(04-20-2022 06:57 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 06:32 PM)bobdizole Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 05:46 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 10:06 AM)bobdizole Wrote:  I have 95 viper. It's a no frills raw vehicle. If you don't treat it with respect it will get sideways on you real quick. This guy is the laughing stock of the viper community

So, what exactly happens---does the rear end just get squirrelly and slide out?

No traction control and no weight on the ass. Tires get loose and the inertial force wants to keep it going. Engine weighs a ton so the backend can only go to the side. It's a driver-centric car, just have to learn how to tame it. I took her out of hibernation this past weekend and was pulling onto the interstate and she got a little loose on me dropping into 3rd. Fun car to drive and super easy to teach someone to drive a stick on

Dang---that sounds like it can be a little tricky if you step into it too hard.

You figure it out pretty quick. People that says these cars are dangerous fall into 2 categories
1) idiots (see above)
2) people driving on old tires. Was at a cars and coffee last year and guy had a 97 gts on the original rubber

One of my best friends owns a Dodge dealership, along with several other dealerships, out on the highway with his brother, in Paris TN. His shop manager owns one of those beasts. He bought it off a guy who came in the dealership, bought the car, left with it and came back an hour or so later with it all banged up. He left the road in favor of a hay field and was lucky enough not to hit anything major. He wanted his money back and my buddy told him sorry, no deal, we warned you. The shop manager told him he'd give him some ridiculous amount for it and the guy sold it to him on the spot. The shop manager has been driving it every day for the last 5-6 years. He said it's tried to get away from him several times so now he just baby's it. That's one fine looking badass automobile.

(04-20-2022 06:50 PM)bobdizole Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 06:39 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 05:31 PM)JMUDunk Wrote:  That’s exactly what I was wondering.

Is wrecking your own car while street racing, even spontaneously, covered?

With video, I’d guess no.

Double ouch on that.

I’m guessing some contracts have that vague cause hidden in the small txt … ‘if I’m a dipshite anyone could alter video, this policy is null and void’…

yep, that’s about right…

@420

Video yep, but the street racing ticket is probably what will do him in. And he's a f*cking idiot and deserves it.

Happy 420 stink, I heard good news about MS.

it's still 'up in the air' so to speak ... ol' Taint 'reluctantly' signed off on it ... now the municipalities are going batshite crazy trying to figgle it all out ... like everything else these days, it's amusing fodder around 420 in the a.m. or p.m....

me?! I'll be just fine either way, bubby...

#grazie

(04-20-2022 07:05 PM)bobdizole Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 06:57 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 06:32 PM)bobdizole Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 05:46 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 10:06 AM)bobdizole Wrote:  I have 95 viper. It's a no frills raw vehicle. If you don't treat it with respect it will get sideways on you real quick. This guy is the laughing stock of the viper community

So, what exactly happens---does the rear end just get squirrelly and slide out?

No traction control and no weight on the ass. Tires get loose and the inertial force wants to keep it going. Engine weighs a ton so the backend can only go to the side. It's a driver-centric car, just have to learn how to tame it. I took her out of hibernation this past weekend and was pulling onto the interstate and she got a little loose on me dropping into 3rd. Fun car to drive and super easy to teach someone to drive a stick on

Dang---that sounds like it can be a little tricky if you step into it too hard.

You figure it out pretty quick. People that says these cars are dangerous fall into 2 categories
1) idiots (see above)
2) people driving on old tires. Was at a cars and coffee last year and guy had a 97 gts on the original rubber

w/o arse in the rear, you better know how to drift...

(04-20-2022 05:55 PM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 05:46 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 10:06 AM)bobdizole Wrote:  I have 95 viper. It's a no frills raw vehicle. If you don't treat it with respect it will get sideways on you real quick. This guy is the laughing stock of the viper community

So, what exactly happens---does the rear end just get squirrelly and slide out?

Ever driven an old CJ on a muddy road? Going north while driving south ain’t hard to do.

