"sony1492" (sony1492)
02/10/2019 at 11:04 • Filed to: Fuck
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"sony1492" (sony1492)
02/10/2019 at 11:04 • Filed to: Fuck | 0
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My Brothers Golf R at e a curb trying to take an offramp. Now 101 is closed so no Aaa is available
Started understeering then the angle off the slope kept the car moving. Will update as more information is available.
Sovande
> sony1492
02/10/2019 at 11:11 |
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Spe ed was a factor.
ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
> sony1492
02/10/2019 at 11:13 |
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Ooh shiit!
Now that’s why I practice a lot of e-brake turns in the snow...
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sony1492
> Sovande
02/10/2019 at 11:15 |
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It always is
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sony1492
> ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
02/10/2019 at 11:15 |
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Better the back then the front?
farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> sony1492
02/10/2019 at 11:17 |
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yep... that wheel is dead
least its just a factory spec wheel so the dealership probably has some lying around
Just Jeepin'
> sony1492
02/10/2019 at 11:21 |
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In fairness, given sufficient ice and slope you can have an accident without any speed at all.
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sony1492
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
02/10/2019 at 11:21 |
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In this case dealers are 4 hours in any direction
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> sony1492
02/10/2019 at 11:24 |
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aaah.....
america is to damn big
i could probably walk to 3 vw dealers in under an hour
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ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
> sony1492
02/10/2019 at 11:24 |
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Atleast had fun and then crashed...
But seriously tho, doing handbrake turns has exactly helped me twice on the road. Both the times, I'm certain I would have understeered into a curb had I not ebraked.
BeaterGT
> sony1492
02/10/2019 at 11:25 |
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I always thought front first as you can steer the tire into the curb. May or may not have saved a wheel learning to snow drift in my first car...
InFierority Complex
> Just Jeepin'
02/10/2019 at 11:33 |
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sony1492
> BeaterGT
02/10/2019 at 11:36 |
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Its awd so locking up the rear locks up the front
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sony1492
> Just Jeepin'
02/10/2019 at 11:38 |
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Im being a pendant: Yo u wont crash if you didn’t move. Even if you slid into something when you were stopped on a slope, you had to move to hit whatever you hit
KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
> sony1492
02/10/2019 at 11:43 |
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Ouch. Ok that is done.
I was reading about flexible wheels just yesterday. Really needed considering the state of some of our roads these days, and for situations like this
https://www.autoblog.com/2019/02/08/michelin-and-maxion-flexible-wheels/
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Just Jeepin'
> sony1492
02/10/2019 at 11:48 |
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Yeah, that occurred to me as I wrote it, but I couldn’t come up with a way of expressing that point that didn’t make my thought too belabored and lose the faint humor it originally possessed .
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sony1492
> Just Jeepin'
02/10/2019 at 11:51 |
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I completely un derstand
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sony1492
> KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
02/10/2019 at 11:53 |
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I wonder what the service life would be?
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> sony1492
02/10/2019 at 11:59 |
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“taking an offramp”
[Shows pictures of snownuts]
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> sony1492
02/10/2019 at 11:59 |
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Not necessarily true but idk how Haldex works
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> BeaterGT
02/10/2019 at 12:03 |
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Hitting the curb straight on is a good strategy I know I’ve used it. But my car has 15” wheels at the time so that helped too.
In a understeer situation if you can use throttle to introduce oversteer. you can also kick the rear out and power out of the turn. This works very well with an AWD car.
Who knows if that would have working in the situation but I practice inducing understreer to get a 4 wheel drift on a regular basis. You know for safety’s sake.
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sony1492
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/10/2019 at 12:08 |
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I probably would've done things different but hes been light on details since hes trying to limp the car.
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sony1492
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/10/2019 at 12:09 |
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It’s what he told me, so it’s how he thought that would’ve played out
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sony1492
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
02/10/2019 at 12:10 |
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Not sure, it is a rest area so it could’ve been people turning around
Wuelling
> sony1492
02/10/2019 at 12:10 |
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Time for some method rally wheels if you ask me
Chariotoflove
> sony1492
02/10/2019 at 12:11 |
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Dammit!
This is how grownups learn to hate winter. When you’re a kid, the worst that happens is you slam into a tree, and you go inside for hot chocolate while dad straightens the rails on your sled. When you’re an adult, the same weather costs you real money and fucks up your day.
cluelessk
> sony1492
02/10/2019 at 12:19 |
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You’ve probably got suspension damage. Ball joint, lower control arm, hubv and bearing.
Don’t know if the angle of the pic but wheel looks a good few inches back.
Also does “offramp” mean doing donuts in the rest area? Look pretty suspect.
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cluelessk
> sony1492
02/10/2019 at 12:20 |
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That’s not how awd works. There’s differentials.
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sony1492
> cluelessk
02/10/2019 at 12:23 |
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Like I said, that’s how he thinks it works, hence no e braking
Gerry197
> sony1492
02/10/2019 at 12:26 |
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Bending can usually be fixed same day, but that one is done. I recommend craigslist or Ebay for a replacement if he has the time. Probably less than half what the dealer will want.
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sony1492
> cluelessk
02/10/2019 at 12:30 |
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He hasn’t told me the actual details of the accident yet other then,”offramp”. Hes limped it somewhere so all the balljoints are intact. At the very least it will need, brake line, rim, lca, a nd fender. Potentially hub and CV aswell
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cluelessk
> sony1492
02/10/2019 at 13:05 |
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Insurance claim. Bummer.
I work in a body shop and that’d be a really nice job to get. Good easy hours.
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> sony1492
02/10/2019 at 13:16 |
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Well he might be right, that’s how it’s was in my Galant. But my BMW can lock up just the rear.
Every companies AWD system is different
facw
> Chariotoflove
02/10/2019 at 13:30 |
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I once sledded head-first into a building. That hurt.
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sony1492
> cluelessk
02/10/2019 at 13:39 |
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He says “midrange” so I’m not sure what’s actually covered and theres not enough service to talk with insurance due to the snow storm still being very active.
I asked him and the Mark's behind his car are unrelated, it really was just the offramp
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Chariotoflove
> facw
02/10/2019 at 13:50 |
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I can relate. My parents have a huge hill with the fence to the pasture at the bottom. I would slide head first and duck under the board into the field. One day I misjudged and slammed into the fence post instead.
It kinda explains some of my questionable life choices.