so that's why they call it a widowmaker....
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took the car into work today to help enhance that friday feeling. driving round some twisties on the way to the pub for lunch the car decides it wants to drive itselfsideways down the country lane. funny how a normal road suddenly feels so narrow when the back of the car decides it want to try and lead the way.
ho hum.
ho hum.
dazren said:
Do you know why it stepped out?......Mud on the road, or driver showing off?
DAZ
>> Edited by dazren on Friday 13th May 14:19
definetly not showing off. and no mud. road was a bit bumpy on the bend and i think that stepped the car out of line. i think. it all happened quite quickly and then everything went slow-mo as the skidding started. excellent schreechy sound from the tyres though. very dukes of hazard but without the rosie.
I had similar problems last week on a freshly "surface-dressed" (gritted) road.
My fault entirely, but went round a bend too fast having ignored the signs for "grit". The stuff was really deep, and the car slewed sideways horribly : managed (more luck than management) to correct-it but the scariest moment yet in the TT !!
Moral : If you see signs for surface dressing SLOW DOWN
My fault entirely, but went round a bend too fast having ignored the signs for "grit". The stuff was really deep, and the car slewed sideways horribly : managed (more luck than management) to correct-it but the scariest moment yet in the TT !!
Moral : If you see signs for surface dressing SLOW DOWN
verysideways said:
ok, i know it may have been a bit heart stopping (the slow mo is a dead giveaway), but i just have to say:
Wicked!
Enhancing the friday feeling, and then getting it sideways on the way to lunch.
VerySideways
I'd have perhaps agreed with you if it was intentional, but poor Rob probably needed to change his pants and is none the wiser as to why it happened!
Is the car a bit stiffly sprung for the road? I find it a bit disturbing that a mid corner bump can unsettle it that much, or did you make a fatal mid entry lift Rob?
Did you have a passenger in the car? If so, did they:-
a)think "Gosh, that was exciting, what superlative car control to hang it out like that, tyres shrieking!"
b)crap themselves?
Bet you drove back from the pub in very restrained fashion! Glad all is well - take it as a lesson learnt I guess, but don't let it put you off.
PS Have you told your wife that it's known as the "widow maker"?
a)think "Gosh, that was exciting, what superlative car control to hang it out like that, tyres shrieking!"
b)crap themselves?
Bet you drove back from the pub in very restrained fashion! Glad all is well - take it as a lesson learnt I guess, but don't let it put you off.
PS Have you told your wife that it's known as the "widow maker"?
have been back to the scene of the crime. bumpy corner, advese camber and lots of loose stones. also in retospect i think i was driving too fast and must have lifted off. i do recall on approach to another corner looking at the speedo and it reading 77mph which was way too fast for the bend and realising i didn't know how fast i was going.
i did have a passanger with me at the time who initially thought i was showing off and was fairly adament i was going to lose it, so was quite impressed that i caught it back (i genuinely believe this was down to the driver training day and putting into practice the theory about balance etc - even if it was a bit late in the day to be thinking about it!). the windows were open at the time so the sound of the tyres screeching was of similar tone and volume to some rather angry ring wraiths. it certainly drowned at a few seconds of the jeremy vine show.
anyway all's well that ends well. lesson learnt about country roads. and no the wife does not know the car is known as a widow maker.
dan, i still recommend you get one...
i did have a passanger with me at the time who initially thought i was showing off and was fairly adament i was going to lose it, so was quite impressed that i caught it back (i genuinely believe this was down to the driver training day and putting into practice the theory about balance etc - even if it was a bit late in the day to be thinking about it!). the windows were open at the time so the sound of the tyres screeching was of similar tone and volume to some rather angry ring wraiths. it certainly drowned at a few seconds of the jeremy vine show.
anyway all's well that ends well. lesson learnt about country roads. and no the wife does not know the car is known as a widow maker.
dan, i still recommend you get one...
Ahhh.
Engine in the rear of the car.
Did this in my wonderful but very crap old 911 years ago. Probably at a much lower speed than in your magnificent GT2. Trousers soiled. Lesson learned.
Well done for getting it back - but take things easier on the public road from now on, eh?
PSM - bloody marvellous.
Engine in the rear of the car.
Did this in my wonderful but very crap old 911 years ago. Probably at a much lower speed than in your magnificent GT2. Trousers soiled. Lesson learned.
Well done for getting it back - but take things easier on the public road from now on, eh?
PSM - bloody marvellous.
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