Why so many flipped tCs?
06-07-2006, 11:15 AM
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Why so many flipped tCs?
I've seen a LOT of posts about flipped tCs, I just read another one here:
http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.ef17003
(see April 25 post).
WTF? It's really hard to flip a non-SUV! Is the tC that top-heavy? Maybe something is going on that Toyota knows about but isn't saying, the way so many other manufactureres have tried to hid this stuff? (Isuzu Trooper, Jeep, Honda Odyssey, etc., etc).
Those of you that flipped your tC, how did it happen?
http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.ef17003
(see April 25 post).
WTF? It's really hard to flip a non-SUV! Is the tC that top-heavy? Maybe something is going on that Toyota knows about but isn't saying, the way so many other manufactureres have tried to hid this stuff? (Isuzu Trooper, Jeep, Honda Odyssey, etc., etc).
Those of you that flipped your tC, how did it happen?
06-07-2006, 11:46 AM
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Re: Why so many flipped tCs?
Originally Posted by io333
Those of you that flipped your tC, how did it happen?
06-07-2006, 12:16 PM
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Re: Why so many flipped tCs?
Originally Posted by ack154
Originally Posted by io333
Those of you that flipped your tC, how did it happen?
Well, at least the tC's are a safe car.
id be ____ed if i flipped my tc. i agree with both you up there^ tcs are nice fast looking cars but if you wanna do some speeding go to a track and try that crap out
06-07-2006, 05:13 PM
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In stock form, one MUST be extra careful (better to over estimate a turn than to under estimate ~ therefore assume the turn is sharper than it really is). A stock tC has a ton of body roll, and shouldn't be taken lightly..
06-07-2006, 05:23 PM
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I have diff springs, front strut bar, upgraded rear sway bar, and a soon to be installed rear strut bar. I almost got into an accident because of a clueless woman who was stopped in the middle of the street. Because of the handling of my car I was able to cut the wheel hard as hell (over steering) and bring it back without crashing. I dont know much about the stock car because i bought it w/ the trd springs and put the front strut and rear sway bar on a month after having the car. .......anyway. To make my point - I think before my car flips my tires are going to easily give way due to their poor traction. The tC cant do the fast and the furious turns and stick them.
06-07-2006, 06:18 PM
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Dumb "tuner" kids that think they can drive like a race driver + fun sporty looking car + other dumb friends + wrecked cars.
Young people are getting cars and trying to be Vin Diesel these days, and while they are fun as hell to smoke in a real race (cause they cant drive worth s#!t) they end up going out and wrecking their cars.
As far as the car being easy to flip, I dont think it would be too easy. And as for the glass roof.. the entire assembly weighs in around 68 lbs including glass, much less than some seem to think. Although it adds body roll by being far from the CG, it isnt going to turn the car into a rollover waiting to happen.
As far as SUVs, idiots that had no clue how to drive bought them and thought those 5000 lb, high center of gravity cars were able to handle like thier honda. Thier just werent enough warning labels for the sue happy people out there.
Young people are getting cars and trying to be Vin Diesel these days, and while they are fun as hell to smoke in a real race (cause they cant drive worth s#!t) they end up going out and wrecking their cars.
As far as the car being easy to flip, I dont think it would be too easy. And as for the glass roof.. the entire assembly weighs in around 68 lbs including glass, much less than some seem to think. Although it adds body roll by being far from the CG, it isnt going to turn the car into a rollover waiting to happen.
As far as SUVs, idiots that had no clue how to drive bought them and thought those 5000 lb, high center of gravity cars were able to handle like thier honda. Thier just werent enough warning labels for the sue happy people out there.
06-07-2006, 07:56 PM
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Ha ha ha, noobs!! they must be trying to drift their tCs or something. They need to save that for MC3: Dub Edition Remix cuz I drift all the time in the tC in the game. a little off topic but a few years back, a Mazda Miata hit a Expedition and flipped it.
they must be trying to drift their tCs or something. They need to save that for MC3: Dub Edition Remix cuz I drift all the time in the tC in the game. a little off topic but a few years back, a Mazda Miata hit a Expedition and flipped it.
06-08-2006, 02:42 AM
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Re: Why so many flipped tCs?
Originally Posted by THansenite
Agreed. Go over to autosports and you can see people telling telling their stories of themselves acting like Brian Spilner or Dom Toretto
Well, at least the tC's are a safe car.
