Reply #18: Almost wrecked my best friend's brand new BMW on Decatur St. [View All]

[KeepItReal]

He had just picked it up and was unable to drive a stick just yet, so I "did him a favor" to help him drive it up from downtown to the lakefront at U. of New Orleans.

After cruising the French Quarter, I started to make a left on Decatur to head toward Cafe du Monde and Jackson Square. I look at oncoming traffic and thought I had enough time to cross and make the left. WRONG! A car was coming alot faster than I thought, but I was already moving into traffic.

I give the car a touch more gas to speed up my turn, and then all 240 horses in his M3 decide to go for it. The tail end of the car started screeching and pushes the car tail-first so now I'm looking head-on at that oncoming car. I steer into the turn and get control just in time to fishtail, correct and get into my lane, completing the turn just in time.

I breathe a sigh of relief as do my shocked buddies at our close call, when all of a sudden, "Whoop! Whoop!" A N.O. Harbor Police cruiser was right behind me the whole time.

He pulled us over and once he saw the car was legit, he made fun of us almost wrecking the new car and let us go. You know my boyz let me have it afterwards... :-)