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Old 07-31-2012   #11
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I had my rear end get away from me at the drag strip. I think it happened to Pete also. Luckily it straightened out. Hell it happened to my mother in her brand new at the time 87 automatic corvette. Thought she was going to gun it around a corner and show off to her coworker and lost it. Didn't hit anything. But sure scared the crap outta her.
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Old 07-31-2012   #12
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I had my rear end get away from me at the drag strip. I think it happened to Pete also. Luckily it straightened out. Hell it happened to my mother in her brand new at the time 87 automatic corvette. Thought she was going to gun it around a corner and show off to her coworker and lost it. Didn't hit anything. But sure scared the crap outta her.
Happened to mom (Dave Bright) once too. It's almost happened to me twice. Really makes you pucker up.
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Old 07-31-2012   #13
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Sorry to see that.

C4 will bite you in the butt,if you feel the rear end coming out on you it's too late.
Fishtailing a C4 is a no no,especially when wet.

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Really??? Never noticed!
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Old 08-01-2012   #14
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Fishtailing a C4 is a no no,especially when wet.
Hookin it sideways and keepin it controlled is a blast but loose respect for the power,even a bone stock 375 horse car and you end up in the weeds.........bushes.My car has got my attention a few times,mostly on cold tires.Only time I ever got the car sideways stupid was with the original rock hard Gatorbacks trying to get around a stalled car at a green light.I went through the intersection looking out the Pass window to see where I was going.Got a whole new appreciation for ASR after that.
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Old 08-01-2012   #15
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Try doing a doughnut on the freeway heading to Van Horn Texas in a driving snowstorm after just passing a DPS car that was wrapped around a tree 2mins earlier and a U-Haul truck carrying a trailer that had just eaten a guardrail 200 ft in front of you. No lie I had to move from 4th to regain traction. That was my maiden trip home from Houston to Phoenix!!!
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Try doing a doughnut on the freeway heading to Van Horn Texas in a driving snowstorm after just passing a DPS car that was wrapped around a tree 2mins earlier and a U-Haul truck carrying a trailer that had just eaten a guardrail 200 ft in front of you. No lie I had to move from 4th to regain traction. That was my maiden trip home from Houston to Phoenix!!!
I'll bet you drank heavily after arriving.
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