| Author | Message | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Intermediate Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 2412 Registered: 6-2001 |
Mabe i'll just to that for a little cash on the side ;). | ||
| DHutchison (Hutch308)
Junior Member Username: Hutch308 Post Number: 198 Registered: 1-2002 |
Tim - You are not stupid enough!! To make a career out of suing for personal injury, you must meet the following criteria: 1. I.Q. is not to exceed 90. 2. No High School diploma. GED is allowed. 3. Have never held a job for more than 2 months. But don't lose hope Tim, dare to dream buddy!! | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Intermediate Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 2409 Registered: 6-2001 |
If i really fall down and get hurt, i deserve the $! I'm a nice guy, so i will only sue for as much as their insurance plan will cover. So many people get rewarded for their stupidity. When is it my turn to get rewarded for MY stupidity?! | ||
| Bonnie (Admirable)
Junior Member Username: Admirable Post Number: 182 Registered: 1-2003 |
Yea, till you get caught, and get sued for all that money back! Lol | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Intermediate Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 2407 Registered: 6-2001 |
One career option i was thinking about was suing people for personal injury. It seems like an easy job. Its not that hard to find an uneven or icy walkway, a wet floor with no "Wet Floor" sign, etc to fall on. | ||
| Bonnie (Admirable)
Junior Member Username: Admirable Post Number: 178 Registered: 1-2003 |
I just have to say this, i crashed into a jeep! Completely demolished both cars. All i remember was red, flashing before my eyes! And then the aftermath....he was a C-O-P, tried suing me for 12 million! Settled for 50,000. | ||
| BretM (Bretm)
Advanced Member Username: Bretm Post Number: 3156 Registered: 2-2001 |
Hey Hutch, I have a '88 YJ Wrangler with the 258 (4.2L) inline 6. I put a weber carb and DUI distributor on it but that 258 is still a tempermental engine. The jeep only weighs 3025lbs so with a posi rear end, BFG MudTerrains, and 4wd is very difficult to get stuck. The only time I did get it really stuck was off roading in the snow without chains, got hung up when I slide off the trail into a ditch while trying to make it up a steep hill. Other than that the Wrangler has been pretty good. It's got 270k miles on it but it's still in such damn good shape, no rust on the body, mechanically sound, interior's nice still. I don't know why it stays so nice, I drive it everytime it snows through all the salt, etc. when I go out and do donuts. Go figure. Tim, I don't think there is anything too unique about the quattro system, although I do still believe it is the best AWD system. I think in 1980 it was something special, but now almost all AWD systems have been based on it. It's a viscous system so it should be able to allow different amounts of slippage front and rear, left and right, theoretically giving more power to the wheels with traction. I don't know what the range is between the slippage though (ie 80%/20% to 30%/70% rear/front). 4WD is still the best though, nothing they develop AWD will ever touch it when it comes to sliding around. The big problem with idiots doing 65mph in the snow in 4WDs is when it comes time to stop for a kid on a sled, a fallen tree, etc. 1 wheel drive, 2 wheel drive, 3 wheel drive, and 4 wheel drive all take the same distance to stop. That's just common sense, although it seems common sense is no longer so common in this world. | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Intermediate Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 2393 Registered: 6-2001 |
SUV drivers think they are invincible. Last night i saw ppl in SUV's going 40 in 30 zones with 8 inches of snow on the ground. These people dont know how to drive for ••••. 4WD DOES help keep you on the road. My A4 with quattro went wherever i asked, i just had to turn off yaw and traction control and use the gas pedal. Does anyone know what makes quatttro somuch different from other AWD systems? So far all i know is that it can lock the front and rear diffs and transfer power side to side. what else makes it special? | ||
| TomD (Tifosi)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi Post Number: 2762 Registered: 9-2001 |
As you point out - these people are not rally drivers nor is there room on the highway to slide and error correct  For the normal driver having 4 wheels moving does nothing when sliding on the snow at 60 mph. | ||
| DHutchison (Hutch308)
Junior Member Username: Hutch308 Post Number: 196 Registered: 1-2002 |
