Wrecked the mach today - 2003-04 Mach 1 Registry Owners Club

Blk2k4Mach · 02-04-2006, 02:57 PM

Today Absolutely Sucks!!!

98StangRidah · 02-04-2006, 02:59 PM

Sorry to hear that.

Driving Stangs in snow can be demanding.

antiv6 · 02-04-2006, 03:02 PM

that really sucks

JDraper · 02-04-2006, 03:04 PM

I feel for ya man...back when I was a kid, I slid my '66 Mustang into a guardrail in the snow because it was the only vehicle I had to go to work with...Hope your parents are understanding....

MA-MACH1 · 02-04-2006, 03:09 PM

that sucks - I can not recommend snow tires enough...

machgsxr · 02-04-2006, 03:14 PM

That sucks. Hopefuly your parents understand and let you keep the car. Pics will be nice.

grimreefer · 02-04-2006, 03:43 PM

Ugh! Sad to hear that another black beauty went down.

TJ4Cam · 02-04-2006, 05:04 PM

Sucks you had to drive it in the sh*t. I tried snow driving in my first Mustang and that was the one and only time. Snow=Park Mustang Immediately! Sorry about your loss!

Mach&Roll · 02-04-2006, 05:07 PM

I feel for you. I have had to drive in the snow a few times this year. I would recomend a cheap beater for the snow days. Don't get rid of the stang, but make it better with the insurance money. If I wrecked mine I would but on a cobra front bumper. Sorry to hear about it though.

JusMachN · 02-04-2006, 06:26 PM

Man, sorry to hear about your Mach. Hope you are ok. Hopefully you can get her fixed up and your parents let you keep her. Dang snow! As a parent of an 18y/o and a 16y/o I think that I could find some understanding, maybe yours will too. Good luck.

Blackpony04 · 02-04-2006, 06:28 PM

It's like someone punched me in the stomach to hear that. I'm really sorry.

socalmach · 02-04-2006, 06:54 PM

I feel for ya. I spun mine in late November. Luckily I was able to steer clear of the tree and stop sign and get it stopped. The rest of the 10 miles was uneventful until I was passed by an amish buggie.

slow.04 · 02-04-2006, 07:07 PM

sorry to hear that dude . i would have told work to go f--k off am not driver my mach in the snow. or just call out slick . AAhmm am sick and can't come to work today .

wickedz · 02-04-2006, 07:11 PM

Sorry for your loss man.

Good luck with the parents. If they were cool enough to let you get a Mach 1, then maybe you can make it out of this with a fixed Mach 1 with a cobra bumber. :-)

TRYTHIS1 · 02-04-2006, 08:49 PM

Sorry to hear about your Mach1. I'm sure your parents will understand the circumstances. Have a good body shop do the repair. All will be well.

New Mach · 02-04-2006, 08:54 PM

Hopefully your parents take time to reflect on this situation, it was snowing, you were just going to work, the car got away from you, there was no way in h-double-e-hockey-sticks you were racing.

I hope it will all work out, my best wishes are with you.

Michael

Mach&Roll · 02-04-2006, 08:59 PM

Do you think you parents will let you keep it and fix it up?

Rochard · 02-05-2006, 01:56 AM

I live in Phoenix where it hasn't rained here for 106 days now. I fail to understand why anyone would own such a car anyplace where it would snow.

I used to live in rual NJ up in the hills. A few times each year we would get snowed in for a few days. When I say "snowed in" I mean nothing was able to get up to us including the snow plows. Everyone I knew owned trucks (long before it was an "in thing") and cars with front wheel drive. We also used to put sand in the back of trunks to weigh the cars down.

Mustangs in general are sloppy enough in rain, no less snow.

I'm very sorry to hear about your accident. I hate it when our Machs get banged up.

slo65 · 02-05-2006, 02:09 AM

another reason i love so cal, sorry about your loss

JDraper · 02-05-2006, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Rochard

I live in Phoenix where it hasn't rained here for 106 days now. I fail to understand why anyone would own such a car anyplace where it would snow.....

We own cars like this because we love cars like this. When I was a kid, I drove a '66 Mustang year round in Eastern PA in all weather. My wife used to drive her Firebird in the snow. Add some good tires and some weight to the rear, and they will do surprisingly well if you know how to drive in snow.

Some of us up here in the snow belt don't drive our Mach's in the snow (much less rain) because we have a daily driver that is for days that aren't so nice.

WeezieMarion · 02-05-2006, 07:37 AM

I don’t mine garaging mine in the winter; less miles and wear on it better change of being a collector’s item. Plus, I love taking the Mach out for the first time on a warm spring day. It’s like getting laid for the first time

Blk2k4Mach · 02-05-2006, 08:59 AM

I dont think my parents are going to let me keep it. Im going out tomorrow to get a beater truck i think. I will probably keep it untill i get out of college, and just save my money instead of paying the three hundred dollars per month that i paid for the mach. My mom made me a promise that if a graduate college she will buy me a 2010 (The year i graduate) Corvette Z06, assuming that they will still be making them in 2010.

Mach 1 Fireman · 02-05-2006, 09:09 AM

Sorry to hear about your current predicament. I hate that something like that had to happen. Maybe some good will come out of this though. Now you know that driving a high-powered rear-wheel drive in the snow can be costly, and won't make that same mistake twice.

Blk2k4Mach · 02-05-2006, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Mach 1 Fireman

Sorry to hear about your current predicament. I hate that something like that had to happen. Maybe some good will come out of this though. Now you know that driving a high-powered rear-wheel drive in the snow can be costly, and won't make that same mistake twice.

Like i always say, everything happens for a GOOD reason

ruggersmach · 02-05-2006, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Blk2k4Mach

Today was the first time i have ever driven my mach 1 in the snow. i had to do it because i had to go into work and i had no other vehicle today. So i was driving with traction control on. and i hit a patch of slush and started to spin. When i was completely backwards i nailed a fence post and took out about 25 yards of barbed wire fencing. The car is damaged on both sides and the front is demolished. I love this car to death, but i think my parents are going to make me get rid of it, just because it isnt practical enough. TODAY ABSOLUTELY SUCKS!!!

I know how you feel I took out a previous car on a patch of ice. It hardly ever freezes in San Antonio, one day it was about 25 degrees but it was dry so I figured it was ok to venture out. I went into a parking garage and the fire protection system was leaking, at the bottom of the ramp it had froze up, I went to turn, but the car went straight into the concrete wall. I was bummed.

02-04-2006, 02:57 PM	#1
Blk2k4Mach Speed or Comfort? Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 483	Wrecked the mach today Today Absolutely Sucks!!! __________________ Black 2004 Mach 1 K&N Air Filter H&R Super Sport Springs UPR Off Road X-Pipe SLP LOUDMOUTH Catback Pro 5.0 Shifter UPR Clutch Cable UPR Clutch Quadrant UPR Firewall Adjuster PHP Intake Spacer 4:10 Gears Kenny Brown Strut Tower Brace Best 1/4: 13.32 @ 106 My Mach and the other cars at cardomain.com Last edited by Blk2k4Mach; 04-04-2007 at 08:42 PM.

02-04-2006, 02:59 PM	#2
98StangRidah Where'd my zafu go? Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 2,707	Re: Wrecked the mach today Sorry to hear that. Driving Stangs in snow can be demanding. __________________ For Sale: 2004 Comp. Orange Mach1 - purchased 3/26/2005 Exhaust MRT H-Pipe with cats Magnaflow catback Suspension Bilstein struts & shocks Steeda sport springs MM - caster/camber plates, steering rack bushings, swaybar bushings and endlinks 18x9 Bullits with Michlein PS2s in 255/40 Other stuff - MGW shifter, MRT hood struts and black exhaust tips, SCT tune, PHP spacer

02-04-2006, 03:02 PM	#3
antiv6 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: lawrenceville,ga Posts: 494	Re: Wrecked the mach today that really sucks

02-04-2006, 03:04 PM	#4
JDraper On Permanant Vacation Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: McVeytown, PA Posts: 5,015	Re: Wrecked the mach today I feel for ya man...back when I was a kid, I slid my '66 Mustang into a guardrail in the snow because it was the only vehicle I had to go to work with...Hope your parents are understanding.... __________________ And then one day you find, 10 years have got behind you, no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.. 18 Shelby GT 350 04 Mach 1 (Sold 9/1/2018 ) 18 Ford Explorer XLT 17 Mustang GT/CS Convertible 16 Fusion SE AWD Ecoboost 10 Fusion SE V6 66 289 Mustang Hardtop Restomod

