Posted by jeepdave So, what have you pushed beyond its limits or used in a way it wasn't designed and it either made you proud or atleast laughed about the spectacular failure. I remember taking my 88 Chrysler 5th Ave around a damn near 90 degree turn at close to 50mph and MADE it. course I'm pretty sure it was scraping the mirrors but still fun. I also used my 91 Cherokee to tow cars on a car trailer. That doesn't sound too out there but it does make it interesting to stop. But it did it, with about 7000# of weight behind it. |
Posted by Samurai i once pushed a 1984 Olds Cutlass coupe 6 miles up a mountain (Port Henry to Witherbee NY) with a 1980 Ford Pinto. My 91 Cavalier doubled as an ATV, rally car, and snowmobile... |
Posted by jeepdave I remember taking my 88 Chrysler 5th Ave around a damn near 90 degree turn at close to 50mph and MADE it. course I'm pretty sure it was scraping the mirrors but still fun. |
Posted by Nismo pushed my 2.0 GTI to 218 km/h check engine came on scanned car got code P3234 MAXIUM ENGINE SPEED EXCEEDED ENGINE WARRANTY VOID yes it even had a smily face icon |
Posted by Nismo fragile? i rant 10 000km on 2 litres of oil tahts far from fragile |
Posted by yokes I drove my car in Boston and in Quebec. |
Posted by AnAppleSnail Ya'll make 88mph in a 5-speed '96 geo metro (flooring that cute little 1.0 liter) sound tame. I don't know cars well enough to really abuse them yet. |
Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! when i used to deal with the body shop of a local chevy dealer, bodyshop loaners were always half dead, i once jumped lightly an 88 cavalier. i also got a 3 cyl 91 chev sprint up to 170km/h |
Posted by yokes I drove my car in Boston and in Quebec. |
Posted by Samurai the chevy dealership i mostly deal with used to have a fleet of oh so fun 'loaners'. One was a half dead Lumina... going up I-87 at about 75mph and the car just quits. No warning, no nothing... just poof, no engine! I reached up, popped it into neutral and the engine takes off again... ok... racing resumes. Another old Lumina Euro they let me take was fun... the brakes were shot, the trunk lid was bungeed down, the heater didn't work, the tires were all shot... that was a fun ride. |
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