HOLY SH*T I'M ALIVE!

[kustom]

So i'm coming home from work today and am about to miss a right hand turn 'cause some retard gunned it beside me so i couldn't get over. I get real stupid and go for the turn from the center lane at around 50mph. I thought right after i turned in that i made a HUGE mistake and was gonna understeer into the wall; but the friggin thing held. I swear to god that i was never so  impressed with the handling in ANY car until today!

Yeah! I'm still here, and that SR is definately going in!

[Nismos14]

u usually learn about the car's handling prowess by mistake... hehe like that <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

[kustom]

yeah, i was amazed that it held. My buddy in a pick-up was behind me and when he caught up his chin was on the floor!

everyday on my way home from school i get to take a ride on two off-ramps..... one of them getting onto a highway..... i take that one at about 55.... <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'> then theres an off-ramp that goes up-hill and leans in.... i take that one at 50.... on this one im gassing enough to keep it steady at 50 the whole time and theres a dip in the curve...... the rear always jumps a little its fun <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

[LanceS13]

on/off ramps are fun...just be careful of tarmac changes.

One time I was entering a cement onramp from an asphault road. &nbsp;I made the turn-in and gunned it like I always do...needless to say, I got a good amount of unexpected oversteer when I hit that slick concrete. &nbsp;It was fun, though.:)

On on-ramps I'm more familiar with, I'm usually doing 10 over (80) by the time at the end of it. &nbsp;Fun, fun! &nbsp;Or doing 10 over as I enter a circle off-ramp, brake to turn in, and hold it as the tires sing barely audibly all the way around....even more fun! &nbsp;:biggrin: &nbsp;Sometimes I wonder if you can have too much fun with a car that handles like ours do. &nbsp;Now I just need some power to match...CA18DET in March :crosses fingers:

[Speedy2k]

=&gt;LanceS13

Why did you decide to go with the CA18DET ?

[NoTuchn]

yes, i too have learned by mistakes the wonders of 240 handling... its great. &nbsp; you gotta be careful tho... i used to drive a celica (those with no handling whatsoever) the reason i dont have that anymore... totaled... right into a tree (oversteer). &nbsp;i go by that tree from time to time and it never jumps out in front of a 240. hah. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

[HippoSleek]

hmm... I always learn the limits of my car on a closed course :confused: &nbsp;Spinning into open space just feels safer, to me.

Personal favorite: some jackass tailgaiting as I take a freeway off ramp. &nbsp;Lets see how fast you can tailgate... three times I've seen people go until they lost grip and nearly wrecked... I didn't hold a gun to their head, they just thought I was too slow <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

[transient]

I learned how well my car could handle when I was trying to drift. I took a corner that looped back around at about 30 miles per hour (I think, I didn't actually check the speedo during the turn, but I was close to that entering, and I accellerated to try to break the rear loose.) The car held, I couldnt' believe it. So that day I learned that I don't have to know how to drift to drive fast. I'm sticking to grip driving for a while.

I totaly agree; like i said in the post it was a mistake.

[LanceS13]

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=&gt;LanceS13

Why did you decide to go with the CA18DET ?
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initially cheap, but lots of potential

[thewholefnshow]

Sounds like what I did yesterday. I fished 4 times before I got it under control again, but any other car I ever drove would have gone into the wall for freakin sure.

[S13Grl]

#Moderation Mode



<a href="http://www.zilvia.net/forums/cgi-bin/topic.cgi?forum=1&topic=1449" target="_self">Moved here</a>

[S14KAT]

Just tonight I'm coming home from work and theres a late model BMW...I think the 328i in front of me, and he's not really slowing up as he's entering the off ramp. &nbsp;So I'm lke OK, this guys gonna fly around this turn. &nbsp;Lets see if this thing really is the ultimate driving machine......lol. &nbsp;Well we both enter the turn, I'm behind.....and I'm actually gaining on him, like right on his ass. &nbsp;I was like COME ON, the ultimate driving machine??? &nbsp; Yea right, I shoulda passed him but there wasn't enough room.

[Nismos14]

man i can only imagine what the car would be like dropped and with a full suspension package... *drool*