going sideways fun but pricey..
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Silver Ecstasy
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The only tip I can provide is, when you're sliding and you want to regain some control of your direction, best thing you can do is modulate less throttle, but keep applying some gas. A lot of times, you'll slam on the gas, slide (get a small rush) but realize you've lost control so you let off the gas entirely. So, while you're correcting the steering and want to keep drifting but don't let off the throttle entirely. Once you straighten out in the direction you wanna go, then mash back on the gas.
OJ Bartley
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I know I'll be out to play around in a nice big (and known smooth) parking lot once we get some deep snow. I've never had an AWD car before and I want to experiment a little bit, to get used to how she handles things.
I concur. After driving thru 10 New England winters, I find one of the best ways to improve your driving skill (emergency maneuvers, at least!) is to find an empty parking lot and just play, safely of course. Not just empty as in vacant; empty as in clear of curbs! Slide into a curb at 30 mph and just see what you'll break! But keep on breaking traction, skid around, even do donuts and get yourself out of them. But let me tell ya, this car plus some sweet Blizzaks made me have to give way more throttle to break the car loose. But then drifting diagonally across an entire shopping center parking lot is a special feeling!! (Especially when people are watching! 
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Hell, when I had my Ford Explorer, I'd get that sucker to break loose and do some drifting on snowy/slushy roads. Switching the power to the electric clutch in the transfer case to defeat the full-time control-trac was one of the best mods...I once held a drift at a left-arrow green light, drifted the truck around the car to the left of me at his red light and got the guy to just gawk with his jaw open as I got it straight once it lined up with the road again, and left.
)Hell, when I had my Ford Explorer, I'd get that sucker to break loose and do some drifting on snowy/slushy roads. Switching the power to the electric clutch in the transfer case to defeat the full-time control-trac was one of the best mods...I once held a drift at a left-arrow green light, drifted the truck around the car to the left of me at his red light and got the guy to just gawk with his jaw open as I got it straight once it lined up with the road again, and left.
lol, I just got my blizzaks put on and the traction is awesome!
So I decided to see how much power the car had and turn DSC off on an icy road...in 1st, at a moderate roll even with the snow tires, if u give it enough juice the