Yeah,
I was on my way to a friend's house today. It was raining a little. I had a green light and was going to turn right. Moved into turn lane and put the clutch in. Didn't brake alot because the turn is somewhat banked in my favor and not 90 degrees. Let the clutch out in 3rd midway through the turn and started spinning. Luckily the road is three lanes and I ended up spinning 180 degrees and ended up in the middle lane facing the other direction. I just sat there for like 10 seconds. Anyways, I was lucky I didn't slide into the row of cars waiting to turn left. I was about 3 feet away. Only one car turned right from where I had been a few seconds earlier and went around me. I had to do a 3-point turn though and get back going the right direction. I'll be a heck of alot more careful from now on that's for sure...

 

Ha ha way to go. I did that on an icy road once and the guy behind me went right around me, looking at me like "you youngster"

Time to go out and practice driving with the rear end spinning and sliding around. I drift unintentionally all the time here in Oregon where it rains more often than not.

 

Dont shift or brake in corners.

 

or suddenly lift off the throttle, or jam on the throttle, its all about being smooooooooooooth

 

Yeah.... no sudden changes! If you're braking, brake smoothly and evenly, and don't go switching gears!

 

what did you just get your license?

 

well but its always fun to hit one of thows 20 mph corners at like 45 50 and drop it in to 2nd and hit the gas hard driting sooooooooo fun but not for bigners

 

I did the same thing when I first got my Rx, I was comming out of school when it happened, busted a 180. Now when I make the same turn and the rear comes out I can control it. I love that feeling.

 

www.turnfast.com

It'll teach you about dealing with turns/corners, if you're interested.

And, yeah, if the pavement isn't dry then drive your 7 like a little old lady and you won't have anything to worry about.

 

haha that just happend to me (happend coming out of svhool to) but i came out of it i just got my car running and didnt know what it could do and went around a turn and went sidways came within a foot of the curb pulled it back then went all the way the otherway about a ft from the curb pulled it back went about 45deg finally got straight put it in gear then it pulled to the curb sidways again and i pulled out of that got straight and finnaly came out of it. came out of it perfict didnt even spin a 180 it was pretty fun (I had been driving a geo prizm for about 6 months then got my 7 running had no idea of the power)

 

Yeah, don't downshift mid corner. Also, rev match when you downshift.

 

+1 no shifting in corners. Your foot should be off the clutch while turning. Either downshift before, or after (less preferable). You can leave the rev matching and heel and toeing after you're comfortable with the basics (although you can learn rev matching at the same time).

 

Tires with tread will help.

 

I remember something like that happening to me, but it was because of my bald tires lol.
its all about smoothness in the rain. Though for me atleast, in the snow, I dont drive that smooth, helps getting out of snow pockets, and momentum.
When I turn in the snow, I modulate the throttle unlike when I drive in the rain.

 

amazing how long RWD cars have been driving quite fine in the rain.......... and even in the SNOW!!!!!!!!

 

Well this thread was made in 2003, things could have changed since then haha

 

lol wut?

 

i live on a dirt road. and holy crap! it is so much fun to sling the rear end out in the dirt. it is a lot easier to control it in the dirt though cause when i tried it on the road i just spun out..... still fun though.

 

easier to drift in loose gravel, dirt or snow when you dont have lsd lol

 

haha welded diff FTW... makes rainy days great ones

 

Am I the only person who feels like I am surrounded by a bunch of teenagers in this thread? lol

 

Get Tread or get out.
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?f...ndId=311833673

 

No.

 

So umm who in the hell put the flux capacitor in there FC and is it still 88mph to time travel? Im just woundering because of all the old threads coming back up.

 

If you guys had learned the gutter drift technique from your driving lesson videos, you wouldn't be having this problem....