How fast have you gone in your Festiva?

[FB71]

hmmm, I used to have access to C-130s, C-141s, and the occasional C-5 and L-100...

unfortunately, I think the resulting deceleration event may inflict stresses greater than the vehicles structure can tolerate...

[FestYboy]

:oof::

[FB71]

I thought it might sound more like "crunch" or "crinkle", like smashing a soda can...

[ch33z3x]

pop can sounds about right. When the invisitiva got taken out by that old guy on his cell phone ( Just a weee bit bitter about the whole thing), it was like a pop can noise. But i drove it home. I laughed at the bodyshop people. My "Aluminum can car that could probably be straightened by hand" took every bloody hydraulic thingamajig they had. And much profanity

[sam.1956]

Point taken. That's why we have to deploy the drogue at around 5,000 AGL. Gives the mains time to deploy & reef properly. And to brew a proper cup of Earl Gray before touchdown.

Cheerio then!

hmmm, I used to have access to C-130s, C-141s, and the occasional C-5 and L-100...

unfortunately, I think the resulting deceleration event may inflict stresses greater than the vehicles structure can tolerate...

[FestYboy]

I thought it might sound more like "crunch" or "crinkle", like smashing a soda can...

i suppose it depends on the distance you are from impact... me, i'd like to be a good distance away, i don't like crying.... seeing such an end to our cars would bring tears

[Aroihkin]

That is physically impossible and didn't happen. You might have THOUGHT it happened, but a stock 5 speed 1.3 festy will NOT do a true 130 mph.. keep dreaming

If that's so, Kristy's car's speedometer was lying. Or she was.

Both possibilities are ones I don't necessarily discount. :3

[AlaskaFestivaGuy]

100mph

I once did 100mph in a moderate dive two miles above Anchorage in July.

[hotfordcat]

Buried the needle on my 93 GL on my way home from Billings MT in Oct. So, I was going 85+ cuz it was still picking up speed when I spotted the HP.

[nonamekid]

That is physically impossible and didn't happen. You might have THOUGHT it happened, but a stock 5 speed 1.3 festy will NOT do a true 130 mph.. keep dreaming

You missed one thing. This was done in a mountain pass, and we know it was not done going uphill, so had to have been while going downhill, plus she was behind someone. Drafting and going downhill in a festiva, 130 mph is possible, though a very dumb thing to do.