How many have had close calls
03-08-2011, 06:08 PM
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How many have had close calls
I took the vette out today and was just playing around a little when no other cars were around and floored it from a stop spinning then shifted to second and went totally sideways in the other lane i must have turned the steering wheel a little or something..scared me a little i had to correct it twice before i got it back to straight..From now on when im playing around im putting it in competition mode..
03-08-2011, 06:19 PM
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This is why a powerful car needs to be in experienced hands if your gonna get wild on the streets. Way too many variabilites you encounter on a regular street. And teenagers keep finding out every day. Here going into Philly, there's a billboard, it says "300 horsepower + a sixpack of beer, you do the math"
03-08-2011, 06:28 PM
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Sounds to me you need DM-101 so this won't happen again, Good thing others were not on the street or you might have hurt someone.
03-08-2011, 06:30 PM
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...as scary as that is, it's even scarier to cruise through a parking lot. For some reason, most drivers think stop signs and one-way arrows are there as suggestions only. 
03-08-2011, 06:35 PM
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Up north here, tromping on it and going sideways, is an every day occurrence...well at least in the winter. We just steer out of it, and get down the road. 
03-08-2011, 06:48 PM
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kinda off topic, but....
I was driving to school today (Cal State University Northridge) in Northridge CA when this idiot was doing 20 on a 35 road in front of me.....
So I take the lane next to me and get on the gas from 2nd gear......BUT MISSED 3rd gear and shift into 1st accidentally.....B&B bullets @ 6,000rpm is loud as f***, and if thats not bad enough, there were 3 cops on the other side of the road
I quickly let the car roll in neutral.....and glad I didnt get pulled over
never will I go anything above 3000rpm on the streets!
I was driving to school today (Cal State University Northridge) in Northridge CA when this idiot was doing 20 on a 35 road in front of me.....
So I take the lane next to me and get on the gas from 2nd gear......BUT MISSED 3rd gear and shift into 1st accidentally.....B&B bullets @ 6,000rpm is loud as f***, and if thats not bad enough, there were 3 cops on the other side of the road
I quickly let the car roll in neutral.....and glad I didnt get pulled over
never will I go anything above 3000rpm on the streets!
03-08-2011, 07:28 PM
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03-08-2011, 07:33 PM
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03-08-2011, 07:42 PM
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03-08-2011, 08:16 PM
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i was on my way to hooters the second week i got my coupe and i was getting on the interstate in second and got on it a little bit to go around somt slow cars.. just about lost her!! come to find out my tires were so worn she would spin in just about any gear i wanted her too lol! 