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The SVX hauler suffered an injury :p
Thursday night pulled into a rest area to catch some Z's. Being overtired and not thinking enough, pulled up a bit too close (about 5 feet) behind a big rig and trailer and was out of his view. (Pulled up that close to get the van and dolly fully parked in place and out of the narrow lane of traffic) And because a dolly can be a bit of a pain to back up and again, way too tired, just figured, i'm parked, it's good. Well, a few hours later, heard a truck start up and there was a trailer slowly coming back towards me, quick tried honking, etc but it backed into me and pushed me backwards a good few feet. (van in park mind you) The truck driver then pulled into a parking spot, I went and looked at the damage, got back in, started it up, made sure the transaxle wasn't damaged, and then didn't really care. It would have been viewed at 50/50 fault anyway and I could have talked to the driver if I had cared enough. But seeing as it just did slight cosmetic damage, I continued on my way and it made it the 250 miles from the KY/TN border to Indianapolis just fine. Now it just has some battle wounds Last edited by 1986nate; 10-14-2011 at 05:25 PM. |
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Re: The SVX hauler suffered an injury :p
Chicks dig scars!
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Re: The SVX hauler suffered an injury :p
speaking of which, the back of my wrist looks pretty gnarly
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Even if it seems fine, the transmission in these vans is a weak spot and many of them fail. Sort of a similar situation to the SVX actually.
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Re: The SVX hauler suffered an injury :p
trust me he knows this. Last trip he carried a spare trans with him.
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Re: The SVX hauler suffered an injury :p
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your prepared for almost anything haha |
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Re: The SVX hauler suffered an injury :p
I'm telling ya this guy has what it takes to become a legend. Too bad you aren't here to meet him.
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one day i shall come over to meet him and the rest of you guys if i get a chance |
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Re: The SVX hauler suffered an injury :p
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BTW, just snapped this on the way into WI... This is the original transmission, torque converter was replaced about 8 years ago, I purchased it in May of this year with just a bit under 130k. I replaced the trans fluid and filter with genuine Chrysler ATF+4. I had everyone at the Reading meet laughing and making fun of me for thinking I could tow an SVX with a caravan. Well look who's laughing now! These 16k+miles in the last 5 months have all been HARD miles by even a truck or SUV standard, and way more than a caravan was ever designed for.... The worst tank of gas I have ever gotten is 15 mpg with the a/c on and a combined total weight easily over 11k lbs, and that is a "gentle" estimate. This trip, I just got done unloading the van, just the van and here are some pics of me slowly taking stuff out. (Keep in mind, I have heavy duty shocks) Rear end is a bit saggy You can imagine how much I could see |
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Re: The SVX hauler suffered an injury :p
And after, Holy crap! Ground clearance
And basically empty enough. BTW, even with a starter failure in Florida on this trip from driving through over a foot of water, I still have less than a total of $900 into this van. Even including maintenance costs. Look who's laughing now. the list of stuff in the van that I can remember is as follows 3 windshields 2 pallets 1 hood 1 fwd 5 spd and needed swap parts 1 complete AWD 5 spd swap parts 1 SVX auto transmission 2 torque converters 3 flywheels a complete set of struts and hubs (all 4 corners) from an SVX 2 complete rear Legacy strut assemblies 4 SVX rims with tires 3 extra tires SVX midpipe pair of control arms Front differential air compressor way too many tools complete dashboard 2 intake manifolds lots of random bits quite a bit of luggage Honestly, can't remember what else Inside the complete SVX I was pulling there was an extra leather driver seat a complete engine tons of other random bits I traveled just a bit over 7000 miles on this trip (don't ask how much gas I spent ). And for the entire trip, loaded/unloaded(90 percent of it there was the van loaded or a vehicle on the dolly and averaged about 19 mpg overall. |
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Unpacking that thing looked like we were having a yard sale.
I will never forget, repacking most of it at 4'oclock AM. |
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Both ways I seen it only full to the brim of stuff... on the way back, it had even more after all your stops lol.... that van is a trooper!
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I'm certainly impressed.
More so now that you were able to find the parts I needed and get them shipped while on your road trip. |
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