Close Call

Tyler · 05-24-2005, 04:19 PM

So i'm driving to work this morning up 295N in RI and i take my usual exit. Well must've been going a little to fast for the turn plus the road was a little damp. As i make the turn it feels like the tires were slipping,next thing you know my back end starts to whip around and i'm like o shiznack. Everything was kind of in slow-mo and i don't even remember what i did to correct it just normal instincts i guess. I was going probally inbetween 50-60mph(a little to fast) when i turned into the exit and the whole car whipped around tried correcting it and car turned the other way,turned it again and then the next thing i know it was fine. The driver behind must've thought i was crazy. I seriously thought i was going to roll my car over. That was probally the dumbest thing i've done in this car.

cali-ti · 05-24-2005, 04:31 PM

good work (not hitting anything or anyone)! did you have to change your shorts?

motorwerk · 05-24-2005, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Tyler

So i'm driving to work this morning up 295N in RI and i take my usual exit. Well must've been going a little to fast for the turn plus the road was a little damp. As i make the turn it feels like the tires were slipping,next thing you know my back end starts to whip around and i'm like o shiznack. Everything was kind of in slow-mo and i don't even remember what i did to correct it just normal instincts i guess. I was going probally inbetween 50-60mph(a little to fast) when i turned into the exit and the whole car whipped around tried correcting it and car turned the other way,turned it again and then the next thing i know it was fine. The driver behind must've thought i was crazy. I seriously thought i was going to roll my car over. That was probally the dumbest thing i've done in this car.

Reading this post made me visualize of drifting...the new sport of champions...

j/k...glad to see that you are ok but it must have got your adrenaline pumping in the morning! forget the coffee! motorwerk

Tyler · 05-24-2005, 04:54 PM

Yeah it got my blood flowing good this morning. It happend so quick i couldn't say i was scared. Once i came out of it i was like man that was fun wish i could do it again on a track or something. It's not something that i'm gonna do again on a public road,not like i meant to do it.

city · 05-24-2005, 04:58 PM

Glad your ok and obviously the ti

hotdog19d · 05-25-2005, 12:37 AM

I did the same thing, with my old TI only I rolled it down a ravine. Damn oversteer!

cali-ti · 05-25-2005, 12:40 AM

you guys need a LSD!

**1996 328ti** · 05-25-2005, 01:17 AM

It's all about balancing the car. As the rear slides out your instinct is to apply brakes. This makes it worse by making the rear even lighter and around you go. My guess is Tyler did not jump off the gas and maintained control by looking where he wanted to guy. If that was not the case he was damn lucky.

Many a ti has lost it on a ramp in the rain.

Tyler · 05-25-2005, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by 1996 328ti

It's all about balancing the car. As the rear slides out your instinct is to apply brakes. This makes it worse by making the rear even lighter and around you go. My guess is Tyler did not jump off the gas and maintained control by looking where he wanted to guy. If that was not the case he was damn lucky.

Many a ti has lost it on a ramp in the rain.

I didn't apply the brakes at all untill i got control of it. The exit was on a slight decline and it wasn't really raining at the moment but the ground was wet. As soon as i got into the turn i knew something was gonna happen,i could feel the tires slipping. Thats when the rear started to swing on me,luckily i got control of it and came out of it in 1piece.

**1996 328ti** · 05-25-2005, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Tyler

I didn't apply the brakes at all untill i got control of it.

That is what saved you. It goes against most peoples instincts. Good going.

SlickmisterN · 05-25-2005, 04:04 AM

Oh man, a little snap over steer aint no thing. All you need to do to correct is give a little jab on the steering wheel in the same driction the tail is going. I.E. if you are making a hard left and the tail steps out right a bit, a quick jab to right and perhaps some slight pressure to the gas (circumstances apply) will work it all out for you. Do not hit the brakes! This will result in spinning you all the way around. Im lucky ive got Sear Point/Infineon 15 minutes a way, racing there has taught me so much. Congrats on taming your folly.

JPerfect · 05-25-2005, 04:56 AM

I was with my friend Dawn one time, and we were on our way back from eating somewhere or another, there were 4 people in her car, i was in the back. We were on Rt. 3 in NJ getting off the onramp to Rt. 21. She was going normal speed for the ramp, maybe a tad too fast... but it was raining... Needless to say, with her DODGE NEON, she jammed the brakes when she started sliding, went right up a curb, broke a rim, cracked her axle, and ripped her exhaust off. The car was totaled.

The strangest part... I joke around a lot when other people are driving, i'm kind of like a Dick back seat driver, but only to bust balls. When we were coming to the turn, before destruction was imminent, I uttered, "Oh my god, We're gonna die!" I didn't say it loudly or distracting, and she didn't even know I said it, but the other 2 in the car with us kinda just looked at me afterwards like whats up with this kid...

Her dad's a mechanic and he took care of it, and when we told dawn about what I said, she was like, well IF I HEARD IT I MIGHT NOT HAVE CRASHED>

Sure dawn, sure.

Also, in the rain on Rt. 17 in NJ, i was going under an overpass and there was this big puddle, and i just so happened to be switching lanes, so my ti hydroplaned and I did a full 720 on the highway. THANK GOD there were no other cars on the road.

Tyler · 05-25-2005, 02:49 PM

So this morning when i was going to work i payed attention to the offramp and didn't even notice the guardrail on the right which at onepoint i was heading straight for. I took the exit real slow just to look at what could've happend to me.

robcarync · 05-25-2005, 03:24 PM

ive hydroplaned a few times...and when it snows, god knows im a bad driver (or at least i take advantage of low friction)...but ive never lost control of the vehicle....because i never apply brakes...if someone asked me what to do in a sliding situation, i wouldnt really know what to say, but everytime im in one, its my normal instinct and i end up dandy!

Tyler · 05-25-2005, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by robcarync

ive hydroplaned a few times...and when it snows, god knows im a bad driver (or at least i take advantage of low friction)...but ive never lost control of the vehicle....because i never apply brakes...if someone asked me what to do in a sliding situation, i wouldnt really know what to say, but everytime im in one, its my normal instinct and i end up dandy!

I didn't hrdroplane at all, the ground was wet and i took the exit to fast and and turned into it too hard.

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