Crazy things

drummerdude · Post by **drummerdude** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 11:00 pm

What is The craziest thing you've done in or with your vibe?Mine... Having seven people in the vibeGT and going down the highway at 115. I reflect on my actions and thanks God for good Z rated tires!!

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 11:55 pm

i would have to say being pulled over w/a beer bottle open and in the cup holder, but getting away unnoticed (yes i was drinking in the car, no, i was not intoxicated)

pwarren4 · Post by **pwarren4** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 12:00 am

Quote, originally posted by drunkenvibe Â»(yes i was drinking in the car, no, i was not intoxicated)Police officer's rarely make this distinctionI've been alcohol free for nearly 2 years - it just isn't worth the trouble. I guess the "authorities" finally succeeded in taking all the fun aout of it.

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 12:37 am

Quote, originally posted by pwarren4 Â»Police officer's rarely make this distinction i was pulled over at 3:30 am once when i was about 19 or so, drunker than bejeezus, all i got was a speeding ticket! i don't think they want the hassle of arresting a dui

drummerdude · Post by **drummerdude** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 1:09 am

Not to be meant as a Holier then thou... I personally don't drink because I see no point in working to acquire a taste for beer to me it just looks and tastes like (removed)(although I've never tasted (removed)). Hard liqour... if it burn all the way down and when you drink to much you puke and feel like crap... I just don't see the ponit in it. well enough about that... YAY Vibes!!Anyone Else done anything "crazy" in one?

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 1:14 am

Quote, originally posted by Salsa! Â»Don't mean to be rude towards you Drunkenvibe....but the police officers that arrested you at that time, don't deserve to be police officer.... a danger on the road and they close their eyes!!!no no no, you're right! come on, someone has done nutty stuff, lets here about it!

wicked1981 · Post by **wicked1981** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 2:29 am

Are all vibes here still "virgin Vibes" or has anyone tried the folding down back seats for space to "groove"?

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 2:37 am

funny you should bring that up, it is a heavily discussed topic!

drummerdude · Post by **drummerdude** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 6:31 am

Ok, I wasn't meaning anything "crazy" as in sexual i meant like doing mulitiple e-brake slides going too fast around a corner, spinning out and some how gaining control and staying on the road... sliding around on the ice... running over dogs, cats, lizards, and anything else you can think of (your little brother) or switching drivers at 45, 55, 65, 75, 85, 95

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 11:44 am

Yes tehres already a thread 7 pages long about the folding down seat part in another forum.Ahh yes E-brake slides...since it icy and winter I am taking advantag and practicing my drifting since I can't do it on the cement (Front wheel drive not possible to drift) The craziest thing I've done was racing 6 other cars at once on Hall rd., or the other day when I went out in the snow had the car sliding sideways drifting for 8 REAL second, I had my friend Tim time me. I straightened it out and kept goin. it was amazing. I'm gettin good at drifting,

Stang2Vibe · Post by **Stang2Vibe** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 10:29 am

I was just doing doughnuts in the parking lot after work tonight, if that counts. No other cars around, big open flat space, and lots of fun! I got pretty good at it, had to practice how to use the e-brake to keep the Vibe spinnin' in circles.I've also slid the Vibe sideways in a 90 degree right turn at about 50 MPH on dry roadway once. I didn't mean to do it, I was in a hurry and going up an on ramp to a bridge leaving town one afternoon. I was still fairly new to the Vibe at the time, and I was used to the handling of my former Mustang. Needless to say, the Vibe doesn't handle nearly as well and I started to lose it in the bend. I slid sideways toward a jersey barrier and came within about 2 feet of it just as I countersteered a bit and brought the front end of the car around, then gave it a little throttle and snapped the rear end in line. Phew, just made it!And one more. I was taking my g/f and a few of her friends to a nightclub one night a few months ago. I approached a confusing and horribly marked intersection in town where I had to make a left turn. Well, I made the turn, but a bit too soon and I was headed into 3 lanes of oncoming traffic! Good thing it was late at night and not much traffic around. I just had to aim to the right, drive up over a curb and across a concrete median then down off the curb again to get into the correct set of lanes. I scared the crap out of everyone in the car, myself included, but just kept going on like nothing happened. I think all that I said when I realized my mistake was "oops".Those were my "crazy" things.

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 10:43 am

nope, nothing real crazy here.... except driving almost 100 miles on a flat tire.... didn't realize it.

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 9:10 am

That's embarassing...lets all point and laugh ^ HAHA!!!You need to start doin some drifting in all that snow up there.

wicked1981 · Post by **wicked1981** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:24 pm

All I did was hit top speed middle of the night on the Vibe happened about a month ago. Think top speed is 110 (Base) that kinda bummed me out but hey won't be using top speed too much anyways!

