Excess speed in real life ain't as fun as it is in movies

[Mista Bone]

Originally Posted by Gealii

Agreed, when i take 35mph highway turns at 80 its fun, but when your rear end on a fwd slides out from under you it gets very fun

That is when you add more throttle and let the LSD dig you straight.

If you lift you will see where you were coming from.

Ecopia EP100's are very quiet in high slip angles

[P-hack]

which is kinda counter intuitive, but true. The fwd bonneville cars need to keep it in mind too, getting slideways? neutral ok, engine brake, ruh roh.

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...mph-27588.html

[Gealii]

Originally Posted by Mista Bone

That is when you add more throttle and let the LSD dig you straight.

If you lift you will see where you were coming from.

Ecopia EP100's are very quiet in high slip angles

yea the problem was my seats suck. I was sitting on my door at that point racing seats are def going in my next DD.

[wdb]

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

If they'd experienced that exact same loss of control at the legal speed, I'd wager they'd still be here today.

If they'd experienced all of it at a more appropriate venue, the same might be true. I don't mean to excuse their actions (although it does seem like they took pains to get away from traffic and pedestrians before starting to stretch the car's legs).

As for the pickup, there was nothing nefarious. The guy was just making a turn after a stop sign. A pickup truck, slick road, some off-camber to the turn, and he was toast. It's probably not exactly the same loss of control as the Porsche incident, which more than likely began with snap oversteer.

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by P-hack

I think it is fair to group excessive acceleration w/excessive speed.

But still completely misses the cause: lack of control. Can't see that it matters whether that lack is from speed, acceleration, or yakking on your cell phone.

[Cobb]

Youtube is fullof videos of people turning into another road and spinning out.

One winter the parking lot was iced over where I use to work. A co worker asked I wait til they got going before leaving. I drove to that side of the parking lot and did figure 8s while the skid control light flickered constantly. I did this for 3 minutes then something quit working or Ihit too much slickness and did a 360. Boy that was fun.