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There are many that like the idea of a fast car but don't know how to use it.
The other half drives a 300zx TT and she respect it as she knows it will bite her in the ass if she drives it like i do.... Its good as I know she will drive mine with respect for the power too.
Personally i think a RWD CBT should have to be completed before your allowed ANY RWD car so when it bites you don't panic back off and fishtail it in to a wall....
The other half drives a 300zx TT and she respect it as she knows it will bite her in the ass if she drives it like i do.... Its good as I know she will drive mine with respect for the power too.
Personally i think a RWD CBT should have to be completed before your allowed ANY RWD car so when it bites you don't panic back off and fishtail it in to a wall....
behold81 said:
There are many that like the idea of a fast car but don't know how to use it.
The other half drives a 300zx TT and she respect it as she knows it will bite her in the ass if she drives it like i do.... Its good as I know she will drive mine with respect for the power too.
Personally i think a RWD CBT should have to be completed before your allowed ANY RWD car so when it bites you don't panic back off and fishtail it in to a wall....
You know i think your right. I'm ok in a straight line and in the dry but if like you say when it bites, i would panic, back off and hit a wall. I am scared stiff of any kind of power slide. I have looked into taking courses that would prepare me if this happened but i wonder if the lessons would kick in or i'd just panic again. The other half drives a 300zx TT and she respect it as she knows it will bite her in the ass if she drives it like i do.... Its good as I know she will drive mine with respect for the power too.
Personally i think a RWD CBT should have to be completed before your allowed ANY RWD car so when it bites you don't panic back off and fishtail it in to a wall....
Bottom line is for me i dont drive like a dick in the wet. I respect the car's and their power. I don't want to be a bunch off flowers on the road side.
BTW what is CBT???? I'm guessing its and advanced driving test but cant work it out??
t load of training it becomes natural what to do. It's true. Learn to ride a high powered bike in the wet and the car is a doddle. Smooth through the turns and open it up on the straights. If you are a dick used to driving low powered front wheel drive dustbins you will bin it quite quickly.
Council house dwellers may be able to afford a Monaro if they go to Cash Converters a few times but they sure as hell cannot afford the petrol now the one eyed Jock has put the fuel duty up. I doubt they'd bother swapping their Vectras for the VXR8.
Council house dwellers may be able to afford a Monaro if they go to Cash Converters a few times but they sure as hell cannot afford the petrol now the one eyed Jock has put the fuel duty up. I doubt they'd bother swapping their Vectras for the VXR8.
I think the drift day was good in that it showed how hard it was to drift, quite hard to get it to let go. Once it did I managed to spin a fair but.
That gave me a lot more confidence in the car although various suspension mods has moved the breakaway point.
It is sad to see so many crumpled but they are not really any different to any other rwd car with reasonable power IMHO.
That gave me a lot more confidence in the car although various suspension mods has moved the breakaway point.
It is sad to see so many crumpled but they are not really any different to any other rwd car with reasonable power IMHO.
just to add to this ^^^^
you've got to be driving like a complete pr!ck to totally lose it anyway, as long as you're gentle on the throttle they are same as any other car. However I do think being given the chance to find out what happens when you give it WOT with the steering turned is a good idea. I learnt on grassy fields in a RWD jeep when I was 16.... nothing to hit and nothing to break. great fun!
Failing that a drift day would be good.
you've got to be driving like a complete pr!ck to totally lose it anyway, as long as you're gentle on the throttle they are same as any other car. However I do think being given the chance to find out what happens when you give it WOT with the steering turned is a good idea. I learnt on grassy fields in a RWD jeep when I was 16.... nothing to hit and nothing to break. great fun!
Failing that a drift day would be good.
don't have to drive like a dick, I lost it completely going round a corner, hit black ice at < 20mph and wrapped mine into a tree and with the winter we've just had its no surprise so many daily drivers bit the dust. Mine was over 4 years ago now - needless to say she now stays on the drive on all but the mildest winter days.
Wolfracer said:
just to add to this ^^^^
you've got to be driving like a complete pr!ck to totally lose it anyway, as long as you're gentle on the throttle they are same as any other car. However I do think being given the chance to find out what happens when you give it WOT with the steering turned is a good idea. I learnt on grassy fields in a RWD jeep when I was 16.... nothing to hit and nothing to break. great fun!
Failing that a drift day would be good.
actually you can easily lose one at 10mph if the road conditons are right = greasy/drizzle. I spun 360 degrees, my own fault I was meant to be doing 180 and gave it too much you've got to be driving like a complete pr!ck to totally lose it anyway, as long as you're gentle on the throttle they are same as any other car. However I do think being given the chance to find out what happens when you give it WOT with the steering turned is a good idea. I learnt on grassy fields in a RWD jeep when I was 16.... nothing to hit and nothing to break. great fun!
Failing that a drift day would be good.
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