YACT: How much does it hurt your car to do donuts?

[Turkish]

Ok, today it rained here, so I decided to have fun with the wet, and went to my apartment complex's *not*used parking lot.... it's far away from any residence, and nobody was around there... So I just made like 10-15 donuts with my A4 1.8T Quattro... well they weren't perfect donuts but oh well... so what I want to know is what is the maximum damage I could have done to my car by donuts other than tires getting worn quicker...

Thanks.

 

[toekramp]

basar sometimes you are just silly

 

[minendo]

Throw a rod in the transmission. That's what I did while doing donuts in my old Blazer.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

As long as you're double-clutching your titanium valve caps, you're not in any great danger of doing damage to your intake manifold.

- M4H

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
As long as you're double-clutching your titanium valve caps, you're not in any great danger of doing damage to your intake manifold.

- M4H

:Q

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
As long as you're double-clutching your titanium valve caps, you're not in any great danger of doing damage to your intake manifold. - M4H

ya, don't forget to double-clutch your titanium valve caps...

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: minendo
Throw a rod in the transmission. That's what I did while doing donuts in my old Blazer.

uhhh, there are no rods in the transmission.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: OS

Originally posted by: minendo
Throw a rod in the transmission. That's what I did while doing donuts in my old Blazer.

uhhh, there are no rods in the transmission.

Fine. I threw a rod. I am not a car person.

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: OS

Originally posted by: minendo Throw a rod in the transmission. That's what I did while doing donuts in my old Blazer.

uhhh, there are no rods in the transmission.

Fine. I threw a rod. I am not a car person.

hahahaha

 

[Turkish]

Ok so i was serious.... is it really that bad?

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: Xiety
Ok so i was serious.... is it really that bad?

It's hard on the drivetrain. I wouldn't do it anymore if you intend to keep your car.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Xiety
Ok so i was serious.... is it really that bad?

It's not going to hurt much..

Probably hard on your suspension more than anything.

 

[Crazymofo]

it might get fat if it has too many...

 

[RU482]

Nothing better than an old/no tech rear wheel drive car in a freshly iced over parking lot
I miss those days

 

[Viperoni]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Xiety
Ok so i was serious.... is it really that bad?

It's not going to hurt much..

Probably hard on your suspension more than anything.

I second this.

As long as you constantly aren't loading&unloading the tire (which sounds like a "chirping" sound, similar to a hard launch with minimized tire spin), but you are roasting it, there's very little drivetrain wear.

 

[Alchemist99]

It's kinda like when you pound things really hard they get sloppy if you know what I mean

 

[amdskip]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: OS

Originally posted by: minendoThrow a rod in the transmission. That's what I did while doing donuts in my old Blazer.

uhhh, there are no rods in the transmission.

Fine. I threw a rod. I am not a car person.

Haha, it's all good. Basically its not that good for a car really.

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: redly1
Nothing better than an old/no tech rear wheel drive car in a freshly iced over parking lot
I miss those days

Those of us with big block V-8's didnt need ice or wet parking lots.

Just turn the wheel all way and floor the gas pedal.

If you can see anything through the cloud of tire smoke, you arent doing it right.

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
As long as you're double-clutching your titanium valve caps, you're not in any great danger of doing damage to your intake manifold.

- M4H

lol

 

[sillymofo]

If done properly, you can't really hurt your car that bad, but I don't do anything stupid in a car unless it's the designated beater, or a rental.

 

[Sundog]

Just make sure you do it in the snow.

 

[Ness]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
As long as you're double-clutching your titanium valve caps, you're not in any great danger of doing damage to your intake manifold.

- M4H

Too bad it sounds like he was granny-shifting.

YOU NEVER HAD ME!



hahahha.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Originally posted by: redly1
Nothing better than an old/no tech rear wheel drive car in a freshly iced over parking lot
I miss those days

Those of us with big block V-8's didnt need ice or wet parking lots.

Just turn the wheel all way and floor the gas pedal.

If you can see anything through the cloud of tire smoke, you arent doing it right.

That's funny.. I can do that with my 2.4L I4.

 

Stop changing your icon hoser .....

No donuts for j00.

 

[Zipp]

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Originally posted by: redly1
Nothing better than an old/no tech rear wheel drive car in a freshly iced over parking lot
I miss those days
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Those of us with big block V-8's didnt need ice or wet parking lots.

Just turn the wheel all way and floor the gas pedal.

If you can see anything through the cloud of tire smoke, you arent doing it right.

Ya I remember those days in high school. End of the day on a Friday afternoon doing a couple 360's and just filling up the parking lot with smoke. Gotta love those old V-8's.....And REAR wheel drive!