Faultline · Post by **Faultline** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:11 pm

I taught my 10 year old daughter how to dreve a stick in my vibe...she got pretty good at it after awhile..so then I stood up into the the opened moon roof while she drove around 50mph!!!!......................................................................................................................................................................................................................of course we were going across the Elmirage Lake bed with noone around for a couple of miles in any direction.!!

ragingfish · Post by **ragingfish** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:23 pm

Prolly dumbest thing I did is found a wide open highway, late at night, with no cars in sight, stopped completely, and then floored it.Oh, did I mention there was 6 inches / 15.4 cm of snow on the road?Just wanted to see if I'd fishtail or anything.I kinda skidded, but honestly, didn't move much at all...I felt CRAAAAAAZY!

fieryhill · Post by **fieryhill** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:58 am

Hooo weee! I have a slew of crazy things, but I really shouldn't tell anyone because i'd be cauterized for them! I've already been on lockdown for about two months with my own parents LOL...

HIGHREV2 · Post by **HIGHREV2** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 10:36 am

I had a crazy event happen during a snow squall last week.Actually more scary.I was on my way home from work when this snow started coming down like a blizzard. It was five at night and everyone was caught off gaurd, and following too close. A train of cars started braking in the center lane (me included) I was on the brakes but not slowing down. The ABS was in full effect so I was sliding but still had some steering. Coming too close to an Acura I made a gentle turn into the right lane which was kind of empty. By this time the cars in that line (about six) were all slowing but also getting a hair sideways. I was just about clear of the Acura's lane, but only a few inches away from the Acura. Just then I decided I should check out behind me. In my mirror is a Nissan Altima (93-95) side ways and coming for me. A 93 Altima was my previous car (no ABS) so I knew what he/she was going through. I thought I was going to get hit, and be the lead car in a pile up. Deciding that I didn't wan't that kind of hassle I upshifted a gear and gunned it. I moved ahead just enough not to get hit. Just then the Altima was exactly sideways and slowed to a stop. The traffic behind was all over the brakes and bearing down on the Altima. The Altima cut the wheel nailed it and spun itself straight and regained forward motion. Change under wear, cheer for quick thinking drivers and go home happily ever after.

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:40 am

Wow that's pretty intense!!!

Viben' round · Post by **Viben' round** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:22 am

just last week during the -10 degree snowstorm I went up my road (it is up a hill) fishtailing the whole way and not once spinning out. I love AWD!

Viben' round · Post by **Viben' round** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:24 am

Did I mention it is about 3/4 of a mile with a few turns in it?

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:57 pm

get in an empty parking lot, cut the wheel and gun it! try it, you'll like it!

drummerdude · Post by **drummerdude** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 11:49 pm

Are you referring to a vibe w/ awd? or any vibe? because I know my gt with 17" dunlops, sticks to the road so well that one night when an (removed) in a f350 decided he wanted to run me off the road while he passed and then once he did slammed on his brakes (I'm going 85+) and I swerved really hard (I thought I was going to lose it) the vibe never broke loose or lost traction, so I would think that if it were dry it would be pretty hard to do donuts or fishtale in a fwd. Maybe its just my amazing driving skills? Probably not but you never know

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 3:01 am

nah, im talkin awd in the snow. you can do donuts just like a rwd car.

Stang2Vibe · Post by **Stang2Vibe** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 2:17 pm

You can do them in the fwd Vibe if you use the e-brake. I've done it.I have a new crazy thing that I did today, and I darn near wrecked the car up really bad. It was very stupid of me now that I think about it. I have this thing where I absolutely hate speed traps. Lately, I've been seeing timing hoses stretched out across the road in a few places near me. I like to slam on the brakes when I cross them, or better yet, yank on the e-brake to drag the rear tires across them. This usually dislodges them (they're usually just taped in place to the road) or sometimes if you're lucky, you will tear or puncture them. In either case, it renders them ineffective.So today I decided to try and practice locking up the rear wheels so I can disrupt the hoses. I'm going about 55 MPH down a long hill on my way to school (it's a 25 MPH zone, spare me the speeding lectures). There's nobody immediately around so I figure I'll try and see how far up I have to pull the brake lever to lockup the rear wheels. Well, I end up accidentally pulling the lever all the way up and it got stuck there (I kept the button on the end pushed in so I could release it quickly to prevent this from happening but it didn't work because of the angle that my hand had to be at to reach around the console with the lever all the way up). The rear wheels locked up and I wasn't slowing down much. I fought with the lever a little bit then the car started sliding sideways as I went about 50 MPH down the hill. I had completly countersteered, but the car went sideways anyway. I stomped on the regular brakes as I was sliding closer and closer to a telephone pole. I managed to keep the car in my lane, but it spun around almost 180 degrees and I stopped about 10 yards short of the pole. The lead car of the oncoming traffic saw me sliding sideways and slowed down way before it approached. I quickly released the e-brake, shifted into reverse, swung the car around, then continued on in the direction that I meant to go. I didn't start to feel panicked until about a minute later as I approached the bottom of the hill. Man, that was close. Too close.Moral of the story is---don't yank the e-brake all the way on while traveling 55 MPH down a hill that is well salted. I now have a slight flat spot on both rear tires to remind me of my stupidity.

