De-virginized on burnouts
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De-virginized on burnouts
I was leaving L.A. Fitness (Around 1am) and noticed I was one of 5 cars in the entire parking lot. Costco is right next door and the entire parking lot was empty....so I got a little curious about how my car would handle if I 'could' spin the tires. About 1 minute of decision making I drive over to the empty Costco parking lot and look for obstacles just in case. Look around not a soul in sight so I go about 5 mph straight, floor it (the reason I floor before I turn the wheel is because of the turbo lag), about 1 sec after that I turn the steering wheel 1/4 of a whole turn, now I'm spinning my rear tires. I was excited and glanced down at the instrument cluster and noticed my warning indicator didn't go on for the traction control (ASR ON). So I'm going about 20 ft. and I'm still strong....then I start making an evil grin. I go about a total of 100 ft then stop because I didn't want to stress the diff. out or anything for that matter. Then I leave home and wonder why I didn't do this earlier. Now I'm going to get a new set of tires today or tom. and drive responsibly once again. But guys what I'm wondering was why didn't the traction control kick in on me? Oh well, I'm going to record or have a friend take pics of my next burnout 
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i dont know, mine doesn't kick in eather. it didn't kick in when i was drifting in the snow eather. i think the etc, esp kicks in at a cirtain speed, but that wouldn't make sence because it kickes in because of wheel spin. 
who knows. congrats on loseing your virginity
who knows. congrats on loseing your virginity
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hehe it's weird though, because I was going through Twenty Nine Palms, CA and drove the car on sand (basically) at 3-5 mph and it was blinking and slowing me down constantly....but im not complaining i got to do a burnout! 
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Mine works very well. You may want to have this checked out... or not if you like to make smoke on a regular basis.
I tried this one day myself. At a stoplight, I stopped for a yellow OMG!! and the driver that pulled up behind me is fist shaking and laying on the horn, etc even though light was red before he got there... God I love some Californians. Anywho, I turn off the ASR "Anti-Stupid Regulator" 'cause now I'm gonna do sumtin' stoopid. Green arrow and the OM606 comes to life... wiat for it.. two heartbeats and then the turbo says hello right in the middle of my left turn. The drift begins and the tires are smoking. Turn the wheel right and the two fellas on the sidewalk watching are already slack jawed. I guess you don't see grandpa's luxury wagon in this sort of role very often. Diesel black and tire white smoke mix to form a grey haze as I continue through the cross and proceed away at a brisk pace. Hey where is the impatient one?? Nowhere to be seen. So ends my brief encounter with the green-eyed turbodiesel demon. Back to driving like an old man.
I tried this one day myself. At a stoplight, I stopped for a yellow OMG!! and the driver that pulled up behind me is fist shaking and laying on the horn, etc even though light was red before he got there... God I love some Californians. Anywho, I turn off the ASR "Anti-Stupid Regulator" 'cause now I'm gonna do sumtin' stoopid. Green arrow and the OM606 comes to life... wiat for it.. two heartbeats and then the turbo says hello right in the middle of my left turn. The drift begins and the tires are smoking. Turn the wheel right and the two fellas on the sidewalk watching are already slack jawed. I guess you don't see grandpa's luxury wagon in this sort of role very often. Diesel black and tire white smoke mix to form a grey haze as I continue through the cross and proceed away at a brisk pace. Hey where is the impatient one?? Nowhere to be seen. So ends my brief encounter with the green-eyed turbodiesel demon. Back to driving like an old man.
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ML320, Looking for my S4
Mine works very well. You may want to have this checked out... or not if you like to make smoke on a regular basis.
I tried this one day myself. At a stoplight, I stopped for a yellow OMG!! and the driver that pulled up behind me is fist shaking and laying on the horn, etc even though light was red before he got there... God I love some Californians. Anywho, I turn off the ASR "Anti-Stupid Regulator" 'cause now I'm gonna do sumtin' stoopid. Green arrow and the OM606 comes to life... wiat for it.. two heartbeats and then the turbo says hello right in the middle of my left turn. The drift begins and the tires are smoking. Turn the wheel right and the two fellas on the sidewalk watching are already slack jawed. I guess you don't see grandpa's luxury wagon in this sort of role very often. Diesel black and tire white smoke mix to form a grey haze as I continue through the cross and proceed away at a brisk pace. Hey where is the impatient one?? Nowhere to be seen. So ends my brief encounter with the green-eyed turbodiesel demon. Back to driving like an old man.
I tried this one day myself. At a stoplight, I stopped for a yellow OMG!! and the driver that pulled up behind me is fist shaking and laying on the horn, etc even though light was red before he got there... God I love some Californians. Anywho, I turn off the ASR "Anti-Stupid Regulator" 'cause now I'm gonna do sumtin' stoopid. Green arrow and the OM606 comes to life... wiat for it.. two heartbeats and then the turbo says hello right in the middle of my left turn. The drift begins and the tires are smoking. Turn the wheel right and the two fellas on the sidewalk watching are already slack jawed. I guess you don't see grandpa's luxury wagon in this sort of role very often. Diesel black and tire white smoke mix to form a grey haze as I continue through the cross and proceed away at a brisk pace. Hey where is the impatient one?? Nowhere to be seen. So ends my brief encounter with the green-eyed turbodiesel demon. Back to driving like an old man.
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1987 E300 TD
Mine works very well. You may want to have this checked out... or not if you like to make smoke on a regular basis.
I tried this one day myself. At a stoplight, I stopped for a yellow OMG!! and the driver that pulled up behind me is fist shaking and laying on the horn, etc even though light was red before he got there... God I love some Californians. Anywho, I turn off the ASR "Anti-Stupid Regulator" 'cause now I'm gonna do sumtin' stoopid. Green arrow and the OM606 comes to life... wiat for it.. two heartbeats and then the turbo says hello right in the middle of my left turn. The drift begins and the tires are smoking. Turn the wheel right and the two fellas on the sidewalk watching are already slack jawed. I guess you don't see grandpa's luxury wagon in this sort of role very often. Diesel black and tire white smoke mix to form a grey haze as I continue through the cross and proceed away at a brisk pace. Hey where is the impatient one?? Nowhere to be seen. So ends my brief encounter with the green-eyed turbodiesel demon. Back to driving like an old man.
I tried this one day myself. At a stoplight, I stopped for a yellow OMG!! and the driver that pulled up behind me is fist shaking and laying on the horn, etc even though light was red before he got there... God I love some Californians. Anywho, I turn off the ASR "Anti-Stupid Regulator" 'cause now I'm gonna do sumtin' stoopid. Green arrow and the OM606 comes to life... wiat for it.. two heartbeats and then the turbo says hello right in the middle of my left turn. The drift begins and the tires are smoking. Turn the wheel right and the two fellas on the sidewalk watching are already slack jawed. I guess you don't see grandpa's luxury wagon in this sort of role very often. Diesel black and tire white smoke mix to form a grey haze as I continue through the cross and proceed away at a brisk pace. Hey where is the impatient one?? Nowhere to be seen. So ends my brief encounter with the green-eyed turbodiesel demon. Back to driving like an old man.
