[Rockville]

The flakes were coming down in bigger and bigger sizes. I decided it was time the take the Batmobile out of the cave one more time. I volunteered to take some mail to our Audi store down the Pike. On the way back I detoured to the local High School parking lot. It had about 3 inches of fresh pow and I decided to make fresh tracks. I delicately turned onto the lot and felt under complete control as I entered the widest section of the lot. I drove toward the end and made a full lock left turn. The GS430 turned like a figure skater and suddenly I found myself traveling the other direction. That was easy. I approached the other end and did it again and then kept it locked and I started tracing a tight 30 foot circle. It was actually a smaller circle than I could have made on dry pavement because whenever the GS was reluctant to finish the circle the VDIM would brake the rear wheels and tighten the arc. I started to get a little dizzy after a while. I let it make a few faster passes and just turned wherever and whenever I chose. For the finale I started tracing figure eights. They were nicely shaped and I almost wish there had been judges there to score them. If there had been enough space I could have signed my name at the bottom. I haven't had that much fun since doing handbrake turns in the snow with my Mini Cooper when I was a teenager. I turned off the traction control and went back for another pass and the rear wheels would spin whenever I gave it throttle but the VDIM still made the turns for me. Traction on and Traction Off the VDIM never leaves your side. On the way back I had to test the acceleration and I was taking off quickly at the Green lights and then braking and waiting for the traffic and taking off again etc. I could detect only the slightest wavering on steady acceleration but I was now used to the sensation. I turned back into the store and put her back into the cave for the night.