Guy Crashes Mustang Leaving Auto Show, Perpetuates Mustang Owner Stereotypes
04-05-16, 03:42 PM
#17
See what I have to deal with in Chicago every day
I would like to see the follow up video where the Mustang driver has to explain himself to a police officer who has seen the video.
I would like to see the follow up video where the Mustang driver has to explain himself to a police officer who has seen the video.
04-05-16, 06:06 PM
#20
Lead Lap
Thread Starter
04-05-16, 07:08 PM
#22
Lexus Champion
If you are going at a fair clip and turn the steering wheel a little too much, the front wheels turn but the rear wheels are still pointing straight ahead. With the power going to the rear wheels, the momentum wants to keep the car going straight ahead (at a different direction than the front wheels); that momentum causes the car to oversteer (which is when the car steers in the intended direction of the turn but turning much more than you wanted).
The tendency to oversteer is worse if you make any sudden control movement -- too fast on or off the accelerator, too quickly turning the steering wheel. Too quick movements suddenly shift the car's centre of gravity which can very suddenly change traction of the driving wheels.
04-05-16, 08:29 PM
#24
Lead Lap
04-05-16, 09:13 PM
#25
This is very common occurrence with inexperienced drivers who do not know how to control a slide on a RWD car.
It's a form of "lift-off oversteer." If you rewatch the video, he started spinning the tires while the car was turning out of the exit. While the tires were spinning he was able to get the car momentarily straight in his lane. But since the rear tires where still spinning, he wasn't truly pointed straight; the tires still wanted to go in the original direction out of the exit (to the left).
When the driver noticed he was heading towards the curb, he let off the accelerator, the tires gained traction and the rear shot to the right. He tried to counter-steer and eventually lost control. Very common way to wreck a car when hooning without experience. The only way you can regain traction is to lay back on the accelerator and gently dial it back. Hence the message in my previous post: NEVER LIFT!
Other examples for your viewing:
It's a form of "lift-off oversteer." If you rewatch the video, he started spinning the tires while the car was turning out of the exit. While the tires were spinning he was able to get the car momentarily straight in his lane. But since the rear tires where still spinning, he wasn't truly pointed straight; the tires still wanted to go in the original direction out of the exit (to the left).
When the driver noticed he was heading towards the curb, he let off the accelerator, the tires gained traction and the rear shot to the right. He tried to counter-steer and eventually lost control. Very common way to wreck a car when hooning without experience. The only way you can regain traction is to lay back on the accelerator and gently dial it back. Hence the message in my previous post: NEVER LIFT!
Other examples for your viewing:
04-05-16, 10:23 PM
#26
Lexus Fanatic
04-05-16, 11:45 PM
#27
Of course I always find a big empty parking lot with no poles to channel my inner Ken Block. If I overcook it and spin there, no big deal.
04-06-16, 08:35 AM
#28
I'll be the first to admit this happened to me in my old SC4. Granted it was more of a fit of road rage, and a driver turning and half a mile an hour making a U-Turn on a SHORT light. The road was wet, and coupled with inexperience, I GUNNED it to after he finished taking the u-turn only to oversteer, my back slid way to the right, I tried to compensate, then it slid way to the left, tried to compensate again, and it slid back to the right slamming into the curb, before I managed to straighten it out and roll it to the emergency lane.....needless to say I destroyed one of my one off ghetto rims : /.......If you're not experienced at all with that sensation, it is hard to get control no doubt.
