uhh, anyone else ever been airborn in their vibe?

[wyatt89]

so...bad story...I was making a trip from laramie wyoming to boulder colorado for the weekend and ended up making a wrong turn onto a dirt road. Being the rally lover i am i was doing about 80 on this deserted (unfamiliar) dirt road and it was correctly labled with right angle signs where they were necessary, then all of a sudded in crest a hill and about 30 yards in front of me is a right angle right turn.stomp on the brakes, i realize im not gonna stop in time and there is what appears to be a fairly large cliff in front of me O_Oi decided that if i tried to turn i would end up rolling the poor vibe and bad things would happen then so i just went straight and i ended up getting about 3-4 feet of air and traveled about 15 feet...it was a hard landing to say the least but i was SOOOO lucky that there was nothing down there but grass and a fence a long ways away...jesus, it was the scariest car moment ive ever had but needless to say, the vibe is still kicking even though it has a huge chunk of grass stuck to the frame under the front...so ive learned my lesson about going fast on dirt roads that im unfamiliar with...>_<

[jimincalif]

Yikes! Be careful please.The poor Vibe probably needs an alignment now, hopefully that's all.

[wyatt89]

oddly enough it still drives perfectly straight...its the noises that im worrying about...

[BlueCrush]

Jesus, Wyatt! Better get your suspension looked at as well as a complete underbody inspection. Hope don't have any unseen problems arise. One side note if you had an AWD you could have pulled the e-brake, turned, hit the gas and drifted your way out of it. On second thought, maybe not.

[wyatt89]

yah i know...i dont want my car to be jacked up, i feel like a dumbass should i bring it to a dealership and tell them what happened?

[BlueCrush]

Quote, originally posted by wyatt89 »yah i know...i dont want my car to be jacked up, i feel like a dumbass should i bring it to a dealership and tell them what happened?I'd bring it in for a full inspection, letting them know wht happened will enable them to check for things you may not know about. Good Luck and keep us updated.

[wyatt89]

thanks for the advice!!! ill probably just drop it off at the dealership and leave it with them for a few days, my college campus is small enough that i will be ok without it...i hope it doesnt cost a bunch though...im poor!

[BlueCrush]

You might need to replace your front driver's seat as well.

[CountryVibe]

Glad to hear your ok, Having it checked out would be best having 3000+ pounds land at a dead stop is never a good thing you might have bent a few bolts up the car that holds the suspension.

[ToolGuy]

Scary for sure! Did you need a tow or could you drive away? Man I hate things like that...Here is mine, not as scary as that though... I took a turn so hard in a city street turn around once in my Cavalier Z24 I got a rear wheel off the ground!

[bull77]

Quote, originally posted by BlueCrush »You might need to replace your front driver's seat as well. lol

[wyatt89]

honestly the car is in cosmetically in perfect shape...it landed on the left front wheel and im sure it bottomed it out but i didnt come to a complete halt...i landed on grass and i was able to get back up on the road...it was hella crazy...@_@

[tcam]

That's awesome If that were pavement though, I'm sure you would've blown at least the front struts and dented the oil pan or something.

[MRCN RCE]

Quote, originally posted by BlueCrush »Jesus, Wyatt! Better get your suspension looked at as well as a complete underbody inspection. Hope don't have any unseen problems arise. One side note if you had an AWD you could have pulled the e-brake, turned, hit the gas and drifted your way out of it. On second thought, maybe not. +1. yeah do what he said. but just for the inspection part. i think he's seen tokyo drift one too many times lol i think it's safe to say that you and the vibe got lucky. i flipped a car before(i lost consciousness), that wasn't as cool as it looks in the movies

[Kamikaze]

I would highly suggest getting it looked at, just to make sure there's nothing wrong. I would hate for you to be driving and have something bad happen, like the oil pan dropping... The stealership can at least tell you if anything is broken.

[joatmon]

what a stupid thing to do

[hank the tank]

Yep, i was going up this hill by my house and a big white truck comes over the hill on my side of the road. I had to go into the ditch and hit a feild entrance and go air born.

[AZViking]

When I was in college, one of my roommates was driving home from a New Year's party, taking the back roads to avoid DUI checkpoints. He thought he was coming up to a normal four way intersection and was going to just blast right through without slowing down. Turned out, it was a "T" intersection. He got some major air in his '91 Cougar and landed in a field. Car was totalled. He made it out ok.

[Herb]

So how much hang time do you think you got? Glad to hear you're ok. Just remember our vehicles aren't designed to fly. Hope there isn't significant structural damage.

[Sublimewind]

Just a good ole boy, never meanin no harm......Sorry, couldn't help myself....

[b train]

My brother jumped his 88 Ram Charger 6' up a light poll once.

[Kamikaze]

wyatt, if you had $10 million dollars and put it into your car, you could have deployed the wings and flied away.... (from the movie supertroopers)

[wyatt89]

Quote, originally posted by joatmon »what a stupid thing to do oh i know, i totally agree...im bringing it in on monday at 5, i just got back from our army fall field exercise for rotc...nice stories/comments guys