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Originally Posted by Stang70Fastback
This thread has the potential to devolve into a massive argument about street drifting/public endangerment/etc...
In my case, it was only a few weeks after I got the car that I put my winter tires on. These are new winter tires, so they still have that mold release agent on them, making them extra slick... not to mention that the day after I put them on it got up into the 50s. Couple that with wet pavement because it was drizzling and I was basically driving on drift tires. I decided to see just how slick they were, so I turned the aids off, and at the next intersection, decided to do a little right turn drift. I completely underestimated how little grip the rear tires had, and proceeded to completely spin out (the answer is, they basically had NO grip whatsoever.) I ended up basically facing the curb, about a foot away from it (very lucky I didn't hit it and tear off the front lip or screw up the bumper), pointing in the opposite direction I was going before I made the right turn. Basically, instead of a 90 degree turn, I had made a 180 degree turn.
There were no cars on the right, or I would not have even attempted it, but there were two cars that had been facing me at the intersection before I had made the turn. I was COMPLETELY embarrassed, and hung my head in shame as I slowly accepted the fact that I looked, and was acting, exactly like an idiot boy racer. Those two cars were not impressed either. One honked at me, and both of them went around me without letting me back up.
Needless to say I ate some humble pie that evening.
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New to the forum so I apologize if I'm bringing up a taboo subject.
That sounds exactly like what happened to me though, the only difference being there weren't cars right in front of me, but one on its way down the road with me pointed straight at it. This just caused an increasing sense of dread like a shark approaching as you struggle to get on the boat. I was frantically jamming the starter button begging it to let me get out of there. I got to the center of the medians just in time. Humble pie indeed.
I was already embarrassed doing this as it is, I'm far too old for it, but after I got a taste the thrill was too intense to resist. I chalk it up to still being in the new toy phase before settling into daily driving. It will pass.