Tom - 4WD does keep you going where you want, just watch those rally drivers on Speedvision. Most people don't know to get on the gas and have the front wheels pull you correct. Most people also see their SUV in ads where an experienced expert driver throws the suv through the snow, which leads them to believe that they can too. The brakes won't do verymuch to stop you if you get in trouble, and that is what most suv drivers don't understand. | ||
| TomD (Tifosi)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi Post Number: 2761 Registered: 9-2001 |
yeah, I saw the fellow suv drivers spun out in snow banks early this am, Don't people realize that 4 wheel drive does nothing for keeping you on a snow packed road at 60 mph | ||
| DHutchison (Hutch308)
Junior Member Username: Hutch308 Post Number: 195 Registered: 1-2002 |
Hey Bret - What Jeep you got? A CJ? Wrangler? My bad ass Cherokee got stuck in my parking lot this morning. Since I was the 1st in this morning, I had to brave the unplowed snow. My cherokee did all right until I parked it to put the guard doggies (Rottweilers!!) in their warm cage area. Got back in and tried to back out. A tow strap and a chevy S-10 pulled me out. Now I owe my friend Dom coffee for the week... | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Intermediate Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 2209 Registered: 8-2002 |
Can't take the BMW during the day- he's awake & using it...! BesiDES, it's no fun in this weather- i have a tremendous respect for the road and won't fool around unless it's completely dry... But i'll have my Saturn soon enough and we can cruise in that... (hey- it's the best i can do... ) | ||
| Bonnie (Admirable)
Junior Member Username: Admirable Post Number: 165 Registered: 1-2003 |
You have noo carr!! Unless you take the bmw, which i would say DO IT!! I DARE YOU, JUST DO IT!! | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Intermediate Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 2181 Registered: 8-2002 |
i'll be right over... | ||
| Bonnie (Admirable)
Junior Member Username: Admirable Post Number: 164 Registered: 1-2003 |
Yea, Des, thats the first thing i want to do!! I have the tub in the back at 101, im pretty good for now. | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Intermediate Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 2178 Registered: 8-2002 |
Bonnie, you can still go to the beach... You'll freeze your skinny little ass off, but you can still go... | ||
| Bonnie (Admirable)
Junior Member Username: Admirable Post Number: 162 Registered: 1-2003 |
I hate this weather, i need the beach!! | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Intermediate Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 2171 Registered: 8-2002 |
Who wants to walk to work in 15+ inches of stupid, cold, stupid, cold snow...  | ||
| Tom RM (Tgitom)
New member Username: Tgitom Post Number: 45 Registered: 8-2002 |
woohoo.. who wants to go sleddin!! | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Intermediate Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 2387 Registered: 6-2001 |
F----n snow! | ||
| Chris Brody (Cbrody)
Junior Member Username: Cbrody Post Number: 105 Registered: 3-2002 |
Yea.... this really sucks.... Maybe within the next year I will be able to take the car out... | ||
| BretM (Bretm)
Advanced Member Username: Bretm Post Number: 3148 Registered: 2-2001 |
The snow is great, makes me not feel so bad for taking so long on my ridiculous 308 projects. It also justifies my owning a Jeep, which is arguably the worst vehicle to drive the 360 days a year that it is not snowing, those five days though the Jeep is in its glory. | ||
| Bonnie (Admirable)
Junior Member Username: Admirable Post Number: 159 Registered: 1-2003 |
I agree....the snow wont stop this year. Yes, i missed it over the years, but not this much! As for what i said in my last post, pray this will all go away and that it wont snow in June!! Lets keep our hopes up guys! | ||
| DHutchison (Hutch308)
Junior Member Username: Hutch308 Post Number: 192 Registered: 1-2002 |
Yeah, I'm sick of this f*&^ing snow already too!! But my Cherokee had no problem cruising at 60 this morning in 4WD on I-95. I was the only one on the road. Try to make the best of the time guys!! | ||
| rob ferretti (Robiferretti)
Junior Member Username: Robiferretti Post Number: 69 Registered: 4-2002 |
Snow sucks | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Intermediate Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 2165 Registered: 8-2002 |
Tom... You're more sprightly about this than i can say i am... i hate this white crap... It's ridiculous... Forget a 4 day weekend, i'm on the verge of MOVING out to California...! This is a crappy time for this blizzard, too- no car and i'm very low on Coke... & DES just doesn't drink water... | ||
| Tom RM (Tgitom)
New member Username: Tgitom Post Number: 44 Registered: 8-2002 |
as the title states for the area |