It bit me yesterday
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i hadn't used the cerb for a week and i went to start it and the turn over was too sluggish to fire up. so i jump started it and took it for a quick spin.
got to a large round about and gave it a bit of beans, the back went sideways as i imagined and i oppposite steered to correct it, bit I over corrected, the back snapped around in the other direction and completley swung me around in the opposite direction to the traffic flow. the momentum of the swing caused the car to slide towards the curb sid on, all that went through my mind was fibreglass damage, bent wishbones and knackered sumps and wheels ££££'s
I consider myself to be one of the most un-luckiest people in the world good luck never comes wy way, but yesterday god must have been looking down over me or looking over the car (probably the latter).
There was no traffic about so no insurance claims to be made, the car was sliding toward the curb side on so i was imaging the spoke of the wheels being snapped clean of as i mounted the curb.................... luckily the front wheel managed to stop about an inch from the curb stone and the back wheel rolled nicley up on to a patch of grass with no curb stone, bit of muck between the tyre and rim and that was it.
shaking like a leaf but smiling like a chesire cat, i opened the door and i thouroughly inpsected the car and it was A ok, every passer by starring at me as i was on the curb facing the wrong way with skid marks on the road leading to the car and skid marks in my pants and an ironic smile on my face. embarresed to say the least but chuft as i handn't colided with a 3rd party or tree/barrier and written my baby off, i made for a quick get away, (arghuumph 3 point turn on a round about as the cerbs lock is poop)
just shows they do demand respect or will tear your balls off. slighlty damp day and cold tryes i put it down to oh and too much of the loud pedal. lol
got to a large round about and gave it a bit of beans, the back went sideways as i imagined and i oppposite steered to correct it, bit I over corrected, the back snapped around in the other direction and completley swung me around in the opposite direction to the traffic flow. the momentum of the swing caused the car to slide towards the curb sid on, all that went through my mind was fibreglass damage, bent wishbones and knackered sumps and wheels ££££'s
I consider myself to be one of the most un-luckiest people in the world good luck never comes wy way, but yesterday god must have been looking down over me or looking over the car (probably the latter).
There was no traffic about so no insurance claims to be made, the car was sliding toward the curb side on so i was imaging the spoke of the wheels being snapped clean of as i mounted the curb.................... luckily the front wheel managed to stop about an inch from the curb stone and the back wheel rolled nicley up on to a patch of grass with no curb stone, bit of muck between the tyre and rim and that was it.
shaking like a leaf but smiling like a chesire cat, i opened the door and i thouroughly inpsected the car and it was A ok, every passer by starring at me as i was on the curb facing the wrong way with skid marks on the road leading to the car and skid marks in my pants and an ironic smile on my face. embarresed to say the least but chuft as i handn't colided with a 3rd party or tree/barrier and written my baby off, i made for a quick get away, (arghuumph 3 point turn on a round about as the cerbs lock is poop)
just shows they do demand respect or will tear your balls off. slighlty damp day and cold tryes i put it down to oh and too much of the loud pedal. lol
Always good to find a wet deserted carpark and hoon about like a tw@t for a bit, just to get a feel for how and when it snaps, and give you a good idea of how much lock to wind on (IME always less than your instincts will tell you).
Also a bit of pracice gives you the confidence to keep your right foot in when things start to go sideways, rather than panicking, slamming the throttle shut, shifting the weight off the rear wheels and making the situation unmanagable.
Good to hear everything is still the same shape as Peter Wheeler intended.
Also a bit of pracice gives you the confidence to keep your right foot in when things start to go sideways, rather than panicking, slamming the throttle shut, shifting the weight off the rear wheels and making the situation unmanagable.
Good to hear everything is still the same shape as Peter Wheeler intended.
thats the thing, im used to handling bmw's and i had just mastered sideways in my 325 auto. it took a lot of lock to bring those tanks back in line and yesterday it felt like the sideways was a bit too far for me to regain to i let off the thorttle and steered the oppostie way( too much). the weight shifted, i gave it a blip to keep it in a powerslide rather than out of control skid but the shutting off of the throttle just made it snap too hard to control and it won the fight.
i have found that the cerb comes back in line with very little correction, but yesterday fear made me lock too much. thank god nothing was damaged. (touching fake wood work desk)
i have found that the cerb comes back in line with very little correction, but yesterday fear made me lock too much. thank god nothing was damaged. (touching fake wood work desk)
cupra20v.t said:
stuff...
Be careful in your neck of the woods! The roads are tight, there is no run off and there are bumps, camber changes and road surface changes all over the place. Coupled with the fact it rains a lot means the roads are often damp and greasy. It is fantastic place for a drive but you can't take liberties. Smoothness and local knowledge are the key.Dirty Boy said:
cupra20v.t said:
all in the learning curve.
just wish there was somewhere to practice that was free and safe
B&Q car park, Friday night....make sure you pack McDonalds happy meal and go armed with a drum and bass CD, possibly don't wash a week beforehand either.just wish there was somewhere to practice that was free and safe
It will not be full of chavs in Clios all with the same gelled fringe and same skanky skinny tarts and all wearing the same tracksuits and caps. Nuh uh. Will deffo be the F'n'F scenario with top cars and hot latino chicks.
im not aware of any air fields near me that are accessible. there is an old police skid pan near me that is accessible but its not big enough to drift turn its only suitable for doughnuts and figure of 8's etc.
this B&Q major event thing has got me entrigued now, i may get some celtic graphics and black and silver tints, pop to halfords and get some 17" monster ripspeed rims and show them my pimped out ride, perhaps one them could teach me to drift too.
this B&Q major event thing has got me entrigued now, i may get some celtic graphics and black and silver tints, pop to halfords and get some 17" monster ripspeed rims and show them my pimped out ride, perhaps one them could teach me to drift too.
Dont tell him that,thats my 'test strip' 
cupra20v.t said:
Gave it the beans... Cerb sideways... BMW sideways...
Glad it didn't end in tears fella but go steady, young bugger! 
I've had 'umpteen 3-series bimmers and the Cerb's easier to catch than any of them. It's getting to that time of year though when grip isn't always what it could be and discretion might be the better part of valour. As you've discovered, the Cerb responds rapidly to (good and bad) driver inputs.
Wouldn't want your next post to feature the word 'diesel'. (History seems to suggest that anyone who spins a Cerb and doesn't hit anything always seems to know precisely why it happened. The reasons for every spin that did end in an impact always seems to have been incomprehensible though. Only rational conclusion: dimiss notion of pilot error - must have been a patch of diesel
)I'm off to Pembrokeshire in a couple of weeks so it'll be
from the M4 and hope you're pointing in the direction of travel at the time. 
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