07-14-2004, 08:22 AM
I'm trying to think of some other highlights from my upbringing in WV. So, in a non-competitive manner, here are some more:
A girl backed her ford ranger over a 6 foot embankment. My buddy Carl and I yanked it out with my hopped up Explorer at the time, that was pretty neat to watch.
Carl (same buddy) and I would meet randomly on the plethera of 2 lane roads in my town, get into the opposite lane (me in the left lane, him in the right) and pass one another. It was a rush the first time, got boreing the next few, and became a rush again when there were cars both in front and behind us.
Drove the explorer up a really rough trail with a bunch of drunk (I was DD of course) friends. They were joking me about it, so we backed down the same trail with pretty good speed. Bent the frame on the explorer...
In an F-150, near rawley springs (out 33 from h'burg) hit a nice waterbar at about 45mph and jumped so high that I could feel each section of the process (going up, leveling off, and coming back down). Landed in a turn, recovered, hit the second waterbar at about 30mph, jumped again. Bent the frame in that truck too... Christine was with me on that in case anyone needs references.
Made it from Spencer, WV to Ripley, WV in 15 mintues. It's a 30 mile trip. That's on Rt. 33, 2 lanes. Carl was on one of those trips too if you need a second opiion. That was in the infamous XR4ti :twisted: and was such a stupid stunt that I'd never do it again. Quick math averages 100mph - we were passing cars so fast they were running off the road, passing on double lines, around turns, and had no concept of hazzards. Stupid young kids in a quick car I guess.
Jumped the XR4ti and the Explorer on a great bridge on a one lane backroad where you actually land ON the bridge (in hindsite that was dumb.) Carl was following me and said the XR's rear tires were at least 1.5 feet off the asphalt. The landing from that jump did in my muffler as well as any hope of proper alignment. I think it also screwed up the alignmetn of my tranny/driveshaft/rearend.
Made it from Spencer WV to Charleston WV and back in 1.5 hours (50 miles each way, some interstate though, had cruize set on 110mph on that part). This was in 97 when there weren't as many cops.
Hit 135 in the XR on I-64 just to see what it was like.
Participated in, uh, was the focus of, a high speed persuit (2 cops) on the backroads around Spencer. I was in a brand new Mustang GT (orange of all colors) and my friend Jill was with me. A quick turnoff and stopping with the e-brake (no brake lights that way) got us out of that one.
The Exporer was actually pretty sure footed, enough so that I coudl yank the e-brake and do a nice 180. I was with Carl, Jill, and a couple other friends and we went to our favorite e-brake spot. Did the turn, caught traction right at the end, and put the explorer on 2 wheels for about 1.5 seconds. When it came back down we all thought it was awesome, but not so awesome that we'd try it again.
Drove through some pretty deep water in the Explorer. It had a 2" lift and 33's, and the water was up to the bottom of the mirror. It didnt' have a snorkle system or anythign on it, so I guess we (carl and jill again) got lucky. As soon as we got out of the water, all the instrument pannel lights were flashing and the engine was barely running (wonder why!?). A week later the truck smelled like a swamp from all the water the leaked in.
Hit 120 in a 1996 Ford Explorer. Wasn't too bad, but wasn't great either.
Raced Carl and variosu other peopel on 1 lane roads, where passing was acheived by blasing your own trail on the side of the road/grave/grass.
Drove an F-150 over the trakcs by McGraw Long dorm and up the steep hill, only to see a cop in the parking lot (it was at night). He wasn't impressed, so I got a reckless driving ticket. Got out of that, so the same cop turned me into JMU and I had to go to a class because I got nailed for "dangerous practices." He was a jerk.
Ran through large snow piles in the explorer. One time, I didn't see the 5" tree in the middle and it bent the brushguard so it was almost flat with the ground. This was repaired by driving the explorer up against a cinderblock wall and thusly pushign the brush guard back into place. Carl was on that excusiion as well.
I've gotta get back to workxor, but if I think of anything else that you guys might find entertaining, I'll post it.
Have a good one.
A girl backed her ford ranger over a 6 foot embankment. My buddy Carl and I yanked it out with my hopped up Explorer at the time, that was pretty neat to watch.
Carl (same buddy) and I would meet randomly on the plethera of 2 lane roads in my town, get into the opposite lane (me in the left lane, him in the right) and pass one another. It was a rush the first time, got boreing the next few, and became a rush again when there were cars both in front and behind us.
Drove the explorer up a really rough trail with a bunch of drunk (I was DD of course) friends. They were joking me about it, so we backed down the same trail with pretty good speed. Bent the frame on the explorer...
In an F-150, near rawley springs (out 33 from h'burg) hit a nice waterbar at about 45mph and jumped so high that I could feel each section of the process (going up, leveling off, and coming back down). Landed in a turn, recovered, hit the second waterbar at about 30mph, jumped again. Bent the frame in that truck too... Christine was with me on that in case anyone needs references.
Made it from Spencer, WV to Ripley, WV in 15 mintues. It's a 30 mile trip. That's on Rt. 33, 2 lanes. Carl was on one of those trips too if you need a second opiion. That was in the infamous XR4ti :twisted: and was such a stupid stunt that I'd never do it again. Quick math averages 100mph - we were passing cars so fast they were running off the road, passing on double lines, around turns, and had no concept of hazzards. Stupid young kids in a quick car I guess.
Jumped the XR4ti and the Explorer on a great bridge on a one lane backroad where you actually land ON the bridge (in hindsite that was dumb.) Carl was following me and said the XR's rear tires were at least 1.5 feet off the asphalt. The landing from that jump did in my muffler as well as any hope of proper alignment. I think it also screwed up the alignmetn of my tranny/driveshaft/rearend.
Made it from Spencer WV to Charleston WV and back in 1.5 hours (50 miles each way, some interstate though, had cruize set on 110mph on that part). This was in 97 when there weren't as many cops.
Hit 135 in the XR on I-64 just to see what it was like.
Participated in, uh, was the focus of, a high speed persuit (2 cops) on the backroads around Spencer. I was in a brand new Mustang GT (orange of all colors) and my friend Jill was with me. A quick turnoff and stopping with the e-brake (no brake lights that way) got us out of that one.
The Exporer was actually pretty sure footed, enough so that I coudl yank the e-brake and do a nice 180. I was with Carl, Jill, and a couple other friends and we went to our favorite e-brake spot. Did the turn, caught traction right at the end, and put the explorer on 2 wheels for about 1.5 seconds. When it came back down we all thought it was awesome, but not so awesome that we'd try it again.
Drove through some pretty deep water in the Explorer. It had a 2" lift and 33's, and the water was up to the bottom of the mirror. It didnt' have a snorkle system or anythign on it, so I guess we (carl and jill again) got lucky. As soon as we got out of the water, all the instrument pannel lights were flashing and the engine was barely running (wonder why!?). A week later the truck smelled like a swamp from all the water the leaked in.
Hit 120 in a 1996 Ford Explorer. Wasn't too bad, but wasn't great either.
Raced Carl and variosu other peopel on 1 lane roads, where passing was acheived by blasing your own trail on the side of the road/grave/grass.
Drove an F-150 over the trakcs by McGraw Long dorm and up the steep hill, only to see a cop in the parking lot (it was at night). He wasn't impressed, so I got a reckless driving ticket. Got out of that, so the same cop turned me into JMU and I had to go to a class because I got nailed for "dangerous practices." He was a jerk.
Ran through large snow piles in the explorer. One time, I didn't see the 5" tree in the middle and it bent the brushguard so it was almost flat with the ground. This was repaired by driving the explorer up against a cinderblock wall and thusly pushign the brush guard back into place. Carl was on that excusiion as well.
I've gotta get back to workxor, but if I think of anything else that you guys might find entertaining, I'll post it.
Have a good one.
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1985 Honda CX500
2013 Arctic Cat 700 ATV
2017 Onewheel +
1985 Merkur XR4Ti Track Car
2013 Ford F-150 FX4 Ecoboost
E46 BMW 330Ci Sport 5spd
1973 Honda CL125S
1985 Honda CX500
2013 Arctic Cat 700 ATV
2017 Onewheel +