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Offroad VW based vehicles have problems/insights all their own. Not to mention the knowledge gained in VW durability.
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little hillclimb, by the "donuts" I did last weekend. [img][img]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h80/2 ... IE_NEW.jpg[/img][/img]
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now this looks like it would be fun little cruise down a simple dirt road:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMbpjauDg9U&NR=1
give a man a watch and he'll allways know what time it is. give him two and he can never be sure again.

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Be warned, this is a long one... 44 minute run time! I tried to edit down my videos from the SoCal Bajas Anza Borrego run as much as possible (was an hour and 45 minutes). I am not very good at editing, so keep that in mind... :oops:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 8730&hl=en
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That little camera is a Bad Azz :lol: I could watch much of the vid because I am using verizon. :evil: But you need to slow down before you leave Skid---------------Marks. :lol:
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Post by Skidmark »

try pausing the playback for a while, and then come back when the download is farther along. It will play smoother.
"Your car sounds angry, and it wants to go fast all the time..."
(quote from my daughter, after driving my car)

It's not complicated, it's just expensive...
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Skidmark wrote:try pausing the playback for a while, and then come back when the download is farther along. It will play smoother.
That aint the problem. I get charged for uploading or watching steaming vids I went round and round with them today. I uploaded maybe 15 or so short vids and they charged me over 100 bucks. I get poor service so it took 5 or 6 times to upload the vids. So went over my 5 gigs. I am still out raged even after they credited me 52 bucks and some change.
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Here is the video of me going down, then up the Rock Garden at Mengel Pass, Death Valley. I thought it was difficult, then my friend David follows me in his Vanagon Synchro with a 3.3L Subaru engine conversion!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkZGs7Y2oVA
"Your car sounds angry, and it wants to go fast all the time..."
(quote from my daughter, after driving my car)

It's not complicated, it's just expensive...
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Do we want to let this one go back into the general population or keep it as a sticky, last post was in April?

If we are not going to use it then will let it go.
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Post by Hedrock »

Let it go...
Collecting parts again... No I'm not going to say why!
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Always thought a place to add all the video so you would not have to go searching through the posts was a good idea. Started a poll for those lurkers who don't want to post but want a say so. Give it five days to live or die.
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Post by Leatherneck »

Here is one, might of seen it before but had fun doing it. Hope to get some fresh ones to add here in a few weeks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bspJkYqihro
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Post by Tom in PA »

cool vids.

Looks like it was a fun trip. Don't you get a bit nervous going on a long trip like that with just one car? Looks like you brought lots of supplies but breaking down in the middle of nowhere without someone to pull you out can wreck a weekend. It doesn't look like you were just out for a Sunday drive either :D


Since we're posting, I just added a new video from a race earlier this summer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmmwHlDA1hI

Tom
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It has been real reliable over the last 20 years. Two stock swing axles broke at the spades making me walk. I try not to drive any faster than I feel comfortable driving. Notice I don't charge into the corners very often. Doing the off road recoveries on those roads, I have walked a good half of FR 192 and FR 711 and pre run 80% of it at a snails pace in the recovery truck. Thats a good video of you racing. Did you perform that barrel roll manuver in your other video to intimidate the competition.
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Post by Leatherneck »

Great video, like the still shots too. Alot of different terrain to keep things interesting, good grief I can't wait to get out there.
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