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Old Oct 18, 2004 | 02:38 PM
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Drifting in the rain is fun!

Is raining pretty hard here in Indiana, I just took my C230 6spd sedan out into a empty parking lot and start drifting around in 2nd gear (ESP OFF).....Boy was it fun~~ Give some gas while turning (Enough gas to break loose these OEM Mechilin Pilot sport is quite difficult (thats a good thing btw)

Once the rear break lose, the fun begins~ :p I'll try to get a friend to go with me next time and see if I can make a short video out of it......This is my first RWD car, so I'm just toying with it

Also training for winter when snow start to fall of course~
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Old Oct 18, 2004 | 02:42 PM
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Old Oct 18, 2004 | 02:44 PM
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damn, i wouldnt have the nerve to do that. i dont care how big the parking lot is. have fun though!
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Old Oct 18, 2004 | 03:47 PM
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Drifting is fun...especially in the non-plowed hugh parking lots!!! And I didn't have ESP or ASR in my '94 w202 to stop me

Have fun! Gotta see what my quattro (broken loose a few times in wet weather already :p) can do in the snow now, hehe

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Old Oct 18, 2004 | 03:55 PM
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drifting is great...i agree...however the freaking parking brake on our cars is the foot kind not the handbrake...would make things much more fun if we had a hand brake
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Old Oct 18, 2004 | 04:22 PM
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This Thread is Useless Without Video!!
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Old Oct 18, 2004 | 06:45 PM
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Old Oct 18, 2004 | 07:25 PM
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didn't ESP still catch you even w/ it dissabled? I noticed that on my car it still kicks in a tad... we're you in Dyno mode maybe?

and oh guys, dont worry, i'll be doing some drifting fun soon and WILL post videos.. i always do.. ;-)

-Danny
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Old Oct 18, 2004 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Sauceboy01
didn't ESP still catch you even w/ it dissabled? I noticed that on my car it still kicks in a tad... we're you in Dyno mode maybe?

and oh guys, dont worry, i'll be doing some drifting fun soon and WILL post videos.. i always do.. ;-)

-Danny

Once, I turn off the ESP, the orange triangle light appears on the dash. While I was "Drifting" I just notice it blinking, but it didn't put brakes on my wheels, or cut my fuel. (as it would if ESP was on)


I'm not aware there's a Dyno mode.....whats that? :p ........somebody juse tell me.....I don't wanna search~ :v


I'll be checking the weather, and hope it rains again real soon.......I'll bring my Canon S410 with me to shoot some "OK resolution" videos. I don't have a camcordoer
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Old Oct 18, 2004 | 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by BabyBenz6spd
Is raining pretty hard here in Indiana, I just took my C230 6spd sedan out into a empty parking lot and start drifting around in 2nd gear (ESP OFF).....Boy was it fun~~ Give some gas while turning (Enough gas to break loose these OEM Mechilin Pilot sport is quite difficult (thats a good thing btw)

Once the rear break lose, the fun begins~ :p I'll try to get a friend to go with me next time and see if I can make a short video out of it......This is my first RWD car, so I'm just toying with it

Also training for winter when snow start to fall of course~
Advice: if the coming winter is going to be your first with this car (and you haven't done so already) - get a set of snow tires, as any Z-rated hi-performance tires are absolutely worthless in the snow. Better yet - get a second set of rims and mount the snows on them permanently. That would be a very wise investment in your own (and others') safety.

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Old Oct 19, 2004 | 01:10 AM
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Originally Posted by vadim
Advice: if the coming winter is going to be your first with this car (and you haven't done so already) - get a set of snow tires, as any Z-rated hi-performance tires are absolutely worthless in the snow. Better yet - get a second set of rims and mount the snows on them permanently. That would be a very wise investment in your own (and others') safety.

yea, but if he's from CA or a state where it doesn't snow, Snow tires would be useless..

-Danny
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Old Oct 19, 2004 | 01:23 AM
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yea, but if he's from CA or a state where it doesn't snow, Snow tires would be useless..

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Read the first sentence of the first post of this thread.
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Old Oct 19, 2004 | 02:03 AM
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Read the first sentence of the first post of this thread.
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