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Airborne 99 Viggen
Posted by Dave C (more from Dave C) on Thu, 26 Jul 2001 01:05:54
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Was driving on winding back road in neighborhood 2 weeks ago and some psychopath kid in a souped up Honda comes down the road behind me fast and begins to tailgate and flash his lights. This is at best a one and half lane residential road with blind driveways and not the autobahn. The usual Viggen mentality took over, I downshifted into 2nd, mashed the gas petal, and once I cleared the white smoke from the tires realized I was heading for a 6-8 foot hill in the road at excessive speed. At 40 on the same hill the Viggen will rise on the suspension but tires stay planted. Needless to say I went airborne for approximately 30 feet with guessimate apex of about 3 feet off the ground. Viggen is nose heavy so as usual added to scapes under front nose piece. However suspension did not bottom out and underside did not contact. On inspection by Saab all ok. Interesting thing is the Viggen now responds so much better to turning input. Its almost uncanny. Any similar experiences. In addition best thing about experience was looking in my rearview mirror and watching Honda scorching his tires under heavy braking while sliding over the same hill sideways.
Posts in this Thread:
- Airborne 99 Viggen, Dave C, Thu, 26 Jul 2001 01:05:54 <-- Viewing This Message
- yumping..., JMC, Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:10:56
- Re: Airborne 99 Viggen, Dave C, Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:00:47
- Can an impact like that cause increase negative camber?, LDH, Thu, 26 Jul 2001 03:40:42
- gee. maybe if you flip it end for end it will REALLY run good., chrisx, Thu, 26 Jul 2001 01:54:46
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