davevm
Torque Junkie
Did you ever jump a car, not the battery one, but
all 4 wheels in the air. How does it feel like.
all 4 wheels in the air. How does it feel like.
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HDi fun
TC ModFather
Yes, on the A595 in Cumbria during July 1990 driving a Vauxhall Astra. It's horrible.
Skullion
Torque Junkie
I havn't done it myself but was a passenger when a guy I know did it on a Hump Back Bridge, ended up knocking my head off the roof
Loz
Torque King
It's very strange especially when you can feel the car drifting off line & there's nothing you can do about it.
Not recommended on public roads.
I knew a lad who lost his life after hitting a humpback bridge (on the Hemsby Road just outside of Marthem, Norfolk) at high speed & the car ended up in the first floor of a cottage killing him & two friends. I believe the bridge, a redundant railway bridge was removed in 2006/7.
Not recommended on public roads.
I knew a lad who lost his life after hitting a humpback bridge (on the Hemsby Road just outside of Marthem, Norfolk) at high speed & the car ended up in the first floor of a cottage killing him & two friends. I believe the bridge, a redundant railway bridge was removed in 2006/7.
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Skullion
Torque Junkie
Yeah I agree Loz, but no matter what you try to do to get 4 wheels off the ground, it's always dangerous and stupid
HDi fun
TC ModFather
I wasn't trying to go airborne either. I just totally misjudged the profile of a hump backed bridge and hit it too far fast. If I'd have hammered the brakes on the car would have chinned the road surface upon hitting the bridge.
Loz
Torque King
Pretty much what I did to, dosent help when there's a heavy camber on the road too. 
I jumped a raise railroad crossing years ago in a mk4 escort. Went about 8 feet in the air and was airborn for 20 odd feet or so. It wasn't ment but in my younger days I had quite a heavy foot.:embarrest:
Felt really wierd especially when everything in the car was floating around in the air.
Felt really wierd especially when everything in the car was floating around in the air.
indiaman
Track Warrior
Never had 4 wheels in the air, but have seen a lot of rally cars land up in the ditch trying this
dpsubaru
The Torque Meister
had four wheels in the air for a short time - scary and would make best efforts not to do that again,
ronniecalcutta
Road Burner
Yeah.... once. But it left so many dents on the skirts of my car, that I hardly try it afterward , despite the fun I had on that day....
T9 man
TC ModFather
Thought about giving it a go once! but then I remembered all those episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard, and the General Lee's landings after 4 wheel flights and decided against it, :bigsmile:
pgarner
TC ModFather
and the amount of general lees ended up in the scrappy
