If you look up "Body Roll" in the dictionary...

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 07/07/2014 at 22:22 • Filed to: autocross

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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.

ly2v8-Brian > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/07/2014 at 22:25

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...so how'd you do?

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/07/2014 at 22:26

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Man, That looks cool!

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/07/2014 at 22:26

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Fucking awesome.

190e30-Now with COSWORTH > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/07/2014 at 22:26

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I think I see daylight under there...NAILED IT.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > ly2v8-Brian 07/07/2014 at 22:26

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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.

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/07/2014 at 22:31

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BOAT

ly2v8-Brian > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/07/2014 at 22:32

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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.

Your boy, BJR > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/07/2014 at 22:35

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Are you doing a VW salute with a buick?

Jayhawk Jake > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/07/2014 at 22:37

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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

Jayhawk Jake > ly2v8-Brian 07/07/2014 at 22:38

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Time doesn't matter, the fun quotient in that car had to have been the highest.

ly2v8-Brian > Jayhawk Jake 07/07/2014 at 22:40

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Truth. But as someone who once controlled the reigns of such a beast i am curious.

Big Bubba Ray > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/07/2014 at 22:42

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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!

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/07/2014 at 22:43

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Could be worse.

I googled "cars that shouldn't AutoX. This Corvair van came up in the Image search.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Your boy, BJR 07/07/2014 at 22:43

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I'm not familiar with the term 'VW salute', and my google skills have failed me

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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Big Bubba Ray 07/07/2014 at 22:44

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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

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/07/2014 at 22:44

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TRIPODDING! :D

Big Bubba Ray > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/07/2014 at 22:49

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Post a clip with the exhaust noise of you can, I want to hear it!

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Big Bubba Ray 07/07/2014 at 22:53

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Ask and ye shall receive.

And a 0-40 sorta-trying-but-not-really acceleration

thebigbossyboss > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/07/2014 at 22:54

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That...is a lot of roll.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > thebigbossyboss 07/07/2014 at 22:55

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a lot of fun , you mean.

thebigbossyboss > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/07/2014 at 22:56

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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.

jvirgs drives a Subaru > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/07/2014 at 22:57

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Captain of the high seas

Your boy, BJR > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/07/2014 at 22:57

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Hard into corner, fighting understeer, inside rear wheel pops up

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Your boy, BJR 07/07/2014 at 23:01

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Oh, yep. That happens, but I don't think it's been caught on camera.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > jvirgs drives a Subaru 07/07/2014 at 23:01

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New challenge: autocross with an eyepatch, peg leg, and hook.

jvirgs drives a Subaru > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/07/2014 at 23:02

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The hook may not be the best idea after the last time LOL

Big Bubba Ray > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/07/2014 at 23:04

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Hahaha that is so awesome!! Well done, sir.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/07/2014 at 23:16

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Looks like they are making coilovers for your car. . .

offroadkarter > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/07/2014 at 23:40

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I think you mean awesome

STANDARD6SPEED > Your boy, BJR 07/07/2014 at 23:45

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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

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/08/2014 at 02:12

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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

AAsearles > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/08/2014 at 03:36

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You're not alone. This is insanely fun!

TomZ > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/08/2014 at 03:47

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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.

Stef Schrader > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/08/2014 at 03:57

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Winning at life.

RotaryLove > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/08/2014 at 05:28

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Please tell me the car has the L67. :D

Pixel > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/08/2014 at 05:31

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Lets roll out! (This was after upgrading my springs)

dmcspeedy > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/08/2014 at 07:13

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Reminds me of Richard Hammond giving his Suzuki Super Carry the Scandinavian flick.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > YSI-what can brown do for you 07/08/2014 at 07:55

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Only springs forged in the fires of Mt. Doom can contain this roll.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power 07/08/2014 at 07:56

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During one of the long sweeping turns he said "I feel like I'm falling out of the window"

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > AAsearles 07/08/2014 at 07:57

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Is that a Riviera? Sounds like an L67.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > RotaryLove 07/08/2014 at 07:58

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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.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Pixel 07/08/2014 at 07:59

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Toaster roll!

Leon711 > Your boy, BJR 07/08/2014 at 08:54

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I used to tripod my vw polo all the time. plenty of lift off oversteer also.

Burt > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/08/2014 at 10:15

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Well played sir.

Jeff Tripp > Your boy, BJR 07/08/2014 at 12:54

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We always called that "dog leg." :)

RotaryLove > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/08/2014 at 13:34

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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.)

AAsearles > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/08/2014 at 18:06

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You are correct. It had over 200k miles when this video was shot. That was about 73k miles ago!

AAsearles > TomZ 07/08/2014 at 18:11

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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!

aquila121 > offroadkarter 07/08/2014 at 20:43

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Is that three-wheeling I see on the van? It may be, and if so, awesome.

offroadkarter > aquila121 07/08/2014 at 20:44

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just like a dog lifting its hind leg

msnovtue > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/08/2014 at 22:48

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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.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > msnovtue 07/08/2014 at 22:51

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I feel like elaboration is needed on sliding a station wagon down a boat ramp. Sounds badass.

Foo2rama > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/09/2014 at 01:17

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You say body roll, I see weight transfer!

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Foo2rama 07/09/2014 at 09:49

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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."