My first unplanned donut!

[Impureclient]

So I was getting some takeout sushi and waiting at a light to make a left u-turn and then immediate right going into their parking lot.
I had the traction control all off, to get a better feel for what it does, and input a little too much gas to sweep it around and loose traction a little.
Nope, not a little...a lot! I did a 360 right there at that light. I've only ever done that not on purpose once before with one of my old work trucks,
an S-10 in the pouring rain years ago. After I realized it wasn't coming back, I just went with it, gave a little more gas and did the full 360 and continued
on very "casual" like. There were no cars around and it was 3 wide lanes it happened in so the only issue was looking like a doofus.
Somebody(one of my spectators?) beeped as they drove by when I was in the sushi's lot and parked getting out of the car. About a month and a half into
ownership now so I eventually wanted to test the limits of the cars grip in a secluded area but I had a few audience members that got a show.
16 years of front wheel drive cars have to be trained out of me now. So that's why people say don't touch that button.

[Ultramaroon]

Haha. I wiped out within the first week. Was a little rusty after 14 years of FWD. The previous 19 years of RWD came back pretty quickly, though.

My teenage grandson was with me. "That was cool, papa!"

[WhiteFRS69]

ive actually never have tried in this car yet,

with my luck and the way the cops are around my area, the minute i go to try one, a cop will roll up

[Chimera]

I have only made 90* in place turns so far.
Edit: and a few near 180* while u turning as tight as possible.

[Impureclient]

At first I was like "wooo", then I was like "oh no", then I was like "its over, get out of there"!
This was totally dry and I have new Michelin PSS on it so I thought this wouldn't really happen to that degree.
It was definitely too much gas after I was correcting the drift with the traction "off" button being held down for a couple seconds.
Now I wonder what just using the VSC sport button would have let happen in that situation?

[soulreapersteve]

Originally Posted by WhiteFRS69

ive actually never have tried in this car yet,

with my luck and the way the cops are around my area, the minute i go to try one, a cop will roll up

With my luck, I would crash the car!

Nah, I do want to try this in a wide, empty parking lot one time. Preferably, one without lightpoles.

[covance]

Just using the VSC sport button with the gas floored in first on a turn leads to some enjoyable drift like situations around town

[Tcoat]

Lost it to some black ice on the highway last winter. Did a couple of 360s powered out and kept on going like nothing happened. The van full of teenage hockey players behind me gave a round of applause and "that was cool" at the rest stop we pulled into a bit later. Little did they know I was checking my pants.

[Packofcrows]

nothing like fish tailing while driving through wet train tracks. I almost had to wear a diaper.

[Storm_Trooper]

I think driving crown vics hard and fast for 8+ hours a day for 5 years was invaluable experience for me that I didn't even realize. Never came close to even sliding a bit (on accident) in the frs.

Glad you're safe keep working on your craft.

[fika84]

You're lucky it ended that way... mine ended with me parked in the drivers side of a Cadillac...

[civicdrivr]

The closest thing to an oh shit moment that I've had was down in NC last Fall. It was raining and about 50* out. I had just left my friends place in the morning and made a right turn onto the main road. The side street I was pulling out of was a slight hill rising up to the main road, and I hit the crest of it half way through the turn at about ~15mph (off throttle). The car snapped very wide to the left and then went into a bit of a tank slapper. I managed to keep it pointed in the approximate direction I wanted to go and rode it out but for the brief 4-5 seconds I was worried.

I laughed about it afterwards but my friend was not amused.

[Abraxus]

Haha, been there. Was turning left on an on-ramp while in Manual mode in first gear and my car's ass swung out hard to the right in front of all the people at the 4 way stop. Was glorious. Even with traction control on I've slid in the rain. That's always fun when you know it's coming. When it just happens it can be unnerving.

[Ultramaroon]

I was safe because it was low speed, lots of real estate, and zero traffic. It was a dumbass move but at least no one, or anyone's property was at risk. My grandson and I discussed all this candidly. He's already much less of a thrill seeker than I ever was so he's on a good path.

What a great kid. He asked for permission to tell his friends.