drummerdude · Post by **drummerdude** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:07 am

haha!! oh the beauty of e-brakes... they should be illegal to people under 25, wait never mind they are just way too much fun. However, mine is loose right now and barely even holds the car in place on level ground, very frustrating so i'm hoping either i can tighten ir up or my mechanic friend can. If the dealership found out it was loose they would be like "too many e-brake slides huh?"OOPS!-Brady

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:31 am

lol. now that is dumb! ha ha.... but funny.... glad you or no one else got hurt. maybe leave the ebrake slipes for flat empty parking lots....

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:11 am

Atleast you know how to control it I would be proud of myself. When it snowed hard the other day on the way home from school, this kid in a class of mine has my favorite car ('88 monte carlo ss) He was trying to swing the back around while driving I was watchin him in my mirrors. So I decided to show off and do it. Went about 35mph then pulled the hand brake and turned the wheel to the right and tapped the brake and accel, to keep the car sideways. I was going sideways for a good 4 or 5 seconds!!! Pretty good for a front wheel drive car not meant for drifting And people say you don't learn anything useful playing cideo games! If it weren't for Gran turismo and the rally racing games I wouldn't know how to control the car as good as I can now.

Stang2Vibe · Post by **Stang2Vibe** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 12:13 pm

Quote, originally posted by drummerdude Â»If the dealership found out it was loose they would be like "too many e-brake slides huh?"If the dealership's mechanic said something like that to me, I'd say right back: "not enough brain cells, huh?". I don't put up with crap from people anymore. If I brought the car in for service, then fix the darn thing or tell me that you don't know how so I can take it somewhere else.

Stang2Vibe · Post by **Stang2Vibe** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 12:20 pm

Quote, originally posted by Merzbow Â»Atleast you know how to control it I would be proud of myself. Yes, I did do a good job of not wetting myself, I am proud of that. It took many years of building up a tolerance to scary driving situations to achieve that kind of control. LOL!!!Seriously though, I would have to credit my years of experience with operating all kinds of off road and construction equipment in slippery situations. I used to practice fun stuff in the winter in big, empty parking lots with my previous cars, too. Those things always help to improve emergency driving skills.

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 4:29 pm

Quote, originally posted by Stang2Vibe Â»Yes, I did do a good job of not wetting myself, I am proud of that. It took many years of building up a tolerance to scary driving situations to achieve that kind of control. LOL!!!Seriously though, I would have to credit my years of experience with operating all kinds of off road and construction equipment in slippery situations. I used to practice fun stuff in the winter in big, empty parking lots with my previous cars, too. Those things always help to improve emergency driving skills.i dunno, i think i would have wet myself.... but atleast my seats are leather for easy clean up. i too, usually try and get some good practice driving my vehicles in the snow and ice. that way you learn how your car reacts to the brakes, steering, etc. i have yet to do that in the vibe.

Stang2Vibe · Post by **Stang2Vibe** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 12:56 am

A bit of practice (in a safe location of course) is always good. And can be fun! Every car will behave differently in those situations so it is a good thing to get familiar with the Vibe.

Merzbow · Post by **Merzbow** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 4:32 am

I love my Vibe

canadavibegt · Post by **canadavibegt** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 4:47 pm

Quote, originally posted by drummerdude Â»Ok, I wasn't meaning anything "crazy" as in sexual i meant like doing mulitiple e-brake slides going too fast around a corner, spinning out and some how gaining control and staying on the road... sliding around on the ice... running over dogs, cats, lizards, and anything else you can think of (your little brother) or switching drivers at 45, 55, 65, 75, 85, 95I think I ran over an ant once.... But just driving around Lower Mainland, BC is just about as crazy and insane as it gets... I feel lucky to make it home in one piece every day... I did get up to 170 km/h once.... funny thing it would still go faster...

GT_03 · Post by **GT_03** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 2:43 am

The craziest thing i did was pass a cop going full speed in my Vibe, but he never moved. Not sure if he was running radar or not, But i was around 130mph on 22 coming from Robinson Township to Weirton, and the cop was sitting at the top of the Bavington Exit. I just kept going and he never came after me. Thanks god.

Stang2Vibe · Post by **Stang2Vibe** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 1:12 am

You might have lucked out on a one in a million case where the radar gun jammed.

drunkenmaxx · Post by **drunkenmaxx** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 4:14 am

well, we got some snow the past couple days and i had a blast in the bowling alley parking lot last night! lots of donuts! did some in the parking lot here at work this morning too.

drummerdude · Post by **drummerdude** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 4:37 am

Snow makes me want a WRX STI... mmm donuts!! i feel like a cop

drummerdude · Post by **drummerdude** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 2:53 am

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