84 CJ7 Laredo. Best Buy I ever did, worst tow away I ever succumbed to.

I’d pay handsomely to find that same rig again. Could take a serious trout stream and a bluefish run on an open beach in back to back weekends.

More ski trips than I can count as well. All in a snap on soft top.

M,gosh, I miss that thing. Second dumbest move I’ve ever made.

But I’m still tryin.

(04-20-2022 11:20 PM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 05:55 PM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 05:46 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 10:06 AM)bobdizole Wrote:  I have 95 viper. It's a no frills raw vehicle. If you don't treat it with respect it will get sideways on you real quick. This guy is the laughing stock of the viper community

So, what exactly happens---does the rear end just get squirrelly and slide out?

Ever driven an old CJ on a muddy road? Going north while driving south ain’t hard to do.

84 CJ7 Laredo. Best Buy I ever did, worst tow away I ever succumbed to.

I’d pay handsomely to find that same rig again. Could take a serious trout stream and a bluefish run on an open beach in back to back weekends.

More ski trips than I can count as well. All in a snap on soft top.

M,gosh, I miss that thing. Second dumbest move I’ve ever made.

But I’m still tryin.

Oh you’re so right! A little jack up job and a set of Armstrong Tru Tracks and that ole 3 speed would go anywhere. But not get there very fast

(04-21-2022 12:16 AM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 11:20 PM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 05:55 PM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 05:46 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 10:06 AM)bobdizole Wrote:  I have 95 viper. It's a no frills raw vehicle. If you don't treat it with respect it will get sideways on you real quick. This guy is the laughing stock of the viper community

So, what exactly happens---does the rear end just get squirrelly and slide out?

Ever driven an old CJ on a muddy road? Going north while driving south ain’t hard to do.

84 CJ7 Laredo. Best Buy I ever did, worst tow away I ever succumbed to.

I’d pay handsomely to find that same rig again. Could take a serious trout stream and a bluefish run on an open beach in back to back weekends.

More ski trips than I can count as well. All in a snap on soft top.

M,gosh, I miss that thing. Second dumbest move I’ve ever made.

But I’m still tryin.

Oh you’re so right! A little jack up job and a set of Armstrong Tru Tracks and that ole 3 speed would go anywhere. But not get there very fast

In line six, five speed.

Drove the piss out of that thing and never left me stranded.

Let it sit too long when got a “real” job and couldn’t go to and fore, often 160 miles a day in a suit with no a/c and no way to take clients out.

Then didn’t wanna strap two little kids into a glorified army Jeep with no safety stuffs. Let it go too long then had it towed out.

Dum, Dee, dum, dum

(04-21-2022 02:06 AM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(04-21-2022 12:16 AM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 11:20 PM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 05:55 PM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 05:46 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  So, what exactly happens---does the rear end just get squirrelly and slide out?

Ever driven an old CJ on a muddy road? Going north while driving south ain’t hard to do.

84 CJ7 Laredo. Best Buy I ever did, worst tow away I ever succumbed to.

I’d pay handsomely to find that same rig again. Could take a serious trout stream and a bluefish run on an open beach in back to back weekends.

More ski trips than I can count as well. All in a snap on soft top.

M,gosh, I miss that thing. Second dumbest move I’ve ever made.

But I’m still tryin.

Oh you’re so right! A little jack up job and a set of Armstrong Tru Tracks and that ole 3 speed would go anywhere. But not get there very fast

In line six, five speed.

Drove the piss out of that thing and never left me stranded.

Let it sit too long when got a “real” job and couldn’t go to and fore, often 160 miles a day in a suit with no a/c and no way to take clients out.

Then didn’t wanna strap two little kids into a glorified army Jeep with no safety stuffs. Let it go too long then had it towed out.

Dum, Dee, dum, dum

muh '80 cj-8 ... we called her the Rambler ... yeah, I scrapped off the "Sc" ... yep, I miss her too... the 258 straight six ... not so much...

I gave away a mini-bar piece-o-eight when I sold that guy...

#muhMammories