larrybud2002

Well, I put new shocks on my '86 vette. Everything went together
well, and I took it out for a test drive after I was done, at 11pm
last night.

I live in the burbs of Detroit, very nice area, and am in the middle
of heavy suburban traffic and 5 miles from farm land. There's a great
road for testing driving out in Rochester/Oakland Twp, called Orion
Road which I live near. Lots of elevation changes, winding road, and
it goes from 50 to 35 mph, back to 50.

So I'm enjoying my new ride, everything feels great. I'm doing 50 on
Orion, as I come over a hill/turn, and I see a glare of eyes in the
roadway. I just slam on the brakes as hard as I can, I hear the
antilocks kick in, and I stop literally 3 feet from two deer, just
strolling across the road.

I've tested braking in this car before, under controlled conditions
(i.e. I was planning on slamming on the brakes, and at a lower speed,
knowing nobody was behind me), but this is the fastest I've ever gone
to a complete stop in the middle of the roadway. If someone was
behind me, I would have been rearended, unless they had the skill to
swerve around me, and if I was in my Saturn, I would definitely taken
out the 2 deer, and probably myself. I imagine even the shock
replacement helped in the stopping distance. Wish I had a tape
measure to find out how quick I stopped. All the crap that was loose
in the back hatch went flying forward!

No moral to this story, except stay alert!

c.h.

Well, there is a moral: Shocks have a considerable influence on brake
performance, something a lot of people are not aware of.

Chris

chris h.

Change of shorts and pants required then !!!

nospam

If someone was behind you and rearended you, you could
sue their ass and buy yourself a new C6 !

NO ONE has any business tailgating the vehicle in front
of them. Rule of thumb, if the guy in front of you slams
on his brakes and you can't stop in time - that's called
"following too closely".

Pet peeve ! too bad, the legislator doesn't see fit to
make the offense a felony.

In any other setting if I were dangling a heavy bowling
ball near someones head, it would be called "reckless
endangerment", but when it's a 2+ ton vehicle within a
few feet of you, that can cause death, injury and property
damage, nothing is done... go figure!

paul

Scary stuff. Glad you were able to avoid the deer. I know from experience the damage
a deer can do to a stogy old sedan. I don't want to even imagine what one (much less
two) deer would do to a Corvette.

--
Paul

robotron tom

larrybud2002@yahoo.com (Larry Bud) started a controversy when he said in
news:5db363e0.0407300949.7f3bfdaa@posting.google.c om:

Maybe I missed it...what shocks did you go with?

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diode

Paul spoke thusly...


Check with Dad, he'll tell you...nyuck nyuck nyuck

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xeton2001

They do not you nitwit!!!!!

xeton2001

I think there is a moral and it's don't drive low slung cars. If your
head had been a foot higher you'd have those deer much sooner.

alan baker

Yeah, they do.

Shock absorbers affect how well the suspension keeps the tire in contact
with the road.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."