Topic: Stupid things to do with your wife!

[blackdiamond]

Here is a story of my stupidity for everyone to enjoy.  Last night my wife and I were out shopping for some sports equipment (I'm sure you don't care) and I found myself in an empty parking lot.  It had been raining so I choose to attempt to kick-out the tail on the parking lot exit.  I had been using my V-8 Tundra earlier in the day pushing the tail out slightly a couple of times.  Since I have 33 inch tires and a Detroit rear locker I thought that I might just get it to slide a bit.  I cranked the wheel and dropped the hammer.  The ride was exciting, but instead of sliding out, We ended up driving on the two passenger side tires with the drivers side one to two feet in the air     I managed to correct and bring it down on all fours without any further excitement, but my wife was very upset    Actually, I must admit that I understand completely.  I told here that I might have considered what happened a possibility on dry pavement; however, on wet pavement I didn't expect it at all    This is just fair warning to avoid doing something similar and proving your stupidity as I did.  Anybody have any similar stories?

[reklund5]

My old lady yells at me every time I spin the tires on my Supra.  Its just way more fun to drift thru a corner than to drive thru it like a sane person.

On a similar note, I installed a Detroit TrueTrac into a supercharged Tundra at work the other day.  The customer has a custom crank pulley to spin the blower faster, a Level 10 valve body upgrade to the trans, TRD headers and Exhaust.  The truck flat out hauls ass, and now will leave 2 black stripes     

Ryan

[BigMike]

Yup - about three years ago, in the climax era of my SuperCharged MR2, I had exchanged vehicles with my friend for two days. He wanted to see what it is like to drive a powerful car and I wanted to learn how to drift. My friends car was an '86 Toy Corolla GTS with an engine that we had installed cams, adj cam gears, header/exhaust, and intake. It was pretty quick for a NA car.

Of course the GTS came from the factory with a limited slip diff, and the AE86 Corolla is considered as one of the best and most famous drift machine every made.

So I was with my ex-girlfriend - who, from previous experiences in my MR2, was a bit anal about driving and cornering fast (I'm sure you know the type) - and I don't know what made me do it, but the very first day I was driving the Corolla I was able to loosen up the rear end a couple of times around corners but not drifts. Then on the last corner before my home, something just told me to go for it, so I braked late and pumped the clutch and gave it a good turn.

This corner was on terrible multilayer pavement and it also bottlenecks at the entrance such that it is sometimes difficult to pass two vehicles at the same time.

But for some STUPID reason I thought I could drift around the corner, but when I hit it, I drifted wwaayy sideways and paniced and turned back into the corner which of course caused the car to overcorrect again and now I was heading straight for the curb with all fours locked up.

And to make matters worse, our new asian neighboors who speak little english were out walking their granddaughter RIGHT IN FRONT of my car on the grass and this old guy had to move as quick as he could to move out of the way as I slammed into the curb and bumped up in about a foot or so into the grass.

I hit the front of the frame right against the curb and broke a chunk of the sidewalk off. It's still missing to this day even. I don't know how the front suspension/steering system survived because my wheels were turned at full lock when I hit the curb. I should have bent a rim or broke an a-arm but surprisingly nothing happened to the car.

After I did it I was like WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!! and my ex was EXTREMELY PISSED OFF and she said that she never ever wants to ride with me ever again in my MR2 in the mountains as we used to go up into the mountains and I would enjoy the drive while she enjoyed the scenery.

Man that is one of the stupidest things I've ever done in an automoblie and my exgirlfriend was with me. Double whammy

BigMike

[reklund5]

It takes a while to learn the limits of any car....sounds like you came out pretty lucky on that one...

Ryan

[BigMike]

I know I had picked up the car, then went to pick up my ex, then went home and did that. I did that from about a 10min learning curve.     

