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Old Jan 9, 2007, 12:21 AM
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i want to see a vid of you speeding backwards in reverse to go up your drive way i think it would look gangster...LOL!
Old Jan 11, 2007, 07:23 AM
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I'll come up and put your car in for you :P

Check with the city, you may be able to make a small cement ramp to help you out.
Old Jan 11, 2007, 07:27 AM
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just go buy some brick pavers, those thing hold up pretty well if you approach it at low enugh speed.
Old Jan 11, 2007, 08:08 AM
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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.

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Old Jan 11, 2007, 08:39 AM
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REV the **** out of it.
Old Jan 11, 2007, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by barneyb
I'd suggest you sell the Evo and go back to the Subie.
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
Old Jan 11, 2007, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by twlai
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!!
Damn she must weigh like 200lbs...
Old Jan 11, 2007, 09:51 AM
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Wow, haha.

Well with the Evo X, if you get the paddle-shifters you wont have to worry about your clutch! i dunno about the whole AMT idea anyway, though.
Old Jan 11, 2007, 09:53 AM
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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
Old Jan 11, 2007, 09:54 AM
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Some one that doesnt know how to back up? Dear god go back to drivers ed..
Old Jan 11, 2007, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by CRX2EVO
angle the crap out of your car and you can go up forward
This works, this is what I have to do when entering my driveway
Old Jan 11, 2007, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by binh
Damn she must weigh like 200lbs...
lmao
Old Jan 11, 2007, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by mot
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
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA wait.....











AHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Old Jan 11, 2007, 11:19 AM
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u guys are FUNNY!!! LOL
Old Jan 11, 2007, 11:23 AM
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Go to driving school or take the lip off. I can't believe you posted this here haha.

If you have 2step use it




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