Any drifting on C230K yet?
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Any drifting on C230K yet?
Just wondering if you guys have drift with your coupe yet. I mean like high speed off a 25-20 mph ramps. *with C7 pkg*
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I don't think you can. The ESP takes over. I've tried going around clover leafs at high speed in the rain and it won't break loose and a yellow light on the dash comes on with an exclamation point. It retards the timing and slows the engine down and applies the brakes independently of each other to keep you from sliding. It's been fun trying to trick it but it doesn't rain much here.
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On my way to dinner a couple of Sundays ago, I entered a tight cloverleaf at a foair rate of speed a couple hundred feet behind and A4 quatrro. I had the ESP off and the tail came out slightly and I held it there with the throttle. At the exit of the cloverleaf I was on car length behind the quattro.
Dinner, $12
Gas, $2
Tire wear, a few cents
Look on the face of the quattro driver, priceless.
Dinner, $12
Gas, $2
Tire wear, a few cents
Look on the face of the quattro driver, priceless.
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C230 Sports Coupe
Originally posted by Lynn
On my way to dinner a couple of Sundays ago, I entered a tight cloverleaf at a foair rate of speed a couple hundred feet behind and A4 quatrro. I had the ESP off and the tail came out slightly and I held it there with the throttle. At the exit of the cloverleaf I was on car length behind the quattro.
Dinner, $12
Gas, $2
Tire wear, a few cents
Look on the face of the quattro driver, priceless.
On my way to dinner a couple of Sundays ago, I entered a tight cloverleaf at a foair rate of speed a couple hundred feet behind and A4 quatrro. I had the ESP off and the tail came out slightly and I held it there with the throttle. At the exit of the cloverleaf I was on car length behind the quattro.
Dinner, $12
Gas, $2
Tire wear, a few cents
Look on the face of the quattro driver, priceless.
Good one lynn. Most people dont realize that the coupe is a pretty good handling car. Granted its no Indy car but it can hang pretty good with most cars on the road.
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2002 Mercedes-Benz C230 Kompressor Sports Coupe
Originally posted by benzy230
i drifted at 55 mph going through my friends neighborhood! the car handles well, but could use some stiffer springs (mine were not stiff enough)...
i drifted at 55 mph going through my friends neighborhood! the car handles well, but could use some stiffer springs (mine were not stiff enough)...
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i dont know how the c230 is but i find it hard to drift in the 320 since the emergency brakes are engaged by foot. I assume that a proper drift must be executed with handbrakes...well thats how i did it with my old supra.
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no....you dont need the EB to do a good drift....find you a good open street (no traffic)....get to going a good amount of speed...and start hitting some turns...being RWD....oh man....its a rush! you will love it!
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Originally posted by JoReL
i dont know how the c230 is but i find it hard to drift in the 320 since the emergency brakes are engaged by foot. I assume that a proper drift must be executed with handbrakes...well thats how i did it with my old supra.
i dont know how the c230 is but i find it hard to drift in the 320 since the emergency brakes are engaged by foot. I assume that a proper drift must be executed with handbrakes...well thats how i did it with my old supra.
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2001 C320
Originally posted by Buellwinkle
That would be a tail slide more than a drift on cars that are too weak to power slide around hairpin turns.
That would be a tail slide more than a drift on cars that are too weak to power slide around hairpin turns.
...or maybe not...
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I am surprise and happy that this car still hugs the road like trains on rails when I was doing a 70mph in a 25mph ramp off the highway.
