Not a spider, but still a fiat.
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mbouse
Re: Not a spider, but still a fiat.
Yup. that was entertaining.
if my wife were to view this clip, she would ask why the guys with the gun are fleeing from the guy without a gun. I would reply that he was a superior driver. she would disagree with me.
we would both believe that we won the argument. watching movies at our house is dual entertainment.
if my wife were to view this clip, she would ask why the guys with the gun are fleeing from the guy without a gun. I would reply that he was a superior driver. she would disagree with me.
we would both believe that we won the argument. watching movies at our house is dual entertainment.
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So Cal Mark
Re: Not a spider, but still a fiat.
that looks like a daily commute here in So Cal since we're all armed and regularly fire at annoying drivers
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mbouse
Re: Not a spider, but still a fiat.
come to think of it, i have seen that bump-the-rear-quarter-to-get-the-other-car-to-spin so much on TV lately, i have begun to believe it is an instructional video on how to spin the car in front of you. Seems that all of those video clips originate from California.
is this an optional maneuver, or is it actually required in some instances on the California freeways? are there written regulations on when to spin left verses when to spin right?
is this an optional maneuver, or is it actually required in some instances on the California freeways? are there written regulations on when to spin left verses when to spin right?
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fiatS2000
Re: Not a spider, but still a fiat.
still not a spider, but at least it's a 124.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYjXOm_kjks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYjXOm_kjks
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fiatS2000
Re: Not a spider, but still a fiat.
another 124, but stil, no spider.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVs5rVf8hB0&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVs5rVf8hB0&NR=1
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HOLLYWOODSPIDER
Re: Not a spider, but still a fiat.
Mike-
The bumping of the rear quarter to make the car spin is considered a non-lethal way to stop a car chase, and is very common here in California. We call it the "Pit Maneuver." Like you, I feel I've seen it so much, I know just how to do it.
Spike strips are not ineffective, but chase drivers here tend to keep driving on flat tires until they crash into something else. It makes for spectacular chases, with showers of sparks and sometimes flames.
We have so many car chases in California, it's ridiculous. There is actually a subscription service here to inform people via text messages when there is a high speed chase, and what channel it can be viewed on. They don't always have pleasant endings. About 10 years ago, a helicopter was covering a stand-off at the end of a chase on close-up cam. They were on Palos Verdes, a picturesque cliff overlooking the ocean. The perpetrator shot himself in the head on live TV.
The bumping of the rear quarter to make the car spin is considered a non-lethal way to stop a car chase, and is very common here in California. We call it the "Pit Maneuver." Like you, I feel I've seen it so much, I know just how to do it.
Spike strips are not ineffective, but chase drivers here tend to keep driving on flat tires until they crash into something else. It makes for spectacular chases, with showers of sparks and sometimes flames.
We have so many car chases in California, it's ridiculous. There is actually a subscription service here to inform people via text messages when there is a high speed chase, and what channel it can be viewed on. They don't always have pleasant endings. About 10 years ago, a helicopter was covering a stand-off at the end of a chase on close-up cam. They were on Palos Verdes, a picturesque cliff overlooking the ocean. The perpetrator shot himself in the head on live TV.