! - a bit shaken though!
The non-driver on the front: not even a scratch - thank GOD he had the seat belts on!
The cousin driving the car: Had some glass pieces from the wind shield sticking to his forehead. Did not look good, but pretty less damage considering the beating the car had taken.
All 5 could walk out of the car, after somehow managing to take the car away from the roads (after the wheels were jammed)!
We had an agonizing night running to the hospital, then to the police station, then with the insurance guys etc.
But, when I think of this accident, I can only say one thing! Thank GOD for the quality of the body of Lancer!
Note: the driver was not new to driving a 4 wheeler at all but was new to driving a Lancer, and may be new to driving a vehicle with Power Steering!
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