Hmm.. winter snow + parking lot = fun :)

[Ultima]

Just went to pick up a few things at the grocery store, and when I got back in the car I saw that a large portion of the parking lot was empty and covered with snow. So.. I had a little bit of fun with the handbrake What's really funny though is that I saw a 4x4 Jeep spinning around on itself in another corner of the parking lot and right after I left I saw some other dude doing donuts right where I had been.

Yeah.. winter's fun.. at first. The only problem is that it lasts too damn long!

 

[Heisenberg]

Heh. Donuts are fun. It's gonna take some practice though as my daily driver is now FWD instead of RWD.

 

[bleeb]

Yeah use to do that up at the snow parks ... right before going snowboarding and no one was there.

 

[edro]

Hehe, that's the best way for a front wheel drive car to do donuts

Be careful though. That is wreckless operation if a cop sees you.

 

[konichiwa]

Tried it last winter in my girlfriend's car and forgot the damn thing has ABS and all the winter features, prevented me from having much fun. I really had to push it to get it to skid or donut...doh.

I'll try it once we get some snow in mine

 

[Ultima]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Heh. Donuts are fun. It's gonna take some practice though as my daily driver is now FWD instead of RWD.

With FWD though you can pull the handbrake and give it gas at the same time to slide sideways... Don't think you can do quite the same thing in RWD.
I have to say though that AWD owns all when it comes to snow and ice I remember this video with a Subaru, an Altima and a Camaro...

 

[Ultima]

Originally posted by: edro13
Hehe, that's the best way for a front wheel drive car to do donuts

Be careful though. That is wreckless operation if a cop sees you.

Cops are hypocrites. Last winter I saw cops putting on their lights and then intentionally doing powerslides through intersections. After they turn their lights off and drive normally.

Speaking of cops I almost got killed by one just a few days ago. He came flying out of a side street going the wrong way down a one way street and right through a stop sign. I didn't have a stop. He was going at least 60mph. Okay, he had his lights on but no siren and you have to be a god damn retard to go that fast the wrong way down a one-way and right through a stop sign when the other guys don't have stops. If he had been there a few seconds later he would have smashed right into me... This just a week after getting hit by a van, so I was pretty pissed off by the disregard that cop showed for the people around him.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Ultima

Originally posted by: edro13
Hehe, that's the best way for a front wheel drive car to do donuts

Be careful though. That is wreckless operation if a cop sees you.

Cops are hypocrites. Last winter I saw cops putting on their lights and then intentionally doing powerslides through intersections. After they turn their lights off and drive normally.

Academy drills? You can't learn everything on a closed course.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Ultima

Originally posted by: edro13
Hehe, that's the best way for a front wheel drive car to do donuts

Be careful though. That is wreckless operation if a cop sees you.

Cops are hypocrites. Last winter I saw cops putting on their lights and then intentionally doing powerslides through intersections. After they turn their lights off and drive normally.

Academy drills? You can't learn everything on a closed course.

No, they had been playing too much Project Gotham Racing. They figured they were getting Kudos.......

Damn, I play too many videogames.

 

[Ultima]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Ultima

Originally posted by: edro13
Hehe, that's the best way for a front wheel drive car to do donuts

Be careful though. That is wreckless operation if a cop sees you.

Cops are hypocrites. Last winter I saw cops putting on their lights and then intentionally doing powerslides through intersections. After they turn their lights off and drive normally.

Academy drills? You can't learn everything on a closed course.

And neither can I

That still doesn't excuse cops that pull the sh!t that I mentioned above (flying through stop signs at 60mph going the wrong way down a one-way street..)

 

[freakflag]

I once did a donut in a 24' Freightliner FL-60 box truck. It was empty and so was the parking lot..........

Now THAT was a fun donut.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: freakflag
I once did a donut in a 24' Freightliner FL-60 box truck. It was empty and so was the parking lot..........

Now THAT was a fun donut.

Because it ended with the vehicle laying on it's side?

 

[freakflag]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: freakflag
I once did a donut in a 24' Freightliner FL-60 box truck. It was empty and so was the parking lot..........

Now THAT was a fun donut.

Because it ended with the vehicle laying on it's side?

Lol....now THAT would have been awesome.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Ultima

Originally posted by: edro13
Hehe, that's the best way for a front wheel drive car to do donuts

Be careful though. That is wreckless operation if a cop sees you.

