Whats your scariest moment in a cal-look bug?
JS:
When my car "lifted" a little over a hilltop while racing driving alongside a 911 convertible. At about 120mph.
kev d:
When I was 17 I had a '71 1200 running a big block 1500...
Front was really low, back end stock & running winter grip tyres..
Back end went out on a bend one Sunday afternoon & came around the other way digging into the grass & flipping onto its roof :-[
End of bug!
Another time was in Russell's bay window coming back from the French super vw nats late one night...
Fog, lack of attention, a big roundabout & kerbs / crash barriers left us with a very battered bus to get home with... ::)
Black Sheep:
Quote from: kev d on March 18, 2013, 23:07:32 pm
Another time was in Russell's bay window coming back from the French super vw nats late one night...
Fog, lack of attention, a big roundabout & kerbs / crash barriers left us with a very battered bus to get home with... ::)
You know how I let you drive my car around the pits to warm the motor up Bud ? not gonna happen no more ;) ;D
karl h:
was about 1986 in my 63, i got my first set of cool rims: chromed sprint stars. i was so excited i forgot to tighten the lugs on the rear rims, so i lost a wheel on the test drive (embarrassing, in the middle of the buisiest street in town)
BeetleBug:
This topic take me back to 1992 and my first summer holiday trip with the boys. My car was a 1969 model, lowered front, nice stand, Sprintstars, flat black and with a 1600ccm engine. It was my first car and I loved it! It was also my first year with the driving licence even though I had been driving for a while. The weather was absolutely amazing and I packed the car with 2 friends, 2 cases of beer and our luggage and headed to the south coast of Norway. My driving style at that time was inspiring and the guys riding with me, now drinking beer, wanted me to go even faster. We listened to Pearl Jam "Ten" album and I gradually increased the speed like you always do when you listen to driving music. We soon got to a part of the road that had some really nice, long turns and our speed was approx 90 - 100 kph. We went over a little hill that lifted the car slightly and just after the hill we had a right hand turn followed by a sharp left turn. We managed the first turn with screaming tires but when I wanted to turn left the rear tires lost their grip and the car turned toward the other lane with screaming tires. Then the magic happened... just when we thought we was going to hit the fence the tires manage to grip in the tire tracks in the other lane and placed the car perfectly in the other lane heading back home. I quickly changed gear and got the car going in case someone was approaching from behind and I drove to a place where we could park safely and catch our breath. The guy in the back seat got out and pucked and decided that he have used his luck for the summer and jumped on the first bus back home.
2 years later and you could still see the tire marks after our drifting session. Today this stretch of road is not longer in use but everytime I talk to the guys we remind our selves how much luck we had.
-BB-
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