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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 11:43 PM
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Narrow Driveways FTL

So yeah..

http://vimeo.com/21421634
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 11:46 PM
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lol exactly why i dont want to buy a new front lip. id rather beat on my old broken ass bumper.
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 11:55 PM
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music to my ears. lol
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 01:30 AM
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lol, brings back memories when I had my Civic Si...3 or 4 inches off the ground.
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 02:18 AM
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park in street ?? lol suckss bro
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 06:58 AM
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you'll be fine once u dont slamm it any lower and all those bolts are on tight
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 08:15 AM
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I didn't hear anything...maybe I've just learned to ignore that sound
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 09:32 AM
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I didn't hear anything...maybe I've just learned to ignore that sound
HAHAHA that's when you know you're slammed. lmao

Are the 02-03 lips more durable/flexible than the 99-01? cause when I scrape on my 01, it looks like I scratched plastic on the cement and all this debris on the lip shows up
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 09:37 AM
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u came out dat driveway wrong n rushed u gotta angle more trust me all u did was turn da wheel when u was already in da dip smh
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 10:38 AM
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^ lol .. exactly that.

its a good thing you don't have wider wheels.. you'd have unintentional flared out portion of the fenders by now.. you need to leave driveway with wheels straight, more angle...
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 10:48 AM
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That hurt to watch...

Also, does "smh" mean "shake my head"?
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 11:40 AM
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nice!! thats how i want mine.
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 11:48 AM
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^ lol .. exactly that.

its a good thing you don't have wider wheels.. you'd have unintentional flared out portion of the fenders by now.. you need to leave driveway with wheels straight, more angle...
Haha this is so true. When I first started to drive my car slammed, I always thought that turning the wheel going down the ramp would be an angle, but it actually wasn't... it was just like going straight down.

What I would do in your situation is... When coming into the driveway, go in straight and don't back in. That way when you're coming out of the driveway, you'll have more angle on the front of the car.
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 12:24 PM
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hence the title guys.. there is no room for me to back up again and reangle.. i'd back into the grass which is another 3 inches up lol
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 12:25 PM
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and even then.. i would still scrape.. my driveway is horrible. i can head in fine and back up fine.. but backing in is a bitch
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 12:33 PM
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you have a lot of room to your passenger side... stick close to it.. right before entering the downward incline start turning to left
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 01:33 PM
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and even then.. i would still scrape.. my driveway is horrible. i can head in fine and back up fine.. but backing in is a bitch
why do you need to back in? Going in straight would be easiest I would think. Unless your driveway is really that damn small lol

I looked at the video again... Can you turn towards the electrical pole or is that a sidewalk there?

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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 01:58 PM
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cause i redid my b pillars with vinyl yesterday.. cord wouldnt reach far enough.. LOL
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 01:58 PM
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it's a sidewalk... camera wasn't on even ground.. but if it was.. you guys would know what i mean
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 02:05 PM
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Lol the joys of riding low, guess i know what im looking forward to once im slammed
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 02:31 PM
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How about putting a board on the driveway? lol
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 02:42 PM
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^ i thought about doing that on my driveway but i would get tired of replacing it every week after it inevitably gets stolen lol.
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 02:43 PM
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and im way too lazy to keep it in my garage and go get it every time i pull into the driveway.
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 02:56 PM
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^^ easy, cement the board on to the ground....lol jk
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Unkn0VV17
^^ easy, cement the board on to the ground....lol jk
You could make a small ramp with some 2x6 or 2x4 and some 3/4" plywood. That should work.
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 03:29 PM
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or you guys can learn how to drive


lol
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by jjashaa
or you guys can learn how to drive


lol
Sometimes it's unavoidable though. lol
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by jjashaa
or you guys can learn how to drive


lol
No, i'll drive however i want and hit whoever i want...lol It's Arizona no one knows how to drive out here...especial when it rains!
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 06:40 PM
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you're not fully taking advantage of the width of the driveway. you're still almost perpendicular to the street still.
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 07:07 PM
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guess ima have to do a 2nd video to prove you guys wrong
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 07:29 PM
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Multiple 2 x 4 laid together! but yea stolen or people would get pissed for having random wood in the street haha
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 07:49 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mabDs...eature=related
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK_slw0W1xc
go to 7:27
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by xtremex626
guess ima have to do a 2nd video to prove you guys wrong
take the video on a tripod or something, you can't see the scraping in the first one.
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 09:02 PM
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lol i watched the whole vette vs. versa video. quite amusing.
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Originally Posted by Unkn0VV17
No, i'll drive however i want and hit whoever i want...lol It's Arizona no one knows how to drive out here...especial when it rains!
The state where turn signals are optional
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by 03tLsNBP
lol i watched the whole vette vs. versa video. quite amusing.
Yea i love thesmokingtire. Matt Farahs quite amusing lol
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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 12:59 AM
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You guys don't understand till you're there, I tried angling out also, and I did what most said I should be doing, and I still scraped. His driveway is fucken puny.
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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 04:17 AM
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The state where turn signals are optional
Three things that is my pet peeve...

1. Someone on my ass
2. Not signaling when merging or turning
3. Tail lights being out
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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 08:11 AM
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dam its the OP driveway, im sure he tried the best angle possible to get his car out, he scraped he scraped, once u dont got the ebay frontlip that would crack like an egg shell your great....
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