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posted on July 26th, 2003 at 07:09 PM
How high can your bug jump.


This photo was taken at the '76 BP Mallee Desert Rally by a photographer who knew there was a big dip in the track that I couldn't see. It was obout 1.5 m in the air.

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posted on July 26th, 2003 at 07:24 PM


How did the old guts and bum handle that one, must have been a bit of a jolt on touch down!
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posted on July 26th, 2003 at 07:38 PM


Hi Robo,
it landed ok but hard and we didn't realise at the time that one of the steering box bolts had cracked and 20ks from the finish lost the steering. We wired the steering box to the front end with a bit of "Farmers' Friend" (fencing wire) and continued on, finishing 5th in the Baja class.

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posted on July 26th, 2003 at 07:54 PM


Very cool:



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posted on July 27th, 2003 at 06:10 PM


he he.



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posted on July 27th, 2003 at 06:12 PM


Nice one!!! :thumb



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posted on July 27th, 2003 at 08:24 PM


Not quite a bug......but still a pretty cool jump....

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posted on July 27th, 2003 at 08:25 PM


And another

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posted on July 28th, 2003 at 09:13 AM


I've been about 1m in the air, but this is the highest photographic evidence I have :)

http://offroadvw.net/bajawes/images/stockton/bajaair_s.jpg

This was my original comments on the photo "Judging by how far I am past the top of the dune (on the very right) I figure I am on my way back down in this shot. However the lovely camera-woman Sally is convinced her lightning reflexes have caught me at the highest point of my jump."




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posted on July 28th, 2003 at 05:29 PM


Thats pretty high tho.
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posted on July 28th, 2003 at 08:38 PM


What sort of damage does jumps like these cause to your cars? Or better yet what precautions do you guys take to preserve your vehicle?


By the way those picture are sweeeet:bounce




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posted on July 28th, 2003 at 09:33 PM


i figured that that's why they were jumping on sand dunes...it doesn't do as much damage?
the racing shocks in my golf keep me fairly well connected with the ground, although, i do seem to have a bit of trouble with the front end sliding when i drive around round abouts :P:P




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posted on May 14th, 2006 at 12:55 PM



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posted on May 14th, 2006 at 12:55 PM



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posted on May 14th, 2006 at 04:45 PM



buggy bash a while ago, johnyB's car. the car ended clearing the table top by a long way, and table to was about 1.5m from memory

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posted on May 16th, 2006 at 09:00 PM



Wow I thought this thread had long been buried in the bowls of AVD!!!
Some nice jump shots.




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posted on May 16th, 2006 at 09:21 PM



:cry my local bmx track wont let my manx race ----anymore.:P

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posted on May 16th, 2006 at 10:16 PM



Take it to the the Beenleigh BMX track, no one watches there Lol.

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posted on May 21st, 2006 at 12:53 PM



dont trash bmx tracks with bajas or motorbikes they are designed for bmx..I want a baja to fly in.....



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posted on May 27th, 2006 at 06:35 PM



Hahaha... jumping vws, everywhere!

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buggy.gif posted on May 27th, 2006 at 09:35 PM



I've been pretty airborn in my buggy a few times. Heaps of fun, but I did crack the chassis eventually. I class the repairs as maintenance and will only jump it higher when it is back on the road...



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