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I pulled a 180 on the way home from work and luckily didn't touch a thing. But I can't figure out what went wrong...
Traction Control ON. Car has LSD. Dry, 32 degrees. 17" stock rims with stock Bridgestones.
Came to a rolling stop (5 mph). Made a 90 degree left turn, gassed it a little bit because of an oncoming car. The rear fishtailed and before I knew it I had done a 180 and was in the opposite lane facing the direction that a car would be going in that lane. Bizarre.
Any ideas as to why the rear swung out on me? I certainly wasn't flooring it - maybe 1/2 throttle at most. There also didn't appear to be any oil or anything on the road.
The second close call you ask? Well, I was stopped a few minutes later by a cop - rolling through a stop sign and going 40 in a 25. Luckily, he let me off with a warning. Phew.
[This message has been edited by cardinal_creek (edited December 13, 2000).]
I pulled a 180 on the way home from work and luckily didn't touch a thing. But I can't figure out what went wrong...
Traction Control ON. Car has LSD. Dry, 32 degrees. 17" stock rims with stock Bridgestones.
Came to a rolling stop (5 mph). Made a 90 degree left turn, gassed it a little bit because of an oncoming car. The rear fishtailed and before I knew it I had done a 180 and was in the opposite lane facing the direction that a car would be going in that lane. Bizarre.
Any ideas as to why the rear swung out on me? I certainly wasn't flooring it - maybe 1/2 throttle at most. There also didn't appear to be any oil or anything on the road.
The second close call you ask? Well, I was stopped a few minutes later by a cop - rolling through a stop sign and going 40 in a 25. Luckily, he let me off with a warning. Phew.
[This message has been edited by cardinal_creek (edited December 13, 2000).]