playing in the snow =)

[pbkid]

alright, so we got some decent snow tonight in greeley which doesnt happen very often so we decided to go out and do some snow-crossing in the local parking lot lol....
heres some pics-

http://<a href="http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x160/pbkid04/?action=view&current=P1250018.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x160/pbkid04/P1250018.jpg" border="0" alt="sti and gti"></a>

these are the other guys, a moderately modified STI, and a heavily modified GTI

http://<a href="http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x160/pbkid04/?action=view&current=P1250021.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x160/pbkid04/P1250021.jpg" border="0" alt="sti and gti with lights on"></a>

more pics of the other guys...

http://<a href="http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x160/pbkid04/?action=view&current=P1250046.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x160/pbkid04/P1250046.jpg" border="0" alt="the vx"></a>

getting ready to play, we just set up the cones...

http://<a href="http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x160/pbkid04/?action=view&current=P1250053.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x160/pbkid04/P1250053.jpg" border="0" alt="rally lights"></a>

this is my friends GTI with only his rally lights on....

http://<a href="http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x160/pbkid04/?action=view&current=PB030001.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x160/pbkid04/PB030001.jpg" border="0" alt="this payed for the gti"></a>

this is what payed for the GTI

and now for the good stuff......here me and the sti running the cones

http://<embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i186.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid186.photobucket.com/albums/x160/pbkid04/dualcars.flv">

and now me running slalom with a 360 at the end and straight out after the 360...
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSPso6asxeQ



i dunno...just went out to play and i figured i would share the videos with you guys...

[pbkid]

ah crap, none of them work....anyone wanna help me out??? lol

[pbkid]

heres try 2 on the youtube one....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSPso6asxeQ

and try 2 on the photobucket one...

http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x160/pbkid04/?action=view&current=dualcars.flv

well i figured that out, i guess you guys can go to my other stuff from there on photobucket....

[crotchrocket]

That looks like GREAT fun, !!!

[ISCE]

...NOW!

Thanks for posting the fun!

[nfpgasmask]

Awesome! Power sliding in the snow like that always gets my adrenalin pumping!!!

:grino: Bart

[kodiak]

Nice videos!!!

[kodiak]

I just went through all my YouTube videos and add a link at the top of my descriptions http://www.vehicross.info (http://www.vehicross.info/) . If we all did this I think it would significantly increase traffic.

P.S. Be sure to add the http part to the link or it won’t work.;)

Examples,
http://www.youtube.com/user/rbturbo1701

[pbkid]

oh, i added some more of the other guys who i do this stuff with....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mzbcY1TuqI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szNDZyxhjKg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydOQg66PnME

[Gussie2000]

Very sweet guys !

Love to go out there & play snow with the VX ! :)

[Spyder]

Thanks for posting, looks like a lot of FUN!
Made me smile :bwgy:

[VX KAT]

Those were great! I'm soooo jealous as I've been waiting for like 5 yrs for enough snow to fall so I could go play in the snow! I lived in Dallas until late '07 and only got to do that once in the 11 yrs I was there. Found a Lowe's parking lot that had light poles far enough apart...just had a blast in my BMW X5 with big fat tires...can you say no traction? LOL :bgwp:.....can ONLY imagine how fun it will be when I finally get to do that in my new VX.

We had big snow flurries all day yesterday and I was hopin'! But no such luck, :noy: it was around 34 degrees....no accumulation, dang.....We're at 5300 feet....we're supposed to have more snow up here in these mountains! I'm runnin' out of winter!;ooo;

[pbkid]

ya, its a blast....we did it two nights in a row... about 3 hours each night...

actually the second night, as soon as we got there a cop pulled up and we were all thinkin, aw crap here we go....

cop-you guys rally racing?

us- no we are practicing safe winter driving techniques

cop-oh, ok, well i dont give a ****, i was doing it earlier in loveland (nearby city) with my car and my buddies....

us- sweet, well if you want a run through go ahead

cop- no that would definately get me in a lot of trouble, but just so you know im not planning on coming back, but if i get a call then im going to have to break it up...

us- alright, well thanks, and have a safe night

(the cop took off sliding sideways out of the lot)

.....he actually ended up coming back about 3-4 hours later and telling us that he got a call and its time to go home....but it was fun to watch him slide all over the lot :)

[mdwyer]

cop-oh, ok, well i dont give a ****, i was doing it earlier in loveland (nearby city) with my car and my buddies....

