Walsingham Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 Has anyone on the forum ever participated in an attempt to flip a car onto its roof? By hand, that is. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Amentep Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 nope. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Walsingham Posted June 16, 2010 Author Posted June 16, 2010 When I little. Didn't manage it though. Great. Just the man. What went wrong? "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Serrano Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 When I little. Didn't manage it though. Great. Just the man. What went wrong? I was 8 and not a super hero.
Humodour Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 When I little. Didn't manage it though. Great. Just the man. What went wrong? I wasn't strong enough. Or old enough to design a makeshift lever system.
Kaftan Barlast Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 I have tried and failed. The old volvo was too heavy for just three people, we were quite drunk, we lacked any kind of tool or pulley system. DISCLAIMER: Do not take what I write seriously unless it is clearly and in no uncertain terms, declared by me to be meant in a serious and non-humoristic manner. If there is no clear indication, asume the post is written in jest. This notification is meant very seriously and its purpouse is to avoid misunderstandings and the consequences thereof. Furthermore; I can not be held accountable for anything I write on these forums since the idea of taking serious responsability for my unserious actions, is an oxymoron in itself. Important: as the following sentence contains many naughty words I warn you not to read it under any circumstances; botty, knickers, wee, erogenous zone, psychiatrist, clitoris, stockings, bosom, poetry reading, dentist, fellatio and the department of agriculture. "I suppose outright stupidity and complete lack of taste could also be considered points of view. "
Monte Carlo Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 FIBUA training, 1991. Fifteen squaddies, one knackered Ford Sierra, absolutely no problem. Then we set fire to it, IIRC, or maybe that was just the tyres. Health and Safety wasn't an issue back then ::sigh::
Serrano Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 (edited) I don't know if these videos would be any use to you I'm in no way knowledgeable about this but after watching several videos it's obvious that most people are lifting it onto it's side with their legs then just pushing it over. Back strap is probably very advisable if you intend to do this as I imagine there's a good chance of throwing it out (even if you'll be doing this in a group). I'm looking through the strongman competition videos on youtube hoping that one of them will have commentary with useful information, I'll post if I find anything out. Edited June 16, 2010 by Serrano
Monte Carlo Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 I think we started by bouncing it on it's suspension, then bundling into the gap and making a scrum to turn it over. Like I said, it was a bunch of fairly big, fit twenty-something men.
Walsingham Posted June 16, 2010 Author Posted June 16, 2010 (edited) Appreciate the input. It's apropos a friend of a friend: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/10293629.stm Had his car flipped for no reason he can think of besides idle amusment. I'm trying to get a feel for how large a group had to be involved. The space is relatively small, and when I went down last week I noticed that the opposite wall was not scratched. Meaning it didn't roll very far before coming to rest. Implies to me quite a bit of control, which implies excess strength to the task. I know the cops think it is 'youths' but I can't picture four scraggy chavs doing it. I'm thinking rugby or some other sporst team. Certainly there's a degree of implied coordination in doing it so quietly and in so small a space. BREAK: There's also a video, which I just found. You can see the car in far more detail. It clearly wasn't rolled completely and must have been flipped. Judging by the lack of damage to side windows. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10295414.stm Edited June 16, 2010 by Walsingham "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Monte Carlo Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 I agree. A car weighs the best part of a tonne, right? You need to get it bouncing to make a gap big enough to get in there and flip it. Of course, if you had a way of jacking it up you could use less people but I can't see four kids doing it. Unless it was a Smartcar or something of course.
Walsingham Posted June 16, 2010 Author Posted June 16, 2010 Car's in the linked story. I think it's a Ford Sierra. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Walsingham Posted June 16, 2010 Author Posted June 16, 2010 (edited) If you look up Westmorland Road, Swindon then Savernake Road on Google then you can see the two points are quite a ways away from each, and Westmorland road is downhill (I went and looked). I also asked and assuming you went from a pub via both incidents they had to go westmoreland first, as there's no pubs southwest of savernake. However, if it was kids, then you've got a graffitti park/chav magnet to the east of savernake and another big park near westmorland. Which kind of reinforces the notion of kids. Although that also makes no sense, unless they lived southwest of savernake because the car was behind the house. Argh. This is all the fault of me watching Poirot this morning. Otherwise I'd have dropped it days ago. EDIT: I've been skimming through youtube to see if any drunk fool video'd it. And as if by hand of divine encouragement I found a video of some girl learning to be . Which I assume is a sort of dog treat for this hound. Edited June 16, 2010 by Walsingham "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Moose Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 Almost anything can happen when you're 17 and stoned, so I would start off by looking to become 17 again. You might have to do your own research into this as I'm not an expert in genetics. There are none that are right, only strong of opinion. There are none that are wrong, only ignorant of facts
Walsingham Posted June 16, 2010 Author Posted June 16, 2010 Wouldn't stoned people laugh their arses off? This was supposed to have been quiet. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Monte Carlo Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 Although it is common knowledge that Swindon is in fact the Twin Peaks of the UK. Anything can, and frequently does, happen there.
Walsingham Posted June 16, 2010 Author Posted June 16, 2010 Although it is common knowledge that Swindon is in fact the Twin Peaks of the UK. Anything can, and frequently does, happen there. Not judging by the videos I've been sitting through. Some unspeakable bastard has made videos of the ****ing public lifts, ad flagged them as 'car' or something because they're made by honda. Also there are a lot of trainspotters. I mean a LOT. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
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