Scary S!@#

[Kiefer316]

Well a few friends and i went camping last night. On our way back i was behind a slow car so i decide to try and pass and at that moment a group of Motorcyclist came around a corner and i swerve to miss em and I Swerve hard and end up goin up on 2 wheels I had my swaybars disconnected. and i land back on all fours scared to crap and started rolling backwords into a fence and broke a tail light. I had 5 people in the car which might have helped it not tip over and swaybars discoed. SO right now IM really happy that i didn't roll but im pissed cause i scared the crap outta this girl that i was hittin on all night. HAHA But everyones okay thank god.

And pics 2 come.

[in4aride]

just showed her you can drive lol...
or something like that...

glad your all cool

[YELLAHEEP]

Another example of the reasons to never drive on the streets with your sways disco'd. You're not gonna have much of a case with the insurance companies when they find out those are disconnected when an accident happens........ It's REALLY a bad idea when you're responsible for other folks in your car.



Lecture mode off........ :D


Glad you all came out ok on that Keifer!

[Kiefer316]

Thanks guys. I know i should have connected em cause the sway was bad. So i have learned a valuble (sp?) lesson

[XJNOOB93]

Valuable :) and glad that you're ok dude. Dont worry bout the chick. Bet she didn't get too scared cus nothing happened!

[Led]

Another example of the reasons to never drive on the streets with your sways disco'd.!

B.S. learn to drive that way

[Kiefer316]

B.S. learn to drive that way

I think if it were actually connected we would have rolled.

[Kiefer316]

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Heres the skid marks.

[Crunch]

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Heres the skid marks.

Where were you trying to pass??

All I see are double yellows lines.

[XCastleXJ]

Where were you trying to pass??

All I see are double yellows lines.


uh oh.

[Kiefer316]

It was A passing lane right before you see where i was in the lane.

[Hugothegrunt]

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v3905/234/43/1211821083/n1211821083_30486747_207404.jpg

Heres the skid marks.

I'll bet those aint the only Skid Marks...did you check your shorts?:moon:

[Kiefer316]

I'll bet those aint the only Skid Marks...did you check your shorts?:moon:

Well actually everyone was pretty calm during the whole thing....

[Hugothegrunt]

[quote=Crimzon316;244403090] I Swerve hard and end up goin up on 2 wheels .... and i land back on all fours
quote]

So which one are you? Bo or Luke Duke.

Your probably too young to remember that show.

[yossarian19]

B.S. learn to drive that way

You can learn to drive without sways, yes..
but you can't learn to pull evasive maneuvers without them.
Planning, throttle & brake control are one thing
the physical inability of the vehicle to maintain stability while quickly changing direction is another.

[Kittrell]

It was A passing lane right before you see where i was in the lane.

I'm gonna have to call BS on that one Keif. A passing lane coming into a blind curve? They lock those back into double solid WAY before you are even close to the turn. Good thing everyone walked away though...........:thumbup:

[ColoradoRaptor]

B.S. learn to drive that way

X2!!!!:patriot:

[Kiefer316]

I'm gonna have to call BS on that one Keif. A passing lane coming into a blind curve? They lock those back into double solid WAY before you are even close to the turn. Good thing everyone walked away though...........:thumbup:

I'm serious. But it should no longer be a passing lane either. I don't think they were thinking when they layed the new paint on the asphault (sp?).

[YELLAHEEP]

I think if it were actually connected we would have rolled.

Hmmmm...... They've been installing them on 99% of the cars/trucks out there for decades....... Shame on 'em. This whole time they've been totally unnecessary. :rolleyes:

[ColoradoRaptor]

Hmmmm...... They've been installing them on 99% of the cars/trucks out there for decades....... Shame on 'em. This whole time they've been totally unnecessary. :rolleyes:

LOL!!!!!!! I drive my Heep like Bo & Luke Duke without any swaybars and have had no problems!! I have had some of my passengers grab the oh shit handle because of all the sway going around corners..... but like was posted earlier LEARN TO DRIVE!!! :gee: Swaybars are a useless feature on a Jeep!!!

[Kittrell]

I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with that. Sure you can learn to drive like that. I have done it enough times over the years to know how the vehicle is going to react. That being said it is a saftey device. And learning to drive without it isn't a good excuse not to use it. There can/will be times where even knowing how to drive, having that sway bar connected could have changed the outcome. And like Troy said, insurance isn't gonna pay squat.

[.40CalPatriot]

I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with that. Sure you can learn to drive like that. I have done it enough times over the years to know how the vehicle is going to react. That being said it is a saftey device. And learning to drive without it isn't a good excuse not to use it. There can/will be times where even knowing how to drive, having that sway bar connected could have changed the outcome. And like Troy said, insurance isn't gonna pay squat.

Like insurance would pay up anyways!

[YELLAHEEP]

While we're at it........ Why even install a roll cage? It's useless equipment on a Jeep. Just learn to drive without one and you'll be fine..........

Hell, let's just do away with speed limits. We can all learn to drive at high speeds given enough time behind the wheel.........

Shock absorbers? Who needs 'em? Apparently we can all learn to drive without those too - probably just have to learn the rythm of the bounce and avoid the bumps....... no biggie.

Brakes? Please....... just learn how much gas to give it so that inertia will allow it to roll to a stop at your destination.


Unless you hurt/kill yourself or others while LEARNING - what's the harm? :rolleyes:



We install roll cages to protect ourselves from a 2mph flop on a trail but somehow we think it's ok to drive 65 mph on the highway without sway bars....... Where's the logic?

"I've been without swaybars for years and I've had no problems!"....... yeah, until the day you do have a problem, then it's just been years of LUCK.

There are inherant risks to everything we do everyday........ But by the grace of God/Fate/Luck we're allowed to survive it all. We enjoy doing things that are risky - it's how we enjoy life sometimes - to test those boundaries.

Doesn't make much sense to test those boundaries when other people are involved who may not be as "adventureous" or willing.


Oh, and of course I nearly forgot the obvious........ We all can trust the other drivers around us to be just as good a driver as we are. No reason to think THEY might affect our ability to drive safely....... :rolleyes:

[Starboard M]

Another example of the reasons to never drive on the streets with your sways disco'd. You're not gonna have much of a case with the insurance companies when they find out those are disconnected when an accident happens........ It's REALLY a bad idea when you're responsible for other folks in your car.



Lecture mode off........ :D


Glad you all came out ok on that Keifer!

:confused:

While we're at it........ Why even install a roll cage? It's useless equipment on a Jeep. Just learn to drive without one and you'll be fine..........

Hell, let's just do away with speed limits. We can all learn to drive at high speeds given enough time behind the wheel.........

Shock absorbers? Who needs 'em? Apparently we can all learn to drive without those too - probably just have to learn the rythm of the bounce and avoid the bumps....... no biggie.

Brakes? Please....... just learn how much gas to give it so that inertia will allow it to roll to a stop at your destination.


Unless you hurt/kill yourself or others while LEARNING - what's the harm? :rolleyes:



We install roll cages to protect ourselves from a 2mph flop on a trail but somehow we think it's ok to drive 65 mph on the highway without sway bars....... Where's the logic?

"I've been without swaybars for years and I've had no problems!"....... yeah, until the day you do have a problem, then it's just been years of LUCK.

There are inherant risks to everything we do everyday........ But by the grace of God/Fate/Luck we're allowed to survive it all. We enjoy doing things that are risky - it's how we enjoy life sometimes - to test those boundaries.

Doesn't make much sense to test those boundaries when other people are involved who may not be as "adventureous" or willing.


Oh, and of course I nearly forgot the obvious........ We all can trust the other drivers around us to be just as good a driver as we are. No reason to think THEY might affect our ability to drive safely....... :rolleyes:
:laugh3:




Ive driven my trail Jeep for the last 4ish years without sway bars. I have never had a problem with on road handling. But I drive it like a lifted Jeep without sway bars.


Trying to pass someone when you are almost to a blind turn is dumb when you are in a car, let alone a lifted Jeep with 4 other people in it. :twak:




Slow down and learn how to drive.

[Kittrell]

Ive driven my trail Jeep for the last 4ish years without sway bars. I have never had a problem with on road handling. But I drive it like a lifted Jeep without sway bars.

"I've been without swaybars for years and I've had no problems!"....... yeah, until the day you do have a problem, then it's just been years of LUCK.

Exactly. We're all okay, until the day we're not...............;)

[.40CalPatriot]

I have been completly sideways on the road with no swaybars sliding about 20mph and I didnt even come close to flipping.:shocked:

[RTicUL8]

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v3905/234/43/1211821083/n1211821083_30486747_207404.jpg

I'm still trying to figure out how you laid down those tracks.

Sliding sideways with one tire off the road?

Please explain...

.

[Led]

While we're at it........ Why even install a roll cage? It's useless equipment on a Jeep. Just learn to drive without one and you'll be fine..........

Hell, let's just do away with speed limits. We can all learn to drive at high speeds given enough time behind the wheel.........

Shock absorbers? Who needs 'em? Apparently we can all learn to drive without those too - probably just have to learn the rythm of the bounce and avoid the bumps....... no biggie.

Brakes? Please....... just learn how much gas to give it so that inertia will allow it to roll to a stop at your destination.


