And I got to experience my very first drift too. I’m driving home, four people in my car including myself, and I made a mental note to take corners slower, as it is wet out there. I’m taking the off ramp from hwy 7 onto bathurst north, and my car starts to drift. I’m like okay, this is cool… then it just kinda keeps going… I countersteer… I countersteer some more, and then it goes the completely opposite way, so I counter-counter steer and it goes a totally 3rd way, more countersteering, a 4th way, and then some more until my car finally stopped in the middle of the road. By the time I was done there was prolly a weird pretzel looking shape at the intersection. Through some miraculous-ass luck there were no other cars there, and I always managed to succeed in countersteering before I hit a curb (although I neared a curb atleast 3 times) so yea… In the future, I believe I’ll come to a full stop before I ever take a turn in wet weather.
/endrant
PS> I don’t street drift, or take corners obnoxiously fast, so before you yell, I’m really not too sure WHY my car lost control at that speed, might’ve been a combination of bad weather, too much people in the car, and me being really cramped in the seat so I couldn’t modulate the throttle too well, I just don’t know. I normally drive like a pussy.
lol, I’m glad it turned out ok but you should already know how to control your car if its spinning out … take it to the track or in an empty lot late at night when its wet out so you dont make a lot of noise…
I’m just glad I’m amongst the living, and that my car is undamaged. But very scared… oh so very scared I would like to learn how to handle it properly, but I’m also afraid that I might not be so lucky at the track, and I’ll actually smack into something, since far more knowledgeable and experienced people do it too. I don’t know, I think I’ll drive more like a pussy for now, until I get the cajones to take 'er to the track and really figure out this whole “car control” thing
Yep. That’s why it’s a good idea to get some practice/experience in open parking lots. It’s not being stupid, it’s learning the limits of adhesion of your car and learning how to react to bring the car back within them.
Anywho I remember doing this in the Mustang once. Actually it was my
bro driving and he ‘kicked it’ (almost like VTec) taking a left turn in
3rd gear (shifted from 2nd to 3rd in middle of intersection).
Then I had to stop not to hit you. And drive around on the grass because
I didn’t know if chris would stop in time. Way to ruin the turn for me…
ruiner.
Then the next time down the mountain Paul brushed the rail ever so
slightly right infront of me, that was hot.
Something gives me the feeling Solarian WOULD have died if he tried to
keep up with us?
And I’m happy to see Maurice is already enjoying the KAAZ 2-Way. If its
making you spin out its working perfectly, hehe.
dude thats so old. Yet still funny :lol:
Solarian my frist drift attempts with stock 89 POS open diffed car ended up in the ditch for me. Another time was full spinout. If you don’t try you will never learn, just try to pick areas where your not gonna hurt anyone. I.E. parking lots.
You will get use to spinouts, and learn how to antisipate them.
Your still a nube though, watch those downshifts to 2nd in the rain, shift lock is your friend :lol:
Gonad, Yea i did that coming out of my school when i first got my 240 HAHA. Lets just say I didnt die. I swerved, almost hit the curb, then almost into oncoming traffic, yea it was bad. That was like my first week actually driving the car haha. I didnt try that again.
I would like to learn how to handle it properly, but I’m also afraid that I might not be so lucky at the track, and I’ll actually smack into something, since far more knowledgeable and experienced people do it too. I don’t know, I think I’ll drive more like a pussy for now, until I get the cajones to take 'er to the track and really figure out this whole “car control” thing 