Cops are hypocrites. Last winter I saw cops putting on their lights and then intentionally doing powerslides through intersections. After they turn their lights off and drive normally.

Speaking of cops I almost got killed by one just a few days ago.

He came flying out of a side street going the wrong way down a one way street and right through a stop sign.

I didn't have a stop. He was going at least 60mph. Okay, he had his lights on but no siren and you have to be a god damn retard to go that fast the wrong way down a one-way and right through a stop sign when the other guys don't have stops. If he had been there a few seconds later he would have smashed right into me... This just a week after getting hit by a van, so I was pretty pissed off by the disregard that cop showed for the people around him.

Shenanigans...
The cop *COULDN'T* have gone through a stop sign if he was going the wrong way on a one way street... a stop sign wouldn't have existed.

Around here, a lot of people go to parking lots and send their cars into sideways skids... it's good to practice regaining control after a loss of control. I know a lot of parents who have their teens practice this before they let them drive the car in the winter. It's amazing how easy it is to regain control... I think a lot of accidents are caused by 2 things: 1. the person loses control, and 2. They react the wrong way making things worse.

 

[NokiaDude]

Very fun, but my car never sees the snow. Only showers and drizzle. I had the hardest time making the rear end of my Lumina slide out in my church parking lot. It's nice, when wet it's almost like a slick.

EDIT: THAT'S WHY! I forgot to engage the parking brake. D'oh.

 

[Ultima]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: Ultima

Originally posted by: edro13
Hehe, that's the best way for a front wheel drive car to do donuts

Be careful though. That is wreckless operation if a cop sees you.

Cops are hypocrites. Last winter I saw cops putting on their lights and then intentionally doing powerslides through intersections. After they turn their lights off and drive normally.

Speaking of cops I almost got killed by one just a few days ago.

He came flying out of a side street going the wrong way down a one way street and right through a stop sign.

I didn't have a stop. He was going at least 60mph. Okay, he had his lights on but no siren and you have to be a god damn retard to go that fast the wrong way down a one-way and right through a stop sign when the other guys don't have stops. If he had been there a few seconds later he would have smashed right into me... This just a week after getting hit by a van, so I was pretty pissed off by the disregard that cop showed for the people around him.

Shenanigans...
The cop *COULDN'T* have gone through a stop sign if he was going the wrong way on a one way street... a stop sign wouldn't have existed.

Around here, a lot of people go to parking lots and send their cars into sideways skids... it's good to practice regaining control after a loss of control. I know a lot of parents who have their teens practice this before they let them drive the car in the winter. It's amazing how easy it is to regain control... I think a lot of accidents are caused by 2 things: 1. the person loses control, and 2. They react the wrong way making things worse.

Actually yes, he still did have a stop. Around here, they put signals even for people going the wrong way down a one-way street just so they can't use the excuse "but I didn't have a stop!" or "but I didn't have a light!". Going the right way down the one-way street, you also have a stop.

Going to a parking lot is a good way to learn how the car reacts in skids... however if you're going too fast for conditions you're still going to hit something

 

[geno]

Good thing you've got that winter snow... summer snow is just no fun.

 

[Ultima]

Originally posted by: geno
Good thing you've got that winter snow... summer snow is just no fun.

lol. It's been as cold as winter here for the last few weeks, but we haven't had any snow till a few days ago. Now in the spring it's going to warm up but it'll take weeks for all the snow to melt

 

[MercenaryForHire]

I miss my RWD cars.

^^^ downside to being a Honda fanboy

- M4H

 

[geno]

Yeah, we just had 2.5 feet of snow dumped on us... I'm now feeling the effects of the delayed winter

 

[acemcmac]

Before I stuck the mustang in a parking garage for the weekend you KNOW I was having some fun in the parking lot at 6:30AM on friday

 

[DivideBYZero]

Stick it in reverse, give the steering full lock and plant the throttle.

Game on.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Stick it in reverse, give the steering full lock and plant the throttle.

Game on.

Reverse donuts = teh suck

FWD + ebrake + gas.

- M4H

 

[freebee]

I've been doing this as well. I've just learned I can't pull the handbrake in turns as it wears my rear clutch packs. So to drift i have to power all 4 wheels, which is only doable in the snow. Nevertheless, very, very fun. Subaru, the beauty of AWD.

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Heh. Donuts are fun. It's gonna take some practice though as my daily driver is now FWD instead of RWD.

Do what all the Honda Fanboys do. Put Plastic Lunch Trays under the Rear tires