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09-30-2007, 09:46 AM
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| Moderator   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: chicago
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|  i just got beater with a heater
i just bought this, now i can keep the transam in the garage where it belongs. http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/car/435497986.html  i've been wanting one for quite awhile, and this is the first that has popped up in my area that already had some work done to it. all the other ones i looked at in the same price-range were either stock and beat/rusty or lifted and didnt run. i talked the guy down some, its a little rusty in the wheelwells and floorboards, and it drives like any lifted jeep or sammy i suppose, squirly. but man i'm stoked. imo its just about the perfect city car and i wont have any problem parking it on the street. |
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09-30-2007, 09:47 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: LaSalle
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Can you say rollover?  |
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09-30-2007, 11:53 AM
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09-30-2007, 11:53 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: ****, SL,UT
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09-30-2007, 12:08 PM
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| Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: chicago
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it aint like i'll be wheeling that much in DOWNTOWN CHICAGO anyway. its like, REALLY flat here. |
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09-30-2007, 12:28 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Corruptifornia
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Looks great, but put the stock spsrings and shackles back on and it will be alot better wheeler and less prone to flops.  |
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09-30-2007, 12:48 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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its just begging for a set of 33" MT/Rs man!
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09-30-2007, 12:49 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tax Nation
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I almost called about that!!!!
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09-30-2007, 01:05 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: LaSalle
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Like i'm going to listen to a 12 yr old who can't spell. Them things are known for rolling over. Especially with a lift and big tires. | |
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09-30-2007, 01:08 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Corruptifornia
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09-30-2007, 01:13 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: LaSalle
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If you read above he said it was going to be used as a daily driver, Meaning pavement. When off road and taking a corner fast it will most likely just "slide", take a corner too fast on pavement....it's not going to slide it will just roll over. | |
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09-30-2007, 02:14 PM
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09-30-2007, 02:30 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: the great brown north=(WI)
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don't get any ideas of bringing that to Wisconsin were we have a hill or two. FIB'S aren't welcome  JK
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09-30-2007, 02:36 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: FOUR 8 OH
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It all depends on the driver. I had an '87 Samurai with 3" lift and 32" tires and never once rolled it... I was 17 and did tones of stupid stuff. Now I have a 97 TJ with 3.5" and 32"s and have yet to roll that. The only reason you hear about these rollovers is because of unexperienced drivers doing things that they used to in their Honda, now in a vehicle with a higher center of gravity. Don't blame the vehicle for a roll over, its always the driver. | ||
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09-30-2007, 02:46 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: VARCOR
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My second vehicle was a '86 Sami, only slightly modded, and I know in my teen stupidity (i.e. doing doughnuts), that thing hopped on only two tires a couple of times. But to be honest, if I couldn't make it roll then, odds are I couldn't have made it roll voluntarily. For onroad driving, two tips: 1) learn to draft behind big rigs on the interstate...........they hate it, but in mine, it was the only way I could get over 72mph on flat ground. 2) stopping distance, at least in mine, was HORRIBLE, especially in rain. I have only been in two accidents in my life, and both were because I couldn't stop my Sami quick enough (once my fault, once not). Just leave yourself a little more distance than you would in a car. | |
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09-30-2007, 02:57 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: FOUR 8 OH
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09-30-2007, 07:37 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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09-30-2007, 07:39 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Crawler practice!
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sammys make great trail rigs with 3 inches of lift and 32 or 33 inch tires! nice find man! | |
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09-30-2007, 07:47 PM
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| MWRCA'er  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Machesney Park IL
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7 inches of lift is a little excessive, for a sammy. Especially in chicago traffic.
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09-30-2007, 07:50 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Long Island NY
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The only sammy I've seen that i really liked was back in NY 2wd with a 3000gt twin turbo drive train stuffed in it Lowered 3 inches it ran low 11's with a 50 shot of juice That lil bastard had a few mustang drivers ticked off |
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