[88runner]

But for some STUPID reason I thought I could drift around the corner, but when I hit it, I drifted wwaayy sideways and paniced and turned back into the corner which of course caused the car to overcorrect again and now I was heading straight for the curb with all fours locked up.

you should really practice driving on ice, you have to know that when you loose control DON'T step on the brake pedal, remove any foot from the pedals and correct the direction without touching any pedals. Braking only make a thin film of liquid rubber under the tire making you loose control even more. Try to slow it first but if it doesn't hapen , get of the brake pedal and steer it in the good direction.

As for trying a power slide on a locked truck that's a 

[Prismo]

As for trying a power slide on a locked truck that's a 

Why not ? I power slide most of the corners on back roads in the rain on my way to work & back daily.

[88runner]

Cause in many situation the truck ends up on his roof or side, I'm not saying it's gonna happen every time just thar it's shouldn't be attempted and even more on dry road.

[Prismo]

Cause in many situation the truck ends up on his roof or side, I'm not saying it's gonna happen every time just thar it's shouldn't be attempted and even more on dry road.

I have been driving like this since I put the detroit in the rear in 98. Haven't rolled or even come close in all those years lol. Don't ask how long my back tires or my engines last though........

[Willy Mammoth]

I was out driving one of my turbo 280Z's and was pulling out onto a busy 4 lane road when I saw a souped up Mustang going by. ( I really hated those 5.0's) Anyway I hit it and just caught up with him in first gear and pounded second when the tail came around 90* to the right. Then I backed off a little to correct and hit it again when the rear came around to the left 90*. This went on about 3 more times before I decided to give it up. The whole time I was rite beside the Mustang and never went out of my lane. It scared the crap out of me and the whole time my wife ( girl friend then ) was sitting beside me holding on.


Another time we were comeing back from WV. towing the trailer in rain so heavy you could only see the end of the hood and maybe the lights of the rig next to you. This was at about 75 mph and the whole time she is hitting me to slow down. I just kept on saying I know where the road is, but now that I think about it that was pretty scarry having that 10,000 lb trailer behind you going that fast next to truckers that could have been going off the road and you rite beside them not being able to see a thing.

[88runner]

I have been driving like this since I put the detroit in the rear in 98. Haven't rolled or even come close in all those years lol. Don't ask how long my back tires or my engines last though........

that's right if you ever want to do it put the pedal to the floor.

[kneedownnate]

BigMike, before my brother built up the mr2 motor I sent you the link for he had an AE86 and it was a blast in the corners.  Whenever I drove it I never tried anything funny (like he did when he drove my trucks) but we went to the mall one time cause he wanted to show me how quick the thing would 360.  I figured he was overexagerating, but he revved it up and dropped the clutch and it seriously spun like a top.  He's trying to get the mr2 tuned right cause of the work he did, and with any luck will get a chance to do some autocrossing.  

Possibly the dumbest thing I've done in a truck was alone though.  Went for a late night drive to blow off some steam, went down a road I'd never been down, enterred a very tight left turn way too fast, touched gravel on the side and started to spin.  Dunno how that truck didn't just lay over on it's side but it just kinda drifted to a stop sideways, I laughed for a few seconds then decided to leave before anybody came out to see what happened.

Dumbest thing my brother did was try showing off in front of people on a wet road several years ago in his 79 corolla.  He slid straight sideways into a curb at a decent speed hard enough to completely ruin a set of mini lights(he searched forever for ones with the right offset) and bent his axle and warped the rear leafs.  Wait, no, he did one better.  Shortly after we moved here he pulled out onto the street from our driveway one night, the car behind him was tailgating him with their high beams on so he pulled into the highschool parking lot real quick looking over his shoulder at the same time and ran smack into a big planter which was made of 2 stacked railroad ties.  He essentially totalled his beloved mgb.  Yea, that was dumber.

