Bump steer....again
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Bump steer....again
You know, I bumped a stear once, some decades ago....
damn cow ran out onto the country road I was passing another car on....
tons of fun....wiped out the entire driver's side of my car....cleaned the mirror, bent the fender, door, quarter panel, left some cowhide hanging from the mirror mechanism......
remember looking at it from inside the car afterwards.....funny how that visualization sticks in the brain....
GENE
damn cow ran out onto the country road I was passing another car on....
tons of fun....wiped out the entire driver's side of my car....cleaned the mirror, bent the fender, door, quarter panel, left some cowhide hanging from the mirror mechanism......
remember looking at it from inside the car afterwards.....funny how that visualization sticks in the brain....
GENE
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Re: Bump steer....again (mrvette)
What, you didn't plot the curve? What was the average vector of the steer? Is this a universal fix or will each on of us have to go out and hit our own steer?
That was good for a laugh, Gene.
That was good for a laugh, Gene.
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Re: Bump steer....again (Jim Shea)
Jim,
All kidding aside, I have encountered these magnificent creatures in the wild and they are gentle but huge. They typically stay away from roadways except at rutting time in the spring. And I was not kidding: hit them with a Chevrolet Cavalier and they are bruised. The Cavalier is a write-off. Hit them with something heavier and yes, they have to be put down with a rifle. They will not survive in the wild with severe injuries; the wolves will take them out.
All kidding aside, I have encountered these magnificent creatures in the wild and they are gentle but huge. They typically stay away from roadways except at rutting time in the spring. And I was not kidding: hit them with a Chevrolet Cavalier and they are bruised. The Cavalier is a write-off. Hit them with something heavier and yes, they have to be put down with a rifle. They will not survive in the wild with severe injuries; the wolves will take them out.
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Re: Bump steer....again (Pete79L82)
Pete, my stear was a side steer.....left side of my car...a '67 Gran Prix, and the right side of the stear......glad that stear new to turn left and steer outta my way, or the bump stear would have been much worse...much worse...
at ~50 mph bump stear is quite scarey.....
OH,...BTW, funny as it seems, it's a true story....
GENE
at ~50 mph bump stear is quite scarey.....
OH,...BTW, funny as it seems, it's a true story....
GENE
