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Techno Duck · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2003 4:07 pm Post subject: Damage from dips in the road.

Well it was pretty late and i was driving back from a friends house. The road is very narrow, no lites or anything. Anyway i admit i was going a little fast, maybe 50-60mph and went over a dip in the middle of an intersection i was going through. Its hard to explain exactly what i went over, i guess you can consider it sort of like a speedbump, just it was a bit more shallow. The front did not ground out however it felt very rough on the suspension. I guess you can say i have a guilty conscience about it. The car handles just like it always has so i assume no damage or aynthing. Just i was wondering for future reference what type of damage can be caused by running over a bump in the road like this?
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1987 Guards Red Porsche 944 <-- Sold in Jan. '08
1988 Guards Red Porsche 951 <-- Das Boost

924RACR · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2003 9:41 pm Post subject:

Unless you actually ground out, the only likely thing would be changing your alignment.
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Neil924 · Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 4225 Location: Canada

I have to creep into my driveway because there is a steep slant to the sidewalk. I have to approach it at 45 degres or I scrape my front valence. Any other car can enter at about 30 kph and take a bounce but I crawl and pray.

78porsche924 · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2003 1:26 pm Post subject:

yeah this girl i know's driveway is like that. I got kinda swing into it. My valence gets so close it isn't funny.
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jpab924 · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2003 1:42 pm Post subject:

78porsche924 · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2003 1:46 pm Post subject:

You haven't seen how she looks in shorts

You can bounce quarters off of it.
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90 944 S2
78 924 NA <---now sold and killed by new owner
snailshell trans
Bae turbo kit
to check out my 944 S2 http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/view_page.pl?page_id=388139

1982Porsche924 · Joined: 14 Nov 2002 Posts: 679 Location: Cupertino, CA

I'd check if the tie rods aren't bent, just for peace of mind. Man, that comment about the shorts reminded me of this one girl at school.........oh man
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Body: Fiberglass widebody kit, 931 Nose

78 924 N/a · Joined: 20 Mar 2003 Posts: 769 Location: Pacific N.W.

78porsche924 · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 1:15 am Post subject:

Yeah, it is that banging blonde who has the restraining order on him. Damn stalker

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90 944 S2
78 924 NA <---now sold and killed by new owner
snailshell trans
Bae turbo kit
to check out my 944 S2 http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/view_page.pl?page_id=388139

Techno Duck · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 2:24 am Post subject:

Its summer time, the girl in the passenger seat and the girls in the convertables next to me seem to like playing tag at high speeds...i dont get it. Man i gotta slow it down, damn peer pressure. I tell myself "take it easy today, i dont need a ticket or an accident". But once i have the girl in the seat next to me..its over.
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1987 Zermatt Silver Porsche 924S <-- Sold in Nov. '04
1987 Guards Red Porsche 944 <-- Sold in Jan. '08
1988 Guards Red Porsche 951 <-- Das Boost

81turbo · Joined: 03 Nov 2002 Posts: 1065 Location: Oakland, CA

Yep, nothing impresses the ladies like a man who can drive an auto!

78porsche924 · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 2:44 am Post subject:

hahaha good point 81turbo.
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90 944 S2
78 924 NA <---now sold and killed by new owner
snailshell trans
Bae turbo kit
to check out my 944 S2 http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/view_page.pl?page_id=388139

78 924 N/a · Joined: 20 Mar 2003 Posts: 769 Location: Pacific N.W.

78porsche924 · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 4:00 am Post subject:

Nice grammar there buddy. Come on, we are allowed to make fun of mr. can't shift here. I rag on my boy's firebird all the time cause he is always wanting to race me, i just ask where his clutch is, his girl finds it helarious. needless to say, he doesn't

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90 944 S2
78 924 NA <---now sold and killed by new owner
snailshell trans
Bae turbo kit
to check out my 944 S2 http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/view_page.pl?page_id=388139

Techno Duck · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 12:34 pm Post subject:

ok...i got the car for FREE! Oh yes and when my daddy asked me what type of Porsche i want, i said auto..yea right. I was lucky with what i got and im not gonna throw it back in his face saying "YOU IDIOT, I WANTED A 5-SPEED". Dont think im some spoiled rotten kid who gets a bimmer for their first car then crashes it around a tree. I worked my ass off for 3 years to rebuild a 3-speed manual Mustang, i can drive stick just fine. I dont get why everyone is so "i drive stick shift, im more of a man than you." What the hell is the big deal? And its not like i actually had a choice when my dad got this car for me. I think it takes more talent to work a clutch on my MANUAL 3-SPEED mustang than it does to on a Porsche or a Honda or a Nissan for that matter.

Seriously though, whats the big deal if someone (in particular a man buying a sportscar) dosent drive stickshift? A quote from a kid i know in his profile.

"Real men drive stick shift, any other who dosent is a #### pussy"

those are exact words. Please enlighten me.
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1987 Zermatt Silver Porsche 924S <-- Sold in Nov. '04
1987 Guards Red Porsche 944 <-- Sold in Jan. '08
1988 Guards Red Porsche 951 <-- Das Boost