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Reply #30December 21, 2012, 05:52:12 am

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« Reply #30 on: December 21, 2012, 05:52:12 am »
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.

Yes this definitely saved me 100's of times i once even spun 3 times on a road and recovered from hitting a pole all cuz i knew how to handle the car from screwing around in parking lots so much.
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Reply #31December 21, 2012, 05:59:21 am

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« Reply #31 on: December 21, 2012, 05:59:21 am »
I will also agree that parking lot drifting and driving helped me out in my 2 and a half years as a pizza delivery man During the New England winters.

Reply #32December 21, 2012, 06:54:24 am

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« Reply #32 on: December 21, 2012, 06:54:24 am »
For you guys serious about rear wheel steering. Be able to turn around in your own lane. Of course you can always use the hand brake without mod but you need to keep your thumb on the button 100% of the time.

Here's a simple drawing on how to convert your emergency brake to a fly-off.

Basically you take out the paw, rebend the control rod, drill a new hole in the paw. Reassemble.
I haven't done it on my vw yet.
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Reply #33December 22, 2012, 11:29:40 am

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« Reply #33 on: December 22, 2012, 11:29:40 am »
For you guys serious about rear wheel steering. Be able to turn around in your own lane. Of course you can always use the hand brake without mod but you need to keep your thumb on the button 100% of the time.

Here's a simple drawing on how to convert your emergency brake to a fly-off.

Basically you take out the paw, rebend the control rod, drill a new hole in the paw. Reassemble.
I haven't done it on my vw yet.

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Reply #34December 22, 2012, 04:47:05 pm

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« Reply #34 on: December 22, 2012, 04:47:05 pm »
Paul??

Reply #35December 22, 2012, 04:59:33 pm

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« Reply #35 on: December 22, 2012, 04:59:33 pm »
Dawg...

Reply #36December 22, 2012, 05:06:28 pm

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« Reply #36 on: December 22, 2012, 05:06:28 pm »
Snoop?

Reply #37December 22, 2012, 05:46:08 pm

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« Reply #37 on: December 22, 2012, 05:46:08 pm »
woodstock?

Reply #38December 22, 2012, 07:20:21 pm

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« Reply #38 on: December 22, 2012, 07:20:21 pm »
WoodStock... I was born in the wrong decade. That would have been the best thing in the entire millennium.

Reply #39December 23, 2012, 03:52:19 pm

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« Reply #39 on: December 23, 2012, 03:52:19 pm »
was WoodStock that fley or was he a pubic lice that went about on a motorbike ??
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Reply #40December 24, 2012, 12:01:33 pm

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« Reply #40 on: December 24, 2012, 12:01:33 pm »
was WoodStock that fley or was he a pubic lice that went about on a motorbike ??

woodstock was the biggest hippy gathering of the 60s..
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Reply #41December 24, 2012, 08:09:37 pm

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« Reply #41 on: December 24, 2012, 08:09:37 pm »
I was going with snoopy's best friend.

Reply #42December 25, 2012, 04:11:19 am

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the yellow fley i see , he was a hippy and he done a big rave in the 60s..  cool i would of loved to go to that , was the yellow fley on LSD and had a bad trip  :-*
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Reply #43December 25, 2012, 07:35:43 am

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« Reply #43 on: December 25, 2012, 07:35:43 am »
Tried some parking lot fun last night on our first snow fall in over a year.  The mk3 just didn't want to slide for me,  it has brand new tires and is much heavier than the mk1s usually play in so I guess that's why I had no luck.  Pretty disappointing but I guess it just means I am much safer
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Reply #44December 25, 2012, 10:56:22 am

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« Reply #44 on: December 25, 2012, 10:56:22 am »
Tried some parking lot fun last night on our first snow fall in over a year.  The mk3 just didn't want to slide for me,  it has brand new tires and is much heavier than the mk1s usually play in so I guess that's why I had no luck.  Pretty disappointing but I guess it just means I am much safer

the mk2 and mk3 disk brake rear beams dont lock up as easy as drum beams..
92 Jetta GLI - Black, 1.6D w/ GT2056V turbo..
86 GTI - 4 Door, Med Twilight Gray, Tow Machine..
86 Audi Coupe GT - Tornado Red, All Stock.. WRECKED.
89 Toyota 4Runner - Dark Grey Metallic, LIFTED!

Turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.