Loco Honkey
Banned
I was making a left onto a road, and as I was coming around the corner, I see a car right in the middle of the road, stopped. It's too late to stop, and there's no way around either side.Well, there was a way around to the right, but at the edge of the pavement, the grass dropped off about 8' at about a 25° angle into a ditch.
I took that way around.
I was doing about 35 MPH as I went into the ditch, and as soon as my right rear tire hit grass, I grabbed 2nd gear and matted it. The car started to understeer as the left rear wheel entered the grass, and then the rear end came around sharply as I countersteered and aimed back up the slope towards the road. The car was pointed up towards the road at a 45° angle, and had stopped it's downward travel, but wasn't pulling out of the ditch; just kinda sliding along paralell with the road. I was almost at redline, so I grabbed 3rd and felt all four wheels continue to spin. I glanced at the speedo and it said between 80 and 90 MPH as the car started to pull itself out of the ditch.
I'd go take pics of the marks in the grass- they're almost 75' long- but I had to reformat my drive last night, and I can't find my install CD for the digicam software. Blah.
I took that way around.
I was doing about 35 MPH as I went into the ditch, and as soon as my right rear tire hit grass, I grabbed 2nd gear and matted it. The car started to understeer as the left rear wheel entered the grass, and then the rear end came around sharply as I countersteered and aimed back up the slope towards the road. The car was pointed up towards the road at a 45° angle, and had stopped it's downward travel, but wasn't pulling out of the ditch; just kinda sliding along paralell with the road. I was almost at redline, so I grabbed 3rd and felt all four wheels continue to spin. I glanced at the speedo and it said between 80 and 90 MPH as the car started to pull itself out of the ditch.
I'd go take pics of the marks in the grass- they're almost 75' long- but I had to reformat my drive last night, and I can't find my install CD for the digicam software. Blah.