Vic Wasteland Thread

[Birds]

I watched friends go off there back in the day. Not a particularly forgiving road. Nice drive though. I love Ridge Road (the road between Kalorama and Olinda that Skyhigh sits on.)

In all honesty, it scares the shit out of me...every single time...and I love it. I shouldn't, because I almost died on the mountain (as in, paramedics agreed we shouldn't have made it out alive) in '07. But it's about staring into the face of the scariest thing I can think of, and being afraid of nothing else in life. Nothing compares for adrenalin.

[HEKT1K]

For those 7kms... you're free?

Edit: didn't mean to make light of your near-death experience, sorry brah

[dezz]

lol

[UNR33L]

LOL

[PENGUYEN]

^

[alr33x]

LOL

My rear rims use to sit like that infinity never hit the body.

What time f1 tonight?

[dezz]

10

[alr33x]

Nice hamilton will be Spewin

[llama_au]

In all honesty, it scares the shit out of me...every single time...and I love it. I shouldn't, because I almost died on the mountain (as in, paramedics agreed we shouldn't have made it out alive) in '07. But it's about staring into the face of the scariest thing I can think of, and being afraid of nothing else in life. Nothing compares for adrenalin.

Thankfully all the friends who came off lived with minimal injuries, but it was only a matter of time until someone wouldn't be so lucky.

What sort of car did you come off the mountain in? I know somebody who rolled their Pulsar down and enbankment and landed on the roof, your story sounds similar to his...

[UNR33L]

hamilton can't get a break lol

worst accident i had was on a dirt bike, flogging my 2 stroke probably around 2001, through a farm field and a massive drainage dip in the field appeared out of nowhere took me by surpise threw me off the bike and hit a large rock on the side of my head around the size of a volley ball put a crack in my helmet.. could of left me in massive pain or brain damage I reckon if I wasn't wearing a helmet

hit a tree when I was 18 in my old 4 door but wasn't too bad just took the corner a bit quick in the wet.. wrote it off.. the payout made way for coupe and manual which was awesome so happy about that accident!

[UNR33L]

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do want

[Birds]

For those 7kms... you're free?

Edit: didn't mean to make light of your near-death experience, sorry brah

Thankfully all the friends who came off lived with minimal injuries, but it was only a matter of time until someone wouldn't be so lucky.

What sort of car did you come off the mountain in? I know somebody who rolled their Pulsar down and enbankment and landed on the roof, your story sounds similar to his...

Yeah it would have been the same accident, I was riding passenger.

[R-SPEC]

Not sure what interlocks the zxr has, but some bikes won't start if not in neutral, kickstand down, clutch out etc..

Nah nothing to do with that. Someone told me today it might be flooded carb...

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

was that a pre-emptive disabled parking pass birds?

[R-SPEC]

How did that happen?

And you wanna take us there on bikes -.-

[Birds]

Think he found that parking pass somewhere.

How did that happen?

And you wanna take us there on bikes -.-

Different road to the one I ride along, the crash happened on the Tourist road and the guy was driving full pelt. Was a turbocharged Pulsar with an over-confident driver behind the wheel, who didn't know how to deal with oversteer after installing a tight rear sway bar. Came around a corner at high speed, rear slid out, he over-corrected a couple of times and slid off the edge of the road into pitch black (was midnight) for a downhill roll / bounce off trees and eventually landed on the roof.

[CrispyFries]

didn't know how to deal with oversteer after installing a tight rear sway bar

More power! Really goes against instinct

[kaitoukid]

I've been in a crash on Mount Dandy too -___-. I think was the downhill on that bit between the Basin and Sassafrass that Birds posted up.

I wasn't driving though, I was the passenger, which makes it worse if anything, no control at all... We went straight into the MOUNTAIN side though (I think we hit a reflector pole, then slid UP the side of the mountain (dodging a reflector pole) and then came back down and hit another one... :| ).

Was mate's first time downhill, fwd+auto, going uphill had him a bit overconfident (turned back relatively early on the route, as there was roadworks), and then with brakes cooked on the way down and not providing enough brake power... gg. I remember on the turn before that telling him to slow down on the turn before we crashed, since we were going (what I felt) was too quick, but that turn was nice and gentle, the one we crashed on was not. After we had stopped and I heard the radiator hissing and shit I thought I was going to die in an explosion rofl. We both left unscratched though... (air bags didn't even deploy :|).

[Birds]

It's funny how sometimes the passenger can feel the car is sitting on it's limits and the driver can't, it should be the other way round. I had the exact same feeling, was about to tell him to slow down because it was starting to scare me...next corner...skiiiiiid. This is why I like the uphill too, uphill is your friend for stopping quick.

[PENGUYEN]

VTECYOOOOOO

Haven't taken my civic on a pass yet. Too scared. stock suspension and $10 tyres. Massive body roll. Do not like.

When coilovers are in and new wheels go on with new tyres i might give it a crack.