other Crashed By A 17 Year Old... Not Me...

[MrForce]

If my mothers 383 powered Dodge station wagon could talk, I would be in jail and grounded for the last 40 years. I am glad to see the young man is OK, less any damage his father may inflict on his backside.

Edited May 8, 2014 by MrForce

[Mike Self]

Three words probably describe what the driver encountered...trailing throttle oversteer.  If you're not used to it, lifting in a corner with an '02 (or E21 or E30 for that matter) is a receipe for at least joining the brown shorts brigade, and at worst disaster.  If you'd learned to drive in a VW Beetle, rear engined Renault or a Corvair, you quickly learned how to handle it and/or have fun with it. 

 

Sign that young man up for a Street Survival School.

 

cheers

mike

[Napes]

Mike;  It even doublely applies to 356 Porsches.  Talk about oversteer.  I corrected some of mine for autocrossing and time-trialing by installing a bigger front sway bar that my competitors refered to as a "Buick driveshaft".

 

Bob Napier

[Mike Self]

Bob, my 4CV made a 356 feel neutral.  Weight distribution was 31-69 front to rear.  I used to autocross with 50 lb of dumbbell weights in the spare tire well at the very front of the car.  Installed an EMPI Camber Compensator (they made 'em for Renaults too) and that really kept those swing axles from jacking up--I have a lot of first-in-class autocross trophies with that 4CV, including a few where I beat an original Mini Cooper S on tight courses...

 

mike

[Conserv]

Three words probably describe what the driver encountered...trailing throttle oversteer. If you're not used to it, lifting in a corner with an '02 (or E21 or E30 for that matter) is a receipe for at least joining the brown shorts brigade, and at worst disaster. If you'd learned to drive in a VW Beetle, rear engined Renault or a Corvair, you quickly learned how to handle it and/or have fun with it...

Yep, I learned about trailing throttle oversteer the same way: by making a mistake!

Steve

Edited May 10, 2014 by Conserv

[eurotrash]

Proves the the IE air damn will, indeed, flex and not crack... 

 

-those blue bars look familiar too.

['76mintgrün'02]

I would have given good money for that passenger side mirror. 

 

(not to be a grave robber)

[trev0006]

Yep, I learned about trailing throttle oversteer the same way: by making a mistake!

Steve

 

That 2002 is almost cut in half 

[skipsfcr]

Talk about "brown shorts brigade!"

[gliding_serpent2]

Nice job on the tow/flip. "That car looks pretty good for being upside down. Lest f&@k it up!"

[trev0006]

Nice job on the tow/flip. "That car looks pretty good for being upside down. Lest f&@k it up!"

 

 

When the tow guy flipped it over I aged 5 years