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Video: Tire-carrying pedestrian gets a lucky bounce

Filed under: Safety, Videos

Dash cam videos out of Russia and Eastern Europe always manage to crank the pucker factor up to surprising levels, but this might be one of the closest calls we’ve seen yet. As a man was casually crossing the street with a pair of tires in hand, a Lada Niva driver hit the brakes a little too late and a little too hard causing this spectacular incident.

Lots of luck was involved here, and it is impressive how calm the pedestrian remained during and after the incident (he might even be luckier than this pedestrian who narrowly avoided being hit by a car carrier earlier in the year). The whole ordeal seemed to be over just as fast as it happened, and you can check it out in the grainy video posted below.

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Toyota finally addresses Tundra ‘bed bounce’ with TSB

Filed under: Truck, Recalls, Toyota

Toyota Tundra Limited

2007 Toyota Tundra Limited – Click above for high-res image gallery

Any pickup truck driver will tell you that the overall ride of their vehicle improves with a little bit of weight in the bed, but some trucks are naturally worse than others when it comes to unladen comfort. In fact, this exact issue is why Chrysler made the decision to switch to coil springs in lieu of the more common leafs in the rear of the latest fullsize Ram trucks.

But there’s one fullsize truck on the market that has gotten more complaints than any other, and it’s the 2007 through 2010 Toyota Tundra. For whatever reason, owners of these particular trucks tend to complain of a choppy ride much more often than owners of competitor’s trucks, and, despite a host of aftermarket solutions to the problem, for years these complaints went unacknowledged by Toyota.

Not any more. According to the boys at Tundra Headquarters, the Japanese automaker has finally announced a TSB that is intended to greatly reduce the so-called bed-bounce issue that has plagued the truck since ’07. The TSB applies only to Double Cab Tundras and involves replacing the rear body mount bushings with new, upgraded units. It’s also important to note that this is a TSB, not a recall.

We’ve gone ahead and pasted the TSB after the break, and you’ll also find a video produced by a company that sells the Willybar ballast, which is intended to greatly reduce the bed-bounce problem. Judging from the graphic results in the video, we’d say the Willybar does its job rather admirably. Hopefully, Toyota’s TSB will prove just as effective. Thanks for the tip, Joel!

Gallery: 2007 Toyota Tundra Limited

[Source: Tundra Headquarters]

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Toyota finally addresses Tundra ‘bed bounce’ with TSB originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Video: Lowrider loses its bounce

Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Budget, Etc., Videos, Humor

Lowrider goes over – Click above to watch video after the jump

We’ll admit that we’re not exactly up-to-date on the rules or goals of a lowrider hop off. It’s been awhile since we dusted off the Monte and threw down, but the last time we checked, flipping the car wasn’t part of the plan. Unfortunately, the gentleman in the video after the jump must have missed that memo. In the quest for ever more height for his remote-controlled monstrosity, his Chevrolet goes shiny side down after a few epic bounces. Impressively enough, the car doesn’t flip the easy way. Oh no. Instead of just rolling over and playing dead, the big coupe goes vertical before falling on its head.

After watching the car pancake itself, we’re suddenly fans of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s new focus on rollover protection. Hit the jump to check out the video for yourself.

[Source: YouTube]

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Video: Lowrider loses its bounce originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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