02-04-2006, 03:09 PM	#5
MA-MACH1 Thread Killer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Morrisville, NC Posts: 1,050	Re: Wrecked the mach today that sucks - I can not recommend snow tires enough... __________________ 03 Mach 1 Torch Red 5 sp IUP 98 GT (long gone) Post killing skills - A+

02-04-2006, 03:14 PM	#6
machgsxr Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Antonio Posts: 6,414	Re: Wrecked the mach today That sucks. Hopefuly your parents understand and let you keep the car. Pics will be nice.

02-04-2006, 03:43 PM	#7
grimreefer U.S. Merchant Marine Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Titusville, FL... currently: San Diego Posts: 2,438	Re: Wrecked the mach today Ugh! Sad to hear that another black beauty went down. __________________ '08 BGM TBSS (3SS/2WD) - Bone Stock

02-04-2006, 05:04 PM	#8
TJ4Cam Supercharger Heaven! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ft Jennings, Ohio Posts: 2,335	Re: Wrecked the mach today Sucks you had to drive it in the sh*t. I tried snow driving in my first Mustang and that was the one and only time. Snow=Park Mustang Immediately! Sorry about your loss! __________________ 2003 Jack Roush Classic Stg 3 #34 of 46 Built! Zinc Yellow (the only one) Roush Serial # 7425 Built 1/13/03 1985 Canyon Red SVO- My 1st Stang, sold MCA 56545

02-04-2006, 05:07 PM	#9
Mach&Roll On the aftermarket trail Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pleasant Grove, UT Posts: 2,588	Re: Wrecked the mach today I feel for you. I have had to drive in the snow a few times this year. I would recomend a cheap beater for the snow days. Don't get rid of the stang, but make it better with the insurance money. If I wrecked mine I would but on a cobra front bumper. Sorry to hear about it though. __________________ Rock out with your Mach out! Hang out with you Stang out! 2005 Mustang Gt * 20" wheels * Flowmaster Axel Back Exhaust * K&N CAI Intake * SCT custom tune * Pypes X-Pipe * Shaker 1000 audio system 2004 White Mach 1 * Super Forty Flowmaster Mufflers * Bassani On/Off road X-pipe * Air Silencer Removed * K&N Drop in Filter

02-04-2006, 06:26 PM	#10
JusMachN 2008 S281AF #9 of 24 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 1,659	Re: Wrecked the mach today Man, sorry to hear about your Mach. Hope you are ok. Hopefully you can get her fixed up and your parents let you keep her. Dang snow! As a parent of an 18y/o and a 16y/o I think that I could find some understanding, maybe yours will too. Good luck.

02-04-2006, 06:28 PM	#11
Blackpony04 Free Thanks to the Brave! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Niagara County, NY Posts: 3,220	Re: Wrecked the mach today It's like someone punched me in the stomach to hear that. I'm really sorry. __________________ Mark Recovering Mach Addict

02-04-2006, 06:54 PM	#12
socalmach Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Norfolk, Virginia Posts: 1,131	Re: Wrecked the mach today I feel for ya. I spun mine in late November. Luckily I was able to steer clear of the tree and stop sign and get it stopped. The rest of the 10 miles was uneventful until I was passed by an amish buggie. __________________ '04 torch red w/IUP 5-spd www.eastcoastdomestics.com

02-04-2006, 07:07 PM	#13
slow.04 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: md Posts: 220	Re: Wrecked the mach today sorry to hear that dude . i would have told work to go f--k off am not driver my mach in the snow. or just call out slick . AAhmm am sick and can't come to work today . __________________ 4.30 gears,moser 31spline axles , motorsport diff cover, welded axle tubes ,hpm lower control arms,adjustable upper arms, bfg drag radial, bassani cat back, bassani off roads with cats , under drive pulley k.n air filler, perdator , a little nitrous,cobra fuel pump assy. php intake spacer b&m hammer shifter pi.converter assy lentech valve body ,window tint 20%. jon lund tuned .

