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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
Just about every action shot of a VW GTi ever taken shows them on three tires.
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Me in autocross school with the old stock suspension:
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I use my knowledge of performance driving to make tailgaters look stupid.
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I was driving north last night, exiting onto the elongated cloverleaf. I was EOC'ing from the exit sign on the freeway with someone following me. He exited too. I was going down to like 40mph, seemingly very slow for the approach. However I do know that it is a fun decreasing radius turn and you have to take it slower at the end than at the start.
I also know that I can go a lot faster than expected because I've never gotten the tires to squeal around a corner. At around 30mph, I bump started it, put it in 4th gear and powered through the curve, coming out wide and fast. That guy must have been 3 seconds behind me at the end. He must have thought I was crazy. I must have thought he should let me do my thing because I know what I'm doing.
Moral of the story? Know what your car can do and you can lose tailgaters very easily.