"CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)" (ccpbb)
09/16/2015 at 00:19 • Filed to: the matrix chronicles
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"CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)" (ccpbb)
09/16/2015 at 00:19 • Filed to: the matrix chronicles | 0
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I drove to Sonoma Raceway for a blood drive, driving across one of the local bridges was scary as hell. Crosswinds moving the car back and forth, while my fingers clench the worn leather steering wheel. Slowing prolongs the experience. Speeding up gets over the experience. Meep.
Wacko
> CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
09/16/2015 at 00:27 |
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When I had my SX4 I experienced the same thing but not on a bridge, it was on a 4 lane highway. At one point I had the wheel turned about 90 Degrees to keep on going straight.
M54B30
> CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
09/16/2015 at 00:29 |
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Don’t come out to South Dakota, we get 70mph crosswinds as a regular thing. In fact, after a few months you learn to steer with the wind as you cross a bridge otherwise you’ll steer straight into a truck or car next to you
smobgirl
> CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
09/16/2015 at 00:39 |
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Oddly, my old Civic coupe felt like driving a paper airplane in crosswinds. It was terrifying in blizzards and bad storms. I barely feel them in the Fiat.
gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
> CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
09/16/2015 at 02:00 |
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Trust me, all vehicles are affected by crosswinds. Growing up on the Canadian prairies (especially Saskatchewan) you just get used to that half-turn-and-back of the wheel to maintain a straight line whenever you drive past a farmhouse and/or stand of trees and the constant crosswind simply dissapears for a couple hundred feet.
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CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
> M54B30
09/16/2015 at 02:27 |
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Yeah.....thank god for Californian winds....
Seat Safety Switch
> CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
09/16/2015 at 09:08 |
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I had a car with dicky ball joints throughout university. Driving in open areas basically meant hooking the wheel with one hand and feeding it back when passing bridge abutments.
When I finally did fix the ball joints for like fifty bucks it was a revelation.
Svart Smart, traded in his Smart
> CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
09/16/2015 at 09:23 |
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My new (used) Smart Fortwo gets a bit dicey in crosswinds. I discovered this when I was driving her home from Portland, Ore., to Seattle. Made it with no trouble, though.