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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 02:15 PM
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Alright...so since when has a cherokee been able to drift/ slide around corners...had a couple of experiences recently haha...anyone else out there with similar stories to tell haha
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 02:18 PM
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i can do it in mine any time that it rains sometimes unintentional
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by kohlers89XJ
i can do it in mine any time that it rains sometimes unintentional
I can too but it is almost always intentional with these 265 mudders
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 02:26 PM
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yea i try it most of the time too it fun to see peoples faces when a lifted jeep is going down the road sideways lol
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 02:32 PM
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my super swampers do it so easy in the rain... ahaa

not made for the street...
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 02:46 PM
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Ha just last night I had a guy come out screaming at me because I was sliding and spinning tires in a empty gas station. I shouted back it's a jeep thing lol
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by 99rockies
Ha just last night I had a guy come out screaming at me because I was sliding and spinning tires in a empty gas station. I shouted back it's a jeep thing lol
haha nice...same here, except the guy came out saying, how funny it was too see

I also found a big *** parking lot in the winter...so me a some friends were there for a couple hours. At one point I was drifting circles around 2 of my parked friends...and then we saw, security...and we knew who else was probably on the way...so we boogied out of there, rather quickly
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 03:48 PM
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I screw around like that all the time if it's wet out in every rear wheel drive vehicle I own. The most fun vehicle was my 1997 D3500, 4x4 extended cab V10 5sp dually. (165" wheel base)

Coming to the XJ, the first time I did it, I forgot that the wheel base is so short and damn near looped it in downtown Baton Rouge traffic. Managed to execute a perfect drift onto the on ramp without hitting anything and off I went luckily.
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 08:05 PM
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I did it all winter long, and some in the rain. I'm not really doing it since I got the 31's. Afraid I'll break something in the rear end.
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 08:09 PM
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And with an LSD, a locker, a welded diff, or a spool it will drift (at will) no matter what the surface is. Just need more power on dry pavement.

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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 08:27 PM
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Mine will do it whenever I tap the gas a little to hard. the best time is when I come out on to the street, after offroading, when the tires are coverd with mud. I will slide all over the road for about half a mile.
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 08:47 PM
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Cheap A/T's on dry gravel makes for some excellent drifting, haha!

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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 09:07 PM
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What are you kidding? Of course they can drift. My 84 with 2.8GMV6(briggs@stratton) and slippin 3 speed auto, 3.73 gears, and 31in Wild Country TXRs can drift on gravel roads, parking lots, snow covered anything,etc. If this one can do it, then any of the other Cherokees can do it. Well a crappy tuned, Carter carbed 2.5 can have a hard time breakin em on pavement. but gravel roads are a blast. specially with a manual.
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 09:13 PM
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I do it just to watch oncoming traffic's face, you would be surprised how BIG some eyes can get. LOL
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by bigomudders
I do it just to watch oncoming traffic's face, you would be surprised how BIG some eyes can get. LOL

Yeah,...... OH NO, DUDE!!! .......He's loosin it!!!
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