Why Do Cobra Owners Sell So Fast?

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by Obsessive

I pulled out into traffic and brought her up to speed; maybe up to about 50 miles per hour. I was in second gear and wanted to blow doors on the surrounding traffic so I stabbed the throttle without shifting. SUDDENLY, the car twisted to the right. I overcompensated and she spun around to the left a complete 360 spin. I recovered to the front/original direction and pulled over at the next turn off to change my pants.

You and just about everybody else at one time or another will throw the Cobra into an oversteer situation. It happened to me (more than once) when accelerating with cold tires into a left turn out of my subdivision. Accelerating is the right response as it squats the rear end down and restores contact. Sometimes you flat out don't have room to do that though.

Note that the same thing can happen when letting off the acceelerator!!! That is caused by compression braking and most people do not expect that at all.

But that is another reason people do let their Cobras go. They are a handful and get real squirrelly at the drop of a hat.