That's Hella Cool: Astro Van Jump - Jalopnik Comments

That's Hella Cool: Astro Van Jump

TheGuinnessTooth — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:48:50 EDT

I jumped my Astro ten times better than this back in high school. I didn't even use a jump, I just went really fast over a tiny hill. Almost killed a cow. That thing was a beast. Best car ever. Totally beats the GMC Safari.

TheGuinnessTooth

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bigusfickes — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:36:31 EDT

Isn't there an unspoken rule of hoonism not to giggle if you're a dude? Maybe it's just me.

Hey Jalop, you should start a "best jumped auto" thread. All of the posts here were classic, but I can't remember any jumping videos that I like more than the corolla action here -> [www....

I know this isn't a van jumping, but I any auto jumping is worth watching at least once a day.

bigusfickes

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Tyler — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:24:14 EDT

@Trick: haha yeah especially since the parking lot appears to be completely deserted.

Tyler

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James — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:16:31 EDT

Reminds me of that video where a kid lost control of his car after trying to jump it and was killed. Good times, good times.

James

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Bumblebee — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:12:50 EDT

@TomAnderson: Yeah, but unlike most rip-offs of that ad campaign, this one not only avoids sucking but one-ups the original.

Truly, however, the MacGyver theme was priceless.

Bumblebee

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Maymar is convinced M.C. Escher engineered his car — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:59:52 EDT

There's some hoonage potential to the Astro (especially with SBC conversions being possible). Still, on the only Astro I had any real experience with, the steering wheel was really only there for suggestive purposes.

Maymar is convinced M.C. Escher engineered his car

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danio3834 — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:12:59 EDT

@TomAnderson:

Yeah im sick of that too.

Get to the point and impress me with your daring idiocracy, not your dry wit.

danio3834

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dolo54 — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:10:39 EDT

Mom's gonna be pissed!

dolo54

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Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:49:47 EDT

@PeteJäyhawk™: Doesn't it also get a few minus points for beating the "Mastercard/Priceless" dead horse? Seriously, that meme outlived its usefulness in the world of homemade video humor a while ago...

Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer

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FЯeeMan is slowly cЯawling out of the new commenting system — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:46:28 EDT

@PeteJäyhawk™: it woulda been +50,000 if it hadn't been unmanned!

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Pete Gaines — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:25:57 EDT

@jeremyc: @Mad_Science: Plus - that video gets mad bonus points for using the MacGyver theme song.

Pete Gaines

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jeremyc — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:11:04 EDT

@Mad_Science: ^5

remote-controlled hooning: the new frontier.

jeremyc

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Trick — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:08:37 EDT

+10 for the laughing dolts who thought it was the coolest and most illegal thing they ever did and wanted to get out of there before the police busted them!

Trick

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htrodblder — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:07:43 EDT

needs a sticker "If this vans a jumping dont come a a" well crap...

htrodblder

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Mad_Science — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:07:24 EDT

@jeremyc: damn dude...are we the same person?

Mad_Science

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Mad_Science — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:06:52 EDT

I followed the "related videos" and found this one that's way better:

[www.youtube.com]

(8 foot ramp at the top of a hill, multiple attempts)

Mad_Science

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jeremyc — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:51:19 EDT

As amusing as this one was... after it was over I started scrolling through the related stuff that YouTubes puts in the window.

These guys win the Astro-jumping competition.

jeremyc

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EJ from upstairs — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:59:20 EDT

COPS COPS COPS do your own thing do your own thing

EJ from upstairs

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FЯeeMan is slowly cЯawling out of the new commenting system — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:23:32 EDT

Wow. The first hoons who seem to have had any concern about interest in their activities by the local authorities, "Get in the f'in car and let's go!"

Not a bad idea since they seem to have left a public parking garage, crossed a public street and entered a public parking lot.

Hope someone checked for traffic first...

FЯeeMan is slowly cЯawling out of the new commenting system

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2trips — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:18:02 EDT

It should have said "tomorrow's TALE of teenage tragedy." Alliteration, you know.
Make it so!

2trips

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TexanIdiot25 could use some of that bail out money — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:17:47 EDT

"you got like 3 feet of air that time"

TexanIdiot25 could use some of that bail out money

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Vintage Racer is out taking pictures — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:17:00 EDT

GET AN EFFIN' TRIPOD - or at least something
with image stabilization... -10 points for the spastic POV.

still pretty cool tho'.

Vintage Racer is out taking pictures