How do you do that?
 

Not that I want to do this, but I can't stop staring at this video over and over. The part I'm talking about is where the car does a 360 and keeps on keepin on. I love it. Is that one of those moves whre you hit the parking brake and then hope you don't end up in a ditch?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DEXJYKHwBJk
Makes me fiend for a W140

I'd say 50mph, wheel hard over to lock while you floor it should do the trick. The trick is to break the traction and get it slidding. Of course any new car would have to be in dyno mode or the traction control would stop you.

If you fail you will probably flip the car.:D:eek:


I have never tried it, has anyone?

JimB mentioned something about going to a high performance driving school (as a way to improve the erformance of one's car). That's actually not a bad idea. That was a cool video, but that's not ALL the car.

Actually, I've done a manuever like that in my 1965 VW beetle on an ice-covered parking lot. Don't think it would have worked on dry pavement, though!

Like drifting?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MtDQy1_OD_4

Drifting? I do that when there's somebody boring talking to me . . . .

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0MutGKWKBNg THATS DRIFTING

I've never done it myself before, but I was in a pursuit with a 15 year old in a stolen car that did something similar. I was chasing him at about 50ish when he tried to make a turn without slowing down. He ended up doing a 180 (now facing me), threw it in reverse without slowing down, and continued about 2 more blocks in reverse before he crashed it. It was pretty entertaining.

I saw that in a movie at least once or twice. Cool.

Bad boys, bad boys, Whacha gonna do . . . . So, you're a cop in NM? City, county, or state police?

I might try it in a wet empty huge parking lot. :D

Yeah, doing it on a sheet of ice was not the smartest thing I've ever done. I didn't always use the best judgement in my youth. Fortunately, God looks out for drunks, fools, and . . . . I forget who else God looks out for, but I was covered adequately under the first two . . .

Many Many years ago, headed for a concert in my buddies VW Bug in a blinding snow storm.
Probably doing 40+, went under an overpass, came out and did a perfect 360.
How you do that in a rear engine and come out of it facing the right way I have no idea.

I looked at him, all he said was "I didn't move a muscle".

Yea, we were probably drunk and or stoned a bit.

My son tried that with our family van, and DID end up in a ditch. :( He was OK, the car was not.

I'm amazed that so many of us survived to become adults . . . :confused:

A couple weeks ago the 420 taught me a lesson in respect when I took a corner too fast in the wet weather. I almost did a 360, but I ended up in the grass across the road almost facing the direction I came. Scary stuff.

I know people that have been to ITI driving school which makes Barber and Bondurant look like drivers ed, they say get lots of brakes, tires, makes small corrections and practice practice practice.

They make the Japanese drifters look like amatures!:D

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When I was younger, my friends and I spent hours in snow covered Ohio parking lots practicing the same kind of manuver. It's combining a parking brake 180 with a "Jim Rockford" reverse turn.

To start, turn quick and hard to the left (or right but I like to turn left), simultaneously throw on the emergency brake and pop the vehicle into neutral. As the car comes around, don't steer into the turn as you would if you were trying to stop the skid. Keep the wheel turned left until the car comes around 180 and then turn it hard in the opposite direction. Time the turn so that the wheel is straight when the car is in the 180 position and continue turning the wheel back to hard right. At the same time when the car reaches the 180 position, release the E-brake and the front end will start coming around to the left. About half way around the final part of the turn, pop the transmission back into drive to continue in the original direction.

It's one of those things that's hard to describe in words how it flows, it's much easier to have someone teach you. Also, there's a ton of variables: The initial speed depends on the weight of the vehicle, traction available and other factors. Also, some vehlcles don't require pulling the E-brake. Like the others said, practice is key.

When it snows tomarrow I'm going to hit the parking lots, practice makes perfect!:D