XR8owner Member 121 Member For: 19y 5m 1d Posted 05/05/06 05:33 PM Share Posted 05/05/06 05:33 PM (edited) I nearly made that mistake the first night I had my 8, it had been raining and I decided to play with the traction control off (yeah, real gold idea there) thinking I would be able to handle whatever I did. Big mistake... About 500m from home, around a bend in the wet, I planted my foot, the car held and shot away, about 25m later there was a second bend, and I dropped her into second, the arse end danced for me, so now going sideways up a hill, I took my foot off the accelerator and steered slightly into the skid, she danced the other way as I crested the hill.. so cresting a hill going sideways, I was having the biggest heart attack...Over the top of the hill, and starting down the other side, she dances again, only this time, the arse end over takes the front end and puts my front left tyre into the gutter, about a metre away from an old wooden light pole, bounced the nose up into one of those little yellow poles with the no standing sign on it and the arse end came to a scratching halt against a retaining wall.I decided that this would be an extremely good lesson in how to leave the traction control on at all times unless on a grassy paddock or something with nothing to hit within a kilometre.To this day, the traction control has stayed on... Edited 05/05/06 05:36 PM by XR8owner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninka Donating Members 1,850 Member For: 21y 10m 28d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 05/05/06 11:26 PM Share Posted 05/05/06 11:26 PM This is soooo true Last dyno day it was damp in patches, and I got caught in traffic while driving through the 'poly pipe' on our way to Hyperdrive in Malaga.As we came out of the tunnel onto Mitchell Freeway, I planted my foot to catch up, and the rear stepped out at about 90 kph - quick corrective action and all was good, except for the change of underwear needed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romulus Donating Members 1,279 Member For: 19y 10m 17d Location: Perth Posted 05/05/06 11:58 PM Share Posted 05/05/06 11:58 PM This is soooo true Last dyno day it was damp in patches, and I got caught in traffic while driving through the 'poly pipe' on our way to Hyperdrive in Malaga.As we came out of the tunnel onto Mitchell Freeway, I planted my foot to catch up, and the rear stepped out at about 90 kph - quick corrective action and all was good, except for the change of underwear needed ←Gotta love auto's and their total unpredictability. Plenty of threads on this forum of guys spearing their cars into walls, trees etc when kickback occurs in the wet and T/C has been turned off in the tune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtreme F6 Team Xtreme Donating Members 1,680 Member For: 19y 9m 13d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 05/05/06 11:58 PM Share Posted 05/05/06 11:58 PM This is soooo true Last dyno day it was damp in patches, and I got caught in traffic while driving through the 'poly pipe' on our way to Hyperdrive in Malaga.As we came out of the tunnel onto Mitchell Freeway, I planted my foot to catch up, and the rear stepped out at about 90 kph - quick corrective action and all was good, except for the change of underwear needed ←rofl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6 UTE - Track Bound EVO III - Member 3,367 Member For: 19y 11m 6d Gender: Male Location: Strapped in and holding on Posted 06/05/06 08:59 AM Share Posted 06/05/06 08:59 AM This is soooo true Last dyno day it was damp in patches, and I got caught in traffic while driving through the 'poly pipe' on our way to Hyperdrive in Malaga.As we came out of the tunnel onto Mitchell Freeway, I planted my foot to catch up, and the rear stepped out at about 90 kph - quick corrective action and all was good, except for the change of underwear needed ←and your getting MORE power................................................... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH8TOADS Silver Donating Members 3,618 Member For: 19y 4m 13d Gender: Male Location: OZ Posted 06/05/06 11:03 AM Share Posted 06/05/06 11:03 AM you can have as much power as you want but it's how you use it. I tend to want to use everything I got, so more power would be asking for trouble in my situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 1m 29d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 06/05/06 02:17 PM Share Posted 06/05/06 02:17 PM Been talking to Mal from Mal Wood automotive...looks like there might be a chance (if i pull my finger out and pay the man.... ) that i'l have my six speed in by then...i wonder if Simon can get me my Nizpro bit and tune the car in time too....hmmmm..... ...(please note i havent actually ordered the bits or paid Simon for them but thats irrelevant....they should be here already... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtreme F6 Team Xtreme Donating Members 1,680 Member For: 19y 9m 13d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 07/05/06 01:14 AM Share Posted 07/05/06 01:14 AM (edited) Been talking to Mal from Mal Wood automotive...looks like there might be a chance (if I pull my finger out and pay the man.... ) that I'l have my six speed in by then...I wonder if Simon can get me my Nizpro bit and tune the car in time too....hmmmm..... ...(please note I havent actually ordered the bits or paid Simon for them but that's irrelevant....they should be here already... )←lol I have a kit comming for a guy who isnt in any rush so ill ask him if I can use that for you and reorder the bits when we are all squared up 3 kits due this week Edited 07/05/06 01:15 AM by Xtreme F6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradoxx Colossal Member Member 5,049 Member For: 20y 2m 28d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 07/05/06 05:35 AM Share Posted 07/05/06 05:35 AM Hey guys, the cruise threads get a bit filled with off topic stuff so I have started this thread and moved the relevant posts in here... knock yourselves out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtreme F6 Team Xtreme Donating Members 1,680 Member For: 19y 9m 13d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 07/05/06 06:29 AM Share Posted 07/05/06 06:29 AM and ppl thought you wernt all with it I disagree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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