Railroad tracks? - Toyota Yaris Forums

YotaYarisUSA · 06-06-2006, 09:38 PM

How fast do y'all drive your new Yaris over railroad tracks? I have to cross tracks everyday where I live at and I try and slow down to like zero and cross them

! But, when other cars are coming behind,they get really pissed off when I slow way down,so I'm just wondering what a safe speed for crossing tracks, is for the Yaris? I don't want to knock the car out of wack and mess up the alignment and all that good stuff. I've really never had a little car like this, I love it but I"m used to a truck and I"m just being caustious,but am I being to caustious?

Thanks,

YotaYarisUSA

birdy · 06-06-2006, 11:58 PM

i jump them

johnnyfive · 06-07-2006, 12:03 AM

instead of slowing down for RR tracks, give it a little punch just before your front tires are going to cross...it will shift some weight off of the front of the car and to the back, and just lets the springs eat the bumps :)

thats how i do it ne ways..and yes people slowing down at tracks annoys me also :)

NickNickNick · 06-07-2006, 12:05 AM

ditto to the last post...give it a little gas just before.

pennystocks · 06-07-2006, 01:14 AM

Yea, i hate when ppl slow down for tracks. I can kinda understand when i see nice cars slow down a couple of miles an hour but please dont come to a stop.
I pass 2 sets of tracks on my way to work, you dont know how many times i just hop over a lane, dont even have to speed up to pass em :) or i lay on my horn and they look at me like i'm doing something wrong.

Its funny too when you see like a 1993 ford escort slow down to like 10 mph and you know your shocks and springs cost more than their car, lol.

silverRS · 06-07-2006, 08:30 AM

yeah just dukes of hazard them!!!!

johnnyfive · 06-08-2006, 12:24 AM

petition your city/rail owners to put in jumps on either side of the tracks, so you can really dukes of hazard them...

echo_hrs · 06-08-2006, 09:51 AM

I slow right down...With the short wheelbase combined with the lowering springs, I don't want to kill the car...

Long term going over rough crossings fast will have many detrimental effects on the suspension, and transmission...People in this world could benefit from a great deal more patience, and if a cautious driver pisses them off they should go and talk to a counsellor...

Cheers

fearturtle44 · 06-08-2006, 10:06 AM

Going over railroad tracks slowly is the correct method. Of course, these days everybody is in a hurry. Don't let them bother you. You cross at the speed YOU feel comfortable doing.

Kevin

pennystocks · 06-08-2006, 04:09 PM

Cmon, its rail road tracks not the grand canyon :). Its not about patience, unless the tracks are extremely bad theres no point to really slow down.
And i dont get how this will effect the transmission.

I used to have a beefed up 97 Trans Am and never slowed down for tracks and had it for 50k miles, no problems at all and the springs on that were a hell of alot harder than the Yaris.

06-06-2006, 09:38 PM	#1
YotaYarisUSA Drives: Yaris Sedan,Pacific Blue Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Western North Carolina,USA Posts: 62	Railroad tracks? How fast do y'all drive your new Yaris over railroad tracks? I have to cross tracks everyday where I live at and I try and slow down to like zero and cross them! But, when other cars are coming behind,they get really pissed off when I slow way down,so I'm just wondering what a safe speed for crossing tracks, is for the Yaris? I don't want to knock the car out of wack and mess up the alignment and all that good stuff. I've really never had a little car like this, I love it but I"m used to a truck and I"m just being caustious,but am I being to caustious? Thanks, YotaYarisUSA

06-06-2006, 11:58 PM	#2
birdy I stay G'd Up Drives: 02 wrx wagon Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: denton,tx Posts: 262	i jump them

06-07-2006, 12:03 AM	#3
johnnyfive Drives: 2007 Yaris S Join Date: May 2006 Location: Milwaukee WI Posts: 582	instead of slowing down for RR tracks, give it a little punch just before your front tires are going to cross...it will shift some weight off of the front of the car and to the back, and just lets the springs eat the bumps :) thats how i do it ne ways..and yes people slowing down at tracks annoys me also :)

06-07-2006, 12:05 AM	#4
NickNickNick Drives: 06 Silver Yaris 3-door Manual Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 96	ditto to the last post...give it a little gas just before.

06-07-2006, 01:14 AM	#5
pennystocks View User's Garage Drives: 07 Civic Si Coupe(Black Pearl) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 159	Yea, i hate when ppl slow down for tracks. I can kinda understand when i see nice cars slow down a couple of miles an hour but please dont come to a stop. I pass 2 sets of tracks on my way to work, you dont know how many times i just hop over a lane, dont even have to speed up to pass em :) or i lay on my horn and they look at me like i'm doing something wrong. Its funny too when you see like a 1993 ford escort slow down to like 10 mph and you know your shocks and springs cost more than their car, lol.

06-07-2006, 08:30 AM	#6
silverRS Drives: 2007 Yaris RS Silver Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ottawa Ontario Canada Posts: 80	yeah just dukes of hazard them!!!!

06-08-2006, 12:24 AM	#7
johnnyfive Drives: 2007 Yaris S Join Date: May 2006 Location: Milwaukee WI Posts: 582	petition your city/rail owners to put in jumps on either side of the tracks, so you can really dukes of hazard them...

06-08-2006, 09:51 AM	#8
echo_hrs Around the universe... Drives: Uber-Evolved Pokemon Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Top Gear Test Track Posts: 228	I slow right down...With the short wheelbase combined with the lowering springs, I don't want to kill the car... Long term going over rough crossings fast will have many detrimental effects on the suspension, and transmission...People in this world could benefit from a great deal more patience, and if a cautious driver pisses them off they should go and talk to a counsellor... Cheers

06-08-2006, 10:06 AM	#9
fearturtle44 Drives: S Flint Mica Join Date: May 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 209	Going over railroad tracks slowly is the correct method. Of course, these days everybody is in a hurry. Don't let them bother you. You cross at the speed YOU feel comfortable doing. Kevin

06-08-2006, 04:09 PM	#10
pennystocks View User's Garage Drives: 07 Civic Si Coupe(Black Pearl) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 159	Cmon, its rail road tracks not the grand canyon :). Its not about patience, unless the tracks are extremely bad theres no point to really slow down. And i dont get how this will effect the transmission. I used to have a beefed up 97 Trans Am and never slowed down for tracks and had it for 50k miles, no problems at all and the springs on that were a hell of alot harder than the Yaris.