what the ladder?!?

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jungleboogie
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Wow, so check it. Yesterday morning I was driving to church on the 405 North and about a good mile or so before the Euclid exit there's a ladder in the middle of the freeway. Now, I was busy checking my blindspot as i was switching lanes... and low and behold this thing is laying there in all its glory. Well suffice it to say that I did run over it, yes . But Nikki (my car) and I walked (or should I say "drove") away completely unscathed. No body damage, no tire damage, my undercarriage seems fine, my TPMS sensors didn't go off and my tires seem fine.

Well, I'm also glad that I didn't drop my car. I've been contemplating dropping it for a while now and I'm pretty convinced that I'm not going to.

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08altima35
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bahhh. i say drop it. you live in cali and don't have any excuses unless you enjoy off-roading in the mud.

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jungleboogie
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08altima35 wrote:bahhh. i say drop it. you live in cali and don't have any excuses unless you enjoy off-roading in the mud.
hmm... you do bring forth quite the compelling argument... i shall further reconsider this option

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Boise_Coupe
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What is it with California and ladders on the freeway? I was outside Sacramento a few years ago on vacation and had a similar thing happen. Cruising in the fast lane when everyone infront of me scattered.....LADDER! Luckily my superhuman reaction time allowed me to dodge it

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jungleboogie
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then you, sir, have no idea what i went thru. i'm just glad it wasn't anything too crazy... i've heard stories from friends and coworkers about people hitting toolboxes, palette crates, and even a range oven... i've heard of throwing garbage onto the freeway, but this seems rather extreme.

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drop it anyway - how many times are you going to run over a ladder? :-p

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rjdmmfl1
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drop it... altimas without a drop look just plain ridiculous... I still don't know why they don't just released them from the factory using lower springs... or hell, using Eibachs for that matter... there's just no excuse to have a sport coupe sitting so freaking high off the ground ... I was ashamed of my ride height before I got the Eibachs

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jungleboogie
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marlin29311 wrote:drop it anyway - how many times are you going to run over a ladder? :-p
yea i thought that before i actually ran one over...
rjdmmfl1 wrote:drop it... altimas without a drop look just plain ridiculous... I still don't know why they don't just released them from the factory using lower springs... or hell, using Eibachs for that matter... there's just no excuse to have a sport coupe sitting so freaking high off the ground ... I was ashamed of my ride height before I got the Eibachs
i will agree with this tho. and i don't really appreciate how uneven the stock springs settle either...


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