Dude, that is so cool. I firmly believe that that you need to get the car sideways to become an effective winter driver. When you're sideways in real life, you're going to forget everything you've been told and everything you've read... but you'll remember the motions... and THAT is what's going to keep you alive.

I've been in Colorado my whole life and I've never had a serious accident -- no injuries, no rollovers, no insurance claims. I think a lot of that has to do with the experience gained from skidding around parking lots and fishtailing down roads.

If you see that cop again, you've got to buy him a donut or something. That's really cool that he was actually looking out for you guys instead of just being a dick. That said, it sounds like you guys did the right thing, too. The cones helped. :)

[WormGod]

Been like that here for the last 2 days. Some snow with lots of ice. This morning was pretty crazy.

I have been driving the WRX though. A world of fun in snow. The VX is staying OUT of the snow nowadays. Fact is, they lay down excessive salt here and I want none of it anywhere near the VX undercarriage. Let it eat the WRX.... there are a million of those out there.

Oh ya, Paul.... them turns look like fat whales! Ebrake it. FAR more fun in snow cutting those cone turns. You're safe doing it in the snow with the. Trust me, if anyone was gonna lose it, it would have been me, and I have yet to do so. ;)

[Todd Adams]

http://www.utah4x4club.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=5214
This is from our 'ZUTAH run on the first. 7th anual 1st run of the year.

[pbkid]

Dude, that is so cool. I firmly believe that that you need to get the car sideways to become an effective winter driver. When you're sideways in real life, you're going to forget everything you've been told and everything you've read... but you'll remember the motions... and THAT is what's going to keep you alive.

I've been in Colorado my whole life and I've never had a serious accident -- no injuries, no rollovers, no insurance claims. I think a lot of that has to do with the experience gained from skidding around parking lots and fishtailing down roads.

If you see that cop again, you've got to buy him a donut or something. That's really cool that he was actually looking out for you guys instead of just being a dick. That said, it sounds like you guys did the right thing, too. The cones helped. :)

thats my theory, and ive always driven in colorado...the more practice you have without control, the better your reactions are gonna be when it happens by accident....

plus its REALLY fun to have the guy with the STI ask me if i think he is keeping up with me ;)

[pbkid]

http://www.utah4x4club.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=5214
This is from our 'ZUTAH run on the first. 7th anual 1st run of the year.

ah, wouldnt let me access because im not a member...

[pbkid]

hey guys, i know its been a while since i've visited this thread, but i wanted to share some more videos of the VX in the snow, along with the STI and GTI.
check em out :)

http://youtu.be/iya_UgjIV2o
http://youtu.be/E2U75eL2ti8
http://youtu.be/Fpbr5k1zy_c

[Etfren]

I've always wondered if the PB in your name stood for paintball. Judging from the huge Dye sticker on the back window of your old VX I guess that confirms that. Where did you get a sticker that big anyway?

[pbkid]

haha, ya the pb is for paintball, because at the time i had my VX i was really involved in the paintball community.

I was a backup for naughty dogs (national championship team), and they were sponsored by DYE, so i asked our rep to please get me the biggest vinyl car sticker he could get a hold of. He showed up at the next meet with a 3'x8" sticker.

I loved that sticker because you could never find them anywhere else.

do you ball?

[Breezy]

pbkid, are you doing this in auto (TOD) or 4lo?

[Etfren]

Haha, that's pretty awesome, no wonder I've never seen a sticker that big.

Yeah I have been playing national events for the last two years (both PSP and NPPL) in D4, D2 and some pump stuff this year. I was just in Vegas for the last NPPL round this year about 2 weeks ago.

[waymore35]

PB, was your VX lifted?

[pbkid]

pbkid, are you doing this in auto (TOD) or 4lo?
I was doing all that in 4hi, the transmission is too rough in 4lo to be getting on it that hard.


Haha, that's pretty awesome, no wonder I've never seen a sticker that big.

Yeah I have been playing national events for the last two years (both PSP and NPPL) in D4, D2 and some pump stuff this year. I was just in Vegas for the last NPPL round this year about 2 weeks ago.

thats great, i played NPPL for 2 years in a row, both in denver.
I really miss my paintball days, and i would kill to be able to ball like i used to, but i just cant afford to play.
At the time that i had my VX i managed a field in colorado springs, which meant that i played and practiced for free. Then after i left that job i was playing with naughty dogs and they had all their paint and gear paid for.


PB, was your VX lifted?
Yup, 3" OME lift. Factory shocks with no ball joint flip, just new springs in the rear and a torsion bar twist or two :winky: