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Trevor Jessie

Trevor Jessie

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You know the moment? You come into a corner too fast and the rear comes around further than you are accustomed. Your focused on keeping the car tracking, but you are also seeing all the things that you could hit if you leave the road.

It had been VERY hot here lately, but last night we had a brief shower. I came around a curve too fast and found a patch of road that was still wet. I honestly thought I was going to be meeting a guardrail up close and personal. Luckily, I was able to keep the rear wheels behind the front. I had to use some of the oncoming lane's real estate and was fortunate that there was no oncoming traffic.

It was all actually pretty smooth and probably looked like an intentional drift, but I do NOT intend a trying it again. It was certainly a "pucker" moment.
 
You know you are having fun when there is an additional
crease in the seat bottom. That's what we say in the Land Cruiser off road world.
Glad ya caught it in time. :thumbsup:
 
PUCKER TIME!

Had that happen once in an Alpine. Narrow mountain road, showing my a$$, lost it and managed to stop (both feet on the brake pedal) with about one foot of shoulder left before going over the edge of a 300' drop. No guard rail, either.

Hold the e-brake, restart the engine, select reverse, engage the clutch at 4000 rpm, and back away from the edge.

Keep moving folks, nothing to see here. Took 20 miles to get 'unclenched'.
 
Good reminder, Trevor.

I try to behave when the roads are not dry. Especially after a long dry period, quick showers can make the surface very slick.

I overcooked a turn in a GT6 once, rolled it twice into a freshly plowed field. The soft dirt is what saved me. I'll never forget that.

Learning the hard way can be very expensive . . . :cryin:
 
vagt6 said:
Good reminder, Trevor.

I try to behave when the roads are not dry. Especially after a long dry period, quick showers can make the surface very slick.

I overcooked a turn in a GT6 once, rolled it twice into a freshly plowed field. The soft dirt is what saved me. I'll never forget that.

Learning the hard way can be very expensive . . . :cryin:
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Did the same with a nearly new '64 TR4. Found out they bounce good!!
 
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