Oldsmobile jump vid

[ga_etc]

The first time I went to St. Petersberg on vacation I rented at car. That car turned out to be a 2008 Kia Rhondo V6. Ugly little ****er but it only had 1600 miles on it when I picked it up. Had it for a week and drove the piss out of it. There is a hill in St. Pete that is just outside of downtown that the locals call "thrill hill". The speed limit is 35 mph. I topped it doing about 45 mph. When you top the hill the road disappears. All four tires left the pavement. Not a whole lot of air but still fun as hell and had two people in the car, lol.

[Aron9000]

I can't tell you how many times we took my buddy's 1985ish lifted Suburban(it had a worked over 454 under the hood too) over the railroad tracks. You went up a steep hill going towards these tracks, so it was almost like a plataue drop off going the one direction. That heavy ass truck would become completely airborne for a few seconds, I swear it got like a foot of air. What made it more fun is that we were all 16/17 at the time and you could fit 7 dudes in there.

[Stingroo]

I think this thread should be called "Car Jumping Stories - Featuring Olds. Vid." lol

[Jonas McFeely]

Originally Posted by I~LUV~Caddys8792

If I'm not mistaken, the GSE was sort of a "higher" GS. It was only available for a year or two (00-02?) and had all of the options that the GS had, plus heated leather seats and sunroof, standard. Maybe a rear spoiler too, I can't remember. Did that one have a rear spoiler? Most of the GSE's I've seen are black with the dark grey lower body. Was that how that one was painted?


They did an LSE as well too, and that was the same except no supercharger.

This one was a dark forest green with a gray/silver lower body. Had the black GSE on the rear and a "Supercharged" emblem on the trunk. Had the chrome "turbine" wheels. No spoiler. Older woman driving it. Very, very nice condition. I was going to snap a picture, but by the time i was in my car, she had driven off.

Im starting to really like these Regal GS's. I guess its in my blood. My dad had '65 GS 401 and a '73 Stage 1 GS. My grandfather exclusively drove Buick's up until the late 70's.

Oh, and i saw a burgundy RHD Wrangler on my way back to work today. Rick would have shit his pants.

[I~LUV~Caddys8792]

Originally Posted by Jonas McFeely

This one was a dark forest green with a gray/silver lower body. Had the black GSE on the rear and a "Supercharged" emblem on the trunk. Had the chrome "turbine" wheels. No spoiler. Older woman driving it. Very, very nice condition. I was going to snap a picture, but by the time i was in my car, she had driven off.

Im starting to really like these Regal GS's. I guess its in my blood. My dad had '65 GS 401 and a '73 Stage 1 GS. My grandfather exclusively drove Buick's up until the late 70's.

Ironically enough, I saw two of those GSE's today. One was white, the other was black.

Originally Posted by Jonas McFeely

Oh, and i saw a burgundy RHD Wrangler on my way back to work today. Rick would have shit his pants.

I saw a RHD '79 Land Cruiser today. Go figure.

["G$"]

Originally Posted by 00 Deville

Reminds me of the time I got air going over the railroad tracks in an Old's Delta 88 with the Rocket 350. I was 15 and invincible... that does look like an old Lesabre.

I used to know a kid who died and killed his passenger jumping railroad tracks back in 1999.

[V-Eight]

Did he go of them sideways and roll or something?

[bierman.d]

Holy hell that was fast!

All you guys have these cool airborne stories... makes me want to do some of my own!
After all, I am particularly good at doing things I see others do

[dirt_cheap_fleetwood]

^

[Stingroo]

Oh my god. I'm pretty sure I just lost my appetite for breakfast tomorrow... and it's French toast day too!

[bierman.d]

Sorry man.. if it makes you feel any better, I only did it once.

Enjoy your French Toast!

[Aron9000]

Originally Posted by bierman.d

Sorry man.. if it makes you feel any better, I only did it once.

Enjoy your French Toast!

["G$"]

Originally Posted by V-Eight

Did he go of them sideways and roll or something?

He just went pretty high up in the air because the trajectory was too steep off the train tracks he jumped and came down on the cars nose and I think missed the road to the left because he didn't keep the steering wheel straight. He was the year before me class of 97 highschool and the kid he killed as behind me class of 99.

Don't mean to be a buzzkill though. That's an awesome video, but risky and people shouldn't go out trying it.

[Night Wolf]

Back in NY when I was 16/17, I jumped all 3 of my first cars - '93 Coupe DeVille, '79 Sedan DeVille d'Elegance and '89 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight Royale. All on the same stretch of road.

Most noteably, my first wheelin trip with the Jeep back in March. I kept bottoming out on the xfer case skid plate, 1st gear, 4-low was so low, that as soon as the tires broke free, the RPM would redline and I was stuck, finally one last try before I was going to be pulled out, I decided to throw it in 2nd gear, 4-low and floor it(which tops out at 15mph). I waas just trying to "bump" it over the ledge, but all I saw inside was blue sky, heard a loud "WOOOOAAAHHHHHHH" from everyone standing outside, then only saw the ground as I came down. All stock, on the worn out 45k All-Terrains that came with the Jeep. You can see where the skid was digging into the ground. This is how I got the nickname "Jump" with GATR. (Note: dirt packed in/falling from skid plate)



That same thing happened a few times. Those stock Wrangler GS-A tires had no off-road traction, and the sidewalls would flex so much when aired down, the Jeep lost alot of ground clearance (which made the belly plate hang up more)

Originally Posted by Jonas McFeely

Oh, and i saw a burgundy RHD Wrangler on my way back to work today. Rick would have shit his pants.

No shittting of the pants here. RHD TJ's could be bought in the US, they were mostly sold/bought as postal vehicles in rural areas. It was kinda creepy tho, I was driving up to ATL one time, I was in the middle lane and I saw a TJ coming up on the right lane, so I looked.... but didn't see anyone driving.... I didn't actually understand until I got a chance to pull up on the passenger side. Not only was it a RHD TJ cruzin 80-85mph, but by a grey haired old lady that should be in a Cadillac, I thought it was cause for some epic camera phone pics. She didn't return the Jeep wave tho

[tman2093]

I got air at age 16 or 17 in a 94 Buick Park Ave going over some train tracks ont he way to school. The girls who were behind me told me it was awesome, but I was scared sh**less.