![]() 07/07/2014 at 22:22 • Filed to: autocross | ![]() | ![]() |
You'll see this picture of me autocrossing. I believe that's JayhawkJake riding shotgun. He was terrified, and I punched myself in the plums on accident.
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...so how'd you do?
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Man, That looks cool!
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Fucking awesome.
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I think I see daylight under there...NAILED IT.
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In terms of raw time: Slowest person there, but also the only person with a mechanically stock car.
In terms of fun: untouchable. Nothing is as fun as piloting that yacht amongst the orange cones, and I only hit one.
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BOAT
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you had the hangers to bring a car that certainly isn't meant for autox. Although I remember going to an autox and thinking I should've done the same with my sabre.
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Are you doing a VW salute with a buick?
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This one is me. First one is your friend whose name escapes me right now, I have a full face helmet
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Time doesn't matter, the fun quotient in that car had to have been the highest.
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Truth. But as someone who once controlled the reigns of such a beast i am curious.
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So awesome. You have the new muffler on there? I've been off Oppo for a week so I don't know what's going on!
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Could be worse.
I googled "cars that shouldn't AutoX. This Corvair van came up in the Image search.
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I'm not familiar with the term 'VW salute', and my google skills have failed me
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Yup, new muffler is on but I have yet to go autocrossing with that glorious noise trumpeting all over the place. I'm hoping to get some soon, and hopefully with my mother's PT Cruiser GT as well
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TRIPODDING! :D
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Post a clip with the exhaust noise of you can, I want to hear it!
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Ask and ye shall receive.
And a 0-40 sorta-trying-but-not-really acceleration
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That...is a lot of roll.
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a lot of fun , you mean.
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That's what I meant yup. When I drove a car with 4 broken shock absorbers...you've never had a car corner so flat in your life.
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Captain of the high seas
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Hard into corner, fighting understeer, inside rear wheel pops up
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Oh, yep. That happens, but I don't think it's been caught on camera.
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New challenge: autocross with an eyepatch, peg leg, and hook.
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The hook may not be the best idea after the last time LOL
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Hahaha that is so awesome!! Well done, sir.
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Looks like they are making coilovers for your car. . .
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I think you mean awesome
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Haha, that's me on every single corner when on course. I've been tripod status at under 25 mph lol
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I dig the pics, and the buick is lookin' fiiiine! imagine how it would do on some good springs!
also, I think I see JayHawke sliding out of the car in picture #2! :P
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You're not alone. This is insanely fun!
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I also went autocrossing in a Buick on Sunday. 2014 Lacrosse V6. Great fun, understeer for days, and my fastest run was faster than my friend's first-ever autocross run. He was in an M3.
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Winning at life.
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Please tell me the car has the L67. :D
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Lets roll out! (This was after upgrading my springs)
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Reminds me of Richard Hammond giving his Suzuki Super Carry the Scandinavian flick.
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Only springs forged in the fires of Mt. Doom can contain this roll.
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During one of the long sweeping turns he said "I feel like I'm falling out of the window"
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Is that a Riviera? Sounds like an L67.
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Aah, I wish. I hope to save up some cash and get one some day but right now it's just an L36 with a loud exhaust. I need to get a job before I can afford buying an engine, swapping it, and then having to buy premium gas.
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Toaster roll!
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I used to tripod my vw polo all the time. plenty of lift off oversteer also.
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Well played sir.
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We always called that "dog leg." :)
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I guess. I want to buy a car, any car with the L67 for my DD since the Rex is too clean for the winter. Really my only criteria is four doors and boost, and I feel like a GM car would be far cheaper than an old Audi with the 1.8T (Friend has a 1.8T VW pushing 300fwhp, pretty quick. Its riced as shit though.)
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You are correct. It had over 200k miles when this video was shot. That was about 73k miles ago!
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Isn't that a great feeling? Mine was faster than a GTi and a 325i, nearly matching an SL500 convertible and G35-S!
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Is that three-wheeling I see on the van? It may be, and if so, awesome.
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just like a dog lifting its hind leg
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I will never knock a Buick. Our '87 LeSabre was bulletproof until high mileage made the transmission explode, and even more noteworthy, my late father (unintentionally) slid a mid-seventies Century station wagon down a boat ramp-the water camp up to the pedals. We had to sit on garbage bags for about 6 months, but it ran and survived my sister learning to drive on it.
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I feel like elaboration is needed on sliding a station wagon down a boat ramp. Sounds badass.
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You say body roll, I see weight transfer!
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I've been wanting to do a line drawing of my car like this and put it on a shirt with text that says "It's not BODY ROLL. It's PASSIVE WEIGHT TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY."