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@bykaboy | 23 October 06 |
Riding in a metro 6r4 rally car, seein ma dad crash a manta gte in2 a tree stump n roll 6 times while rallyin, drivin a rs200
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@maximes1 | 23 October 06 |
hry byka where bouts in derbyshire ya from? did ya go rock and blues?
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@spartan2 | 23 October 06 |
driving a porsche 959 on an absolutely empty newark bypa55 which has about one speed camera in a ten mile straight stretch. and i knew where it was. heaven cant be better than that.
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@lamonte | 24 October 06 |
This is a nice topic gtr! U must put ur story bout da cortinas wiperswitch in ere. Anyway, i always love readin this section in carmag. So interestin... Btw, got 2 tell u this 1 lol. A friend of mine had a Nissan Exa. Weve bn at a party 1 evening and met 2 girls 4 bloemfontein there. So we start chattin to them and they invited us 2 c*m and visit them after d party at the guesthouse theyre stayin.
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@lamonte | 24 October 06 |
Well we didnt waste anytime and took of to d guesths directly afta d party. Well, we got there at bout 11 that evenin and sure had a good time 'visitin' them. At around 2 that mornin we deside it was time to move on. The Exa was parked next to d buildin and d girls came walkin out wit us to d car to see us of. By that time we luked like couples knowin each otha 4 yrs and it took long to say goodby
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@lamonte | 24 October 06 |
Well we got into d car and dis friend of mine 4 sum reason desides to show of lil bit and started reversin all d way back to d frontgate at full throttle which was bout 80M away 4m where we stood. The Exa darted back and just as we cud reach d gate, ma friend lost control over the cars nose and hit a young tree right on da rear right corner! Well the tree then fold backwards a lil alowen da car
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@lamonte | 24 October 06 |
Alowen the Exa to go half way over da tree. Da next moment d cars weight got 2 light 4 da springloaded tree an it shots da Exa upside down on to its roof. All this happenin in front of ou spectators! Wow did we felt useless! We got outa d cars as quick as possible got help 4m a man that was also lukin at spectatin site an turn the Exa back on its wheels again.
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@lamonte | 24 October 06 |
With a slightly pressed down roof, a totaly cracked windscreen and hugely damage ego's we got away as quick as possible... Luckily none of us got hurt!
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@mixdup | 24 October 06 |
r bike stories allowed? well here goes...i just got me 1st real bike, was a vfr400 nc30, so decided 2 show off infront of me mates, there is a huge parking lot up the road frm where me parents live n we all went up there 4 a couple o frosties...next sec i thought itd b a good idea 2 do a couple of burn outs...the vfrs speedo cable runs off the front sprocket so u cud get a speeed readin while...
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@mixdup | 24 October 06 |
...while spinnin the wheel, so on tarmac i got it up 2 140kph...not bad but then i saw they there was a piece at the shops front door that was tiled...less friction more speed more heat more smoke...so i put the bike on the tiles stood next 2 smoked the cr*p out the tyre...got it off the clock full revs in 4th n the next sec it hit a ruf patch n took off like it was a f1 car wif launch control...
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@mixdup | 24 October 06 |
...went bout 30m (15M WAS ON ITS SIDE!!!) got home n me dad beat me up...was fun but wont recomend it 2 any1...
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@campa | 24 October 06 |
gr8 stories ppl mine a bit slower but still hurts. when i was 16 i had moped wit no kickstart had 2
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@campa | 24 October 06 |
Swing leg ova while droppin clutch race style. thats ok but dont try it wit a bag on the pillion
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@campa | 24 October 06 |
Otherwise u hit the bag wit ur foot n end up droppin on knees at the side of the bike just as it
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@campa | 24 October 06 |
Fires up n drags u along on ur knees until u over balance n the bike falls on top of u. knees r now
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@campa | 24 October 06 |
locked solid in cold weather n stiff in summer ![]() |
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@singhboi | 24 October 06 |
i stole my dads 316 as i was driving the accelerator cable snapped at the pedal i tied a wire and drove back home with the cable in my hand..
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@singhboi | 24 October 06 |
another time i took my dads car and did a few donuts.. the battery wasn't secured it slid and hit the distributer cap'.. it cracked so i had to phone my dad..
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@lamonte | 24 October 06 |
Now the day ma fiance was visitin me on d farm. I hd 2 collect a nearby farmers caravan 2 do a checup on d wheelbearings brakes an light b4 he went on vacation. When we got there we saw dat da jeeps towbar bn 2 high 2 b hitched up 2 d caravan. So my desides that i uses his w124 merc 2 pull d caravan ova 2 ma place. So i asked cath if she wud drove the cruiser back cause she wudnt feel comfrtble
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@lamonte | 24 October 06 |
With d mercedes jurgens combination. So we depart 4 d 15km gravelroad back to ma farm. I let hr drove in frnt and warned hr 2 drive carefully cause i knew 1 cud easily misjudge ur speed in a 4wd when use 2 drivin a car like a e36. Well evrythin were goin good and cath pulled da speedo up 2 110km/h. I just thought ok mayb she knows what shes doin an i spooned d merc 2 keep up.
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