No where to go today.

[scrounger]

We had a holiday trip planned today. About 180 miles.
Now we're having 48-55 mph winds after 5 inches of snow.
Maybe we can get out tomorrow or Saturday.

[8v-of-fury]

Gettin a dumping in MO.. South Central Ontario has nothing

[scrounger]

Ontario eh
You just wait.....
The house has just now stopped shaking.  The gusts are now down under 40 mph.

[8v-of-fury]

Wanna know what we got right now? It rained all day, then dropped below freezing when the sun went down. now its a light dusting on top of it.

I'm in drifting heaven, went out and saw a lot of people of the roads.. as I went by them slideways lmao

[scrounger]

Keep up your hand brake turns.

[8v-of-fury]

Keep up your hand brake turns.

Most see it as reckless driving, I see it as having the utmost confidence in my cars abilities. A hand brake slide/turn has saved me more than a few times in some hairy situations. 

[scrounger]

I bought a new 73 toyota. One of the first mods was to turn the handbrake paw around so that you had to push in the button to lock it.

I have not done the mod much recently but it makes for a nice antitheft device. The harder you push the brake release in, the tighter it gets.

[RabbitJockey]

I think it's important to go and intentionally slide your car around in a safe area.  I initially did it for fun but its kept me from wrecking my car many times because I knew how to handle my car sliding around.

[8v-of-fury]

I think it's important to go and intentionally slide your car around in a safe area.  I initially did it for fun but its kept me from wrecking my car many times because I knew how to handle my car sliding around.

Precisely. I know the limits, how is that reckless? Reckless is not having a damn clue.. but the general public follows the dont have a clue.. so they see it as reckless lmao.

[theman53]

I have done stuff in my vehicles that made a girl literally pee her pants, while driving too. I do likewise to get used to slick conditions by driving in an open space. The main factor for me is I loathe ABS. I cannot go into a controlled 4 wheel slide and come out of it like I like to when a car has ABS.

[8v-of-fury]

Haha my friends 2009 GMC Sierra has traction and stabili-trac that you cannot disable. It tells you that you can, but only to a degree.. it still has full control.

He can't do anything with it, its a slug all the time because of it.. and is absolutely no fun.

ABS? Traction? Stabili-Trac? Power Steering even!?

What are these things? lol

[scrounger]

What is real handy is a fly off handbrake
Here is a link to one design.http://www.spridgetguru.com/TA0024.html

It does not reduce any utility of your hand brake but makes it very easy to use to slide the rear wheels.

[burn_your_money]

I think it's important to go and intentionally slide your car around in a safe area.  I initially did it for fun but its kept me from wrecking my car many times because I knew how to handle my car sliding around.

Agreed. Empty parking lots are ideal, and in Ontario it's not illegal either which is cool. If the cops come the most they can do is tell you to leave (last I checked, don't hold me to that). First snow fall of every year I like to get out and practice up.

[8v-of-fury]

Well yeah at that point it is a private parking lot where they have no traffic authority. The most they can do, legally, is ask you to leave. But even then, do they have the right? its not their property and your doing nothing illegal?

[scrounger]

We never see any law enforcement on our roads. They are 40 minutes away if you really need them. Better carry some fire power for the zombies.