02-04-2006, 07:11 PM	#14
wickedz Orange Crushes... Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Denver Posts: 191	Re: Wrecked the mach today Sorry for your loss man. Good luck with the parents. If they were cool enough to let you get a Mach 1, then maybe you can make it out of this with a fixed Mach 1 with a cobra bumber. :-)

02-04-2006, 08:49 PM	#15
TRYTHIS1 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bellmore, NY Posts: 46	Re: Wrecked the mach today Sorry to hear about your Mach1. I'm sure your parents will understand the circumstances. Have a good body shop do the repair. All will be well.

02-04-2006, 08:54 PM	#16
New Mach Team Comp Orange Pres. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 927	Re: Wrecked the mach today Hopefully your parents take time to reflect on this situation, it was snowing, you were just going to work, the car got away from you, there was no way in h-double-e-hockey-sticks you were racing. I hope it will all work out, my best wishes are with you. Michael

02-04-2006, 08:59 PM	#17
Mach&Roll On the aftermarket trail Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pleasant Grove, UT Posts: 2,588	Re: Wrecked the mach today Do you think you parents will let you keep it and fix it up? __________________ Rock out with your Mach out! Hang out with you Stang out! 2005 Mustang Gt * 20" wheels * Flowmaster Axel Back Exhaust * K&N CAI Intake * SCT custom tune * Pypes X-Pipe * Shaker 1000 audio system 2004 White Mach 1 * Super Forty Flowmaster Mufflers * Bassani On/Off road X-pipe * Air Silencer Removed * K&N Drop in Filter

02-05-2006, 01:56 AM	#18
Rochard Guest Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,009	Re: Wrecked the mach today I live in Phoenix where it hasn't rained here for 106 days now. I fail to understand why anyone would own such a car anyplace where it would snow. I used to live in rual NJ up in the hills. A few times each year we would get snowed in for a few days. When I say "snowed in" I mean nothing was able to get up to us including the snow plows. Everyone I knew owned trucks (long before it was an "in thing") and cars with front wheel drive. We also used to put sand in the back of trunks to weigh the cars down. Mustangs in general are sloppy enough in rain, no less snow. I'm very sorry to hear about your accident. I hate it when our Machs get banged up.

02-05-2006, 02:09 AM	#19
slo65 mmm... sacralicious Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Whittier, California Posts: 259	Re: Wrecked the mach today another reason i love so cal, sorry about your loss

02-05-2006, 07:37 AM	#21
WeezieMarion Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: under a rock Posts: 367	Re: Wrecked the mach today I don’t mine garaging mine in the winter; less miles and wear on it better change of being a collector’s item. Plus, I love taking the Mach out for the first time on a warm spring day. It’s like getting laid for the first time __________________ 2004 Comp orange -293.7 rwhp -320.3 rwtq -MGW w/cobraBob gasket -Predator can tune (custom tune soon) -K&N CAI - 4.10 REM Iso-superfinish - MAC Catback

02-05-2006, 08:59 AM	#22
Blk2k4Mach Speed or Comfort? Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 483	Re: Wrecked the mach today I dont think my parents are going to let me keep it. Im going out tomorrow to get a beater truck i think. I will probably keep it untill i get out of college, and just save my money instead of paying the three hundred dollars per month that i paid for the mach. My mom made me a promise that if a graduate college she will buy me a 2010 (The year i graduate) Corvette Z06, assuming that they will still be making them in 2010. __________________ Black 2004 Mach 1 K&N Air Filter H&R Super Sport Springs UPR Off Road X-Pipe SLP LOUDMOUTH Catback Pro 5.0 Shifter UPR Clutch Cable UPR Clutch Quadrant UPR Firewall Adjuster PHP Intake Spacer 4:10 Gears Kenny Brown Strut Tower Brace Best 1/4: 13.32 @ 106 My Mach and the other cars at cardomain.com

02-05-2006, 09:09 AM	#23
Mach 1 Fireman I had a nice Mach 1 once. Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Temple, Ga...... Posts: 1,614	Re: Wrecked the mach today Sorry to hear about your current predicament. I hate that something like that had to happen. Maybe some good will come out of this though. Now you know that driving a high-powered rear-wheel drive in the snow can be costly, and won't make that same mistake twice.

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