not enough power in reverse!!
#19
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I encountered the same thing on my sister's driveway. She lives in a retreat in the Rocky Mountains. First you go up a long torturous road and then you encounter her long steep driveway. To leave you have to turn around because if you put one wheel wrong while backing you fall off the mountain. Turning around causes me to smoke the clutch every time.
I've been there when other people were visiting and they all could perform this maneuver with whatever car or SUV they were driving but my Evo acts like it is about to blow up. It is embarrassing.
My solution is to not go up there again with my Evo. And this is a car that should excel in these conditions but it simply is not suited to steep grades. It needs either lower 1st and reverse gears or the engine needs a cam with some grunt at lower rpms.
I'd suggest you sell the Evo and go back to the Subie.
I've been there when other people were visiting and they all could perform this maneuver with whatever car or SUV they were driving but my Evo acts like it is about to blow up. It is embarrassing.
My solution is to not go up there again with my Evo. And this is a car that should excel in these conditions but it simply is not suited to steep grades. It needs either lower 1st and reverse gears or the engine needs a cam with some grunt at lower rpms.
I'd suggest you sell the Evo and go back to the Subie.
Last edited by barneyb; Jan 11, 2007 at 08:11 AM.
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I love the EVO too much to do that!!!
I found the solution. I just ask my wife to get out of the car every time before
I backup, the load get lighten and it just have enough power to backup
without stalling!!
yes, i love the evo more than my wife..... for now.... ehhehehee
I found the solution. I just ask my wife to get out of the car every time before
I backup, the load get lighten and it just have enough power to backup
without stalling!!
yes, i love the evo more than my wife..... for now.... ehhehehee
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haha the reverse is so high for when youre on the highway with a riced out eclipse and you wanna pull the e brake and throw it in reverse to flip the eclipse owner off while still speeding to get the cigar out of your boss' ferrari
DUH
DUH
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