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My car rides stiff but it paid off by saving a sure accident. Yes, it was one of those moments when everything goes slow motion and you wait to hear a crash. The crash did not happen.
The car, I nearly missed, pulled in front of on coming traffic and he seemed to froze seeing my car rumbling through. As I hit the brake, I slowed down and then I heard my rear wheels screeching. I was determined not to hit the car. What frustrated me was that, as I approached and about to hit, the other car was slowly moving across the road, as if he wanted me to hit him.
I started skidding about 8 feet from his left front end. My next move was to swerve to the left and stop on the six inch high median at ten feet diagonal from me. By the time I will hit the median I will be at 10 mph but it will be a hard hit.
This is how close I was from this guy: As I was breaking and steering away from him, I had to rely only on my ear and wait to hear a hit or contact between his front end and mine.
As I looked at the on coming lane, I saw no traffic, it was clear. In a split second I veer off and went into the on coming lane.
The bottom line?
When it came to handling, my old, previous owner abused, ‘93 850, that I baby, was like a sports car. During that dire moment I enjoyed the tight steering wheel and when I told this car to move he obeyed without hesitation and did it with assurance and perfection!
1993 Volvo is not recommended since it was their first year. Moreover, they did not have turbo.
Ronjon
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