Unless you hurt/kill yourself or others while LEARNING - what's the harm? :rolleyes:



We install roll cages to protect ourselves from a 2mph flop on a trail but somehow we think it's ok to drive 65 mph on the highway without sway bars....... Where's the logic?

"I've been without swaybars for years and I've had no problems!"....... yeah, until the day you do have a problem, then it's just been years of LUCK.

There are inherant risks to everything we do everyday........ But by the grace of God/Fate/Luck we're allowed to survive it all. We enjoy doing things that are risky - it's how we enjoy life sometimes - to test those boundaries.

Doesn't make much sense to test those boundaries when other people are involved who may not be as "adventureous" or willing.


Oh, and of course I nearly forgot the obvious........ We all can trust the other drivers around us to be just as good a driver as we are. No reason to think THEY might affect our ability to drive safely....... :rolleyes:

Yo hipocrate... I don't seem to remember having to remove any swaybars when heep came to its new home.... should we all put our rear swaybars back in with disco's too?? it was there for safety after all:moon:

[Kittrell]

Yo hipocrate... I don't seem to remember having to remove any swaybars when heep came to its new home.... should we all put our rear swaybars back in with disco's too?? it was there for safety after all:moon:

It's wasn't a daily driver either.........................:shhh:

[Led]

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Speed much???

[Kiefer316]

Speed much???

Yeah i learned my lesson. I cant really explain the skid marks either. to me i think 3 wheels were on the ground.

[YELLAHEEP]

Yo hipocrate... I don't seem to remember having to remove any swaybars when heep came to its new home.... should we all put our rear swaybars back in with disco's too?? it was there for safety after all:moon:


Nope, I snagged the front sway from the Heep for the Truggy minutes before you showed up for the trade because I knew it'd need one......... :moon:

And the disco's went onto the black '96.

[XCastleXJ]

So which one are you? Bo or Luke Duke.

Your probably too young to remember that show.

i used to spend a week every summer summer in cali living with John. i rode in the original General Lee several times. Once just to get donuts and milk:)

[Kittrell]

The original being one of like 30 they had on hand? Or the one of the 300 total that they went through? Or the replica John owned and eventually sold?

[in4aride]

f sway bars....
you drive a lifted jeep with body roll and wide tires that make it road steer a lot...

drive it accordingly and youll be fine....

[XCastleXJ]

The original being one of like 30 they had on hand? Or the one of the 300 total that they went through? Or the replica John owned and eventually sold?


one of the originals they used to shoot the series with. he tried selling it a while back and the winning bidder couldnt actually afford the bid they placed, they just wanted the media for being the highest bid. it was some custom car shop i think.

[Kittrell]

one of the originals they used to shoot the series with. he tried selling it a while back and the winning bidder couldnt actually afford the bid they placed, they just wanted the media for being the highest bid. it was some custom car shop i think.

That car was the replica that John built. All of the series General Lees were built as stunt cars essentially. So the windows were always down and the doors were welded shut. I doubt you guys were cruisin in that. He listed his on ebay, "sold" for 10 million. The owner of the ebay account claimed his account was hacked and that he was unaware of the bid. After that the buyers were screened, it only got one bid for 100k, which did not meet the reserve. So John moved it to a new venue, Barret Jackson, where it sold for $450,000. It was a Replica built by John, and used in all of the renunion shows/tv movies. It was unique in that it was signed under the hood by all of the surviving cast at some time or another. However it was never used in any of the original series, and I am pretty sure the only "General Lee" John ever owned. It sported a 511cid Hemi V8 with 725 bhp and 610 lb-ft torque when it sold. Sweet ride indeed...............:cheers:

[XCastleXJ]

That car was the replica that John built. All of the series General Lees were built as stunt cars essentially. So the windows were always down and the doors were welded shut. I doubt you guys were cruisin in that. He listed his on ebay, "sold" for 10 million. The owner of the ebay account claimed his account was hacked and that he was unaware of the bid. After that the buyers were screened, it only got one bid for 100k, which did not meet the reserve. So John moved it to a new venue, Barret Jackson, where it sold for $450,000. It was a Replica built by John, and used in all of the renunion shows/tv movies. It was unique in that it was signed under the hood by all of the surviving cast at some time or another. However it was never used in any of the original series, and I am pretty sure the only "General Lee" John ever owned. It sported a 511cid Hemi V8 with 725 bhp and 610 lb-ft torque when it sold. Sweet ride indeed...............:cheers:

i just checked with my half sister (who lives with john and is how i got to stay with them) and your right it was a replica that he built. but is was a custom car shop that originally placed the high bid and couldnt pay up (maybe it was pre-ebay listing?). and he did end up selling it at barret.

either way, that thing was BA. i loved cruisin down the highway in it.