Almost crashed!

[wkooiman]

Originally Posted by buddyg

So I was taking a friend for a ride turning left and didn't see the car in the inside lane coming. Car was not straight yet and I stomped on it to get out of the way. Slide sideways turned into the slide then it snapped the other direction. I seriously thought we were toast. Managed to get control and somehow didn't crap my pants.

I have done amateur and professional racing with lots of car control training. I firmly believe that is the only thing that saved my bacon.

My whole point of all of this is to say be careful out there! These cars with big horsepower and short wheelbase will snap very quickly. Get some track time under you belt or find an empty parking lot and learn how to handle the car.

Hope you all had a safe and happy Labor Day.

I had a similar situation in my 2001 Viper GTS ACR several years ago. I was pulling out, turning left, and I didn't realize how fast the oncoming cars were going. I gave it gas and hit some sand/gravel in the median. It slid, I turned into the turn, and let up until it straightened out.

All those years sliding around on ice in parking lots as a teenager paid off.

[Ron61]

Buddy,

I am glad that everything turned out Ok. I never take anyone for a ride in any of my cars until I have spent a lot of time with them and I went to several driving schools at our track back when I was racing. Even for an experienced driver, these cars can snap around in a hurry once in a while. I had mine turn sideways across the street once when the posi unit broke and I almost peed my pants as I was right in the center of a blind curve.

Ron

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by wkooiman

All those years sliding around on ice in parking lots as a teenager paid off.

Not so much for me. All I did was manage to roll two tires off the rims of my Mom's 60 Ford Fairlane on a newly snow-covered parking lot after a movie.

Funny, my Dad came to get us and help change the tires, and I don't remember him saying a word about it.

[Luke427]

Originally Posted by DanEC

Not so much for me. All I did was manage to roll two tires off the rims of my Mom's 60 Ford Fairlane on a newly snow-covered parking lot after a movie.

Funny, my Dad came to get us and help change the tires, and I don't remember him saying a word about it.

Haha - I've had a similar experience. My father had also been surprisingly understanding

[fordracing65]

I went to a big empty parking lot and thrashed on the car for about 3 hours to learn the limits and still loose control every now and then when autocrossing.