[tcb] Re: Friday Fun With Watercooled VW's
- From: Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 13:03:35 -0800 (PST)
The worst one I ever did was going south on gessner across memorial drive
(about a 2-1/2 foot change in elevation) in a 77 suburban at approx. 60 mph.
when it landed, both front A arms collapsed. Not a fun call to make to your dad
when your in his new truck.
Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: i lost control of my moms
ford taurus when i was 17 and jumped a 3 foot
ditch and came inches from hitting a tree and going off an embankment. drove
the car to the carwash, hosed it off picked my mom up from work and told her
the car is driving funny and it should probably be checked out. the next day
i get a call at school my mom wanted to know exactly where all the red clay
built up around the motor and transmission came from. i told her i have no
idea. she asked me where i was from and i said i don't i was at home. she
then said you wrecked the car and i want to know if anyone else was with
you. i said no. she asked me what happened. i told her i swerved to miss a
stick in the road and hit a wet spot in the road.
yea well what she never found out is i was doing 75 in a 35. needless to say
the car is fine and still runs today. oh that happened like 7 years ago.
>From: "Denis Dodson"
>Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To:
>Subject: [tcb] Re: Friday Fun With Watercooled VW's
>Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 14:26:31 -0600
>
>I did that once in a Buick Electra 225 into a grape vineyard in San
>Bernardino CA. It was the largest production car in the world at the time.
>It was not intentional. I doubt I got that much air. I went to the car wash
>and picked stones and sticks out of the engine compartment and put it back
>in my parent's garage. They never knew.
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Conrad Klahn"
>To:
>Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 2:09 PM
>Subject: [tcb] Re: Friday Fun With Watercooled VW's
>
>
>>Reminds me of jumping the railroad tracks on Sunset Ave. in San Antonio.
>>My friend and I used to try and out-do each other - me in my bus and he
>>in his diesel rabbit. My bus always won. ;-)
>>
>>As I remember it, he tried it in a Renault Le Car he drove for a short
>>while - until he broke the axles coming off a really good jump.
>>
>>On Dec 9, 2005, at 1:46 PM, Dan Martin wrote:
>>
>>>I saw that one on the BSKA list!
>>>Looks like a good use for a watercooler!
>>>Kinda makes my lower back hurt when I watch it............
>>>
>>>
>>>On Dec 9, 2005, at 1:24 PM, Gerald V. Livingston II wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9168358727012692471&q=vw +rabbit
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
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