[Lady Di]

Another time we were comeing back from WV. towing the trailer in rain so heavy you could only see the end of the hood and maybe the lights of the rig next to you. This was at about 75 mph and the whole time she is hitting me to slow down. I just kept on saying I know where the road is, but now that I think about it that was pretty scarry having that 10,000 lb trailer behind you going that fast next to truckers that could have been going off the road and you rite beside them not being able to see a thing.

What about the trip TO WV. 
We were towing the trailer going down a steep grade. Doing probably about 70-75 mph passing a log truck, as we passed, the air pressure started the rig iinto a fish tail.
MrW was taking up all of two lanes in front of the log truck with the trailer trying to pass us.
He was using the trailer brakes to try to get it under control, he tried tapping the brakes, speeding up, by that time we were probably using up three lanes trying to get it under control. We must have been quite a sight.
Finally he opted for slowiing down, and got it back behind us. The whole time, I'm sitting beside him, holding on to the arm rest, knowing full well he would get things under control, he knows his stuff, but not realizing till he related it later to Wayne, the owner up at Twin Hollow Campground, how scared I should have actually been.
Actually, I only get scared when I get that feeling of immenent danger, women's intuition and all that hoohah, which I got when we were driving in the rain. (the story MrW related) I knew we had to slow down and right then. Something would have happened, I still have no doubt.

[blackdiamond [OP]]

I would have to say the dumbest thing I have done behind the wheel of a car was driving my cousins Acura on a two lane road in dense fog.  I had stopped for gas and was trying to catch up with someone that was ahead of me.  I was passing cars consistently and staying near the speed limit, but when I came up behind a car, can't remember the type, that didn't want me to pass I pushed him up to about 85 mph and then pulled the car down a gear and passed him doing around 110 mph.  It wasn't far down the road that my buddy noted that I had passed a cop going the opposite direction that looked to have turned around.  I held my previous driving speed and he never caught up.

Another dumb one was a trip in my 00 Camaro SS with 7 other muscle cars.  Some of them were passing 10-15 cars at a shot on two lane roads, kept it to about 4 or 5.  At one point we had 6 cars going over 130 mph, I hit about 140 mph and was passed by a guy that claimed he pinned his 155 mph speedo.  He almost caused an accident because he didn't start breaking in time to stop before he caught the lead car and had to use the oncoming lane to slow down.  It was a three wide event.  The group never went out of town again together.  I have sense traded the Camaro on a new Tundra to be the "family" ride and chose instead to keep my 85 Toy.

Keep your wheels on the ground!   

[BLACKDOG]

When I was 17? I think I was heading out to a buddies house in a 360 dodge ramcharger.  I took a 20mph corner at 50, and thank God the road was wet, other wise I would have wound up on my roof.  I slid off the road, and took out two of the corner signs    and almost rolled into a famers field. 

 

[BigMike]

I slid off the road, and took out two of the corner signs

If you take out the corner signs then does the corner still exist?

[BLACKDOG]

  city put them back after another idiot went through thefence right there, and wound up on his side in some farmers field

[FATB0Y]

Hey this is supposed to be Stupid things to DO with your WIFE. 

Any how....

 My wife and I went to Myrtle Beach for Bike Week and some guy's were racing red light to red light and of coarse I did not want to be left out so I joined In... with my wife on the Back   and when the light changed I dumped the clutch and hammered it. Dam near threw her off the back.  she was    Needless to say when we got home I got her a back rest so I wouldn't get a

[Lady Di]

If you take out the corner signs then does the corner still exist?

LOL! if a tree falls in the forest....very existential BigMike! You bring this thread to a new level.

[brainlessfool]

LOL! if a tree falls in the forest....very existential BigMike! You bring this thread to a new level.

Wifey's fav. is "if a man talks in a forest and theres no wimmins around, is he still wrong"?

[Lady Di]

Wifey's fav. is "if a man talks in a forest and theres no wimmins around, is he still wrong"?

it's a given, he's always wrong.

[FATB0Y]

Wifey's fav. is "if a man talks in a forest and theres no wimmins around, is he still wrong"?

yes he is