Sliding around in my 1987 560SL

[CodeRedR51]

Exactly my reaction!

 

[phillgt2002]

Lol. I remember the days of doing that on a trike.

 

[SPhilli911]

I attempted a snow drift. I have no evidence, but it looked a little like this.

http://www.intertrick.org/nasioc/images/wrc/Images/94.jpg

 

[SpiffyDeeezy]

I attempted a snow drift. I have no evidence, but it looked a little like this.

http://www.intertrick.org/nasioc/images/wrc/Images/94.jpg

Pshh. I had full lock. One handed.

 

[AOS-]

Sliding, not "drifting"....

You should know that "drifting" in car culture is hella specific.

 

[hawkeye122]

Apparently the rain had too much grip for you to look cool, so you went with the snow instead?

Try doing it on a tight, CLOSED mountain road, like a rally car. Then i'd be impressed. Because, frankly, I could do this in my Tracker (if it snowed frequently)

 

[nobuffalo]

Pshh. I had full lock. One handed.

Because snow.

Don't get me wrong, drifting in the snow is gobs of fun but it doesn't really take a lot of skill, at low speeds at least.

 

[SpiffyDeeezy]

Because snow.

Don't get me wrong, drifting in the snow is gobs of fun but it doesn't really take a lot of skill, at low speeds at least.

Yeah i was just havin some fun.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Aw what are you driving now? Also, what do you mean your slides were more gradual?

The 6 was stolen, since then I've had a few other old BMW's and am now driving a dull 320d Tourer.

By gradual I mean that the 6 used to break traction left/right across the tyre, without having to break traction in the direction of wheel rotation... in F1 commentator speak, you seem to have to over-rotate the tyres quite a bit before it will slide, in my car the grip from the tyres was so poor I didn't really need to gun it so much. Michelin TRX Metrics really are rubbish - but I wanted to keep the car totally original, which meant keeping the 15.75" wheels, rather than changing for 16's and getting some better rubber.

 

[SpiffyDeeezy]

The 6 was stolen, since then I've had a few other old BMW's and am now driving a dull 320d Tourer.

By gradual I mean that the 6 used to break traction left/right across the tyre, without having to break traction in the direction of wheel rotation... in F1 commentator speak, you seem to have to over-rotate the tyres quite a bit before it will slide, in my car the grip from the tyres was so poor I didn't really need to gun it so much. Michelin TRX Metrics really are rubbish - but I wanted to keep the car totally original, which meant keeping the 15.75" wheels, rather than changing for 16's and getting some better rubber.

Oh wow, didn't know these german cars were steal-able. And my tires are still pretty much brand new right now, what i'm doing is weight transfer.

 

[Azuremen]

Thanks for watching! Was actually more or so around 25 mph.

Indicated.

How did you flip your MR2?

If you had actually read any of that post, you'd have noticed I wasn't anywhere near the car when it flipped. Someone borrowing it flipped it.

 

[Azuremen]

Oh wow, didn't know these german cars were steal-able. And my tires are still pretty much brand new right now, what i'm doing is weight transfer.

Any car can be stolen...

As for weight transfer, it really doesn't look like you are based on when you start to get any angle in these "drifts."

 

[SpiffyDeeezy]

Any car can be stolen...

As for weight transfer, it really doesn't look like you are based on when you start to get any angle in these "drifts."

Watch the POV video, you can notice how i go outwards then steer hard in...

 

[SpiffyDeeezy]

Indicated.



If you had actually read any of that post, you'd have noticed I wasn't anywhere near the car when it flipped. Someone borrowing it flipped it.

I didn't want to read any of it.

 

[Azuremen]

I didn't want to read any of it.

Then why bother me about my car?

 

[Azuremen]

Watch the POV video, you can notice how i go outwards then steer hard in...

And don't actually get the car sideways doing that, only when you start getting on the throttle do you see you even start to counter.

 

[SpiffyDeeezy]

And don't actually get the car sideways doing that, only when you start getting on the throttle do you see you even start to counter.

You can see it in the hood view as well. Watch the videos before commenting please.

 

[SpiffyDeeezy]

Then why bother me about my car?

Because I only saw the picture of a flipped mr2.

 

[AOS-]

I didn't want to read any of it.

Then don't ask. You don't expect to find an answer without wanting to receive it.

Your logic fails you.

 

[nobuffalo]

I have watched the videos, and from the looks of it your not getting much of any weight transfer by steering to the outside and then back in. I believe you're power sliding, not drifting, there is a difference. As for "steering hard", if you did so in your car in those conditions the front would probably just push.

 

[Azuremen]

You can see it in the hood view as well. Watch the videos before commenting please.

I did watch the videos, otherwise I wouldn't have a made a comment. What I am stating is what I saw, and you are doing is lying to yourself about what is happening in your car or attempting to play up relatively lack-luster driving skills/sense. You can get a V8 powered car sideways on over-priced all season tires, in the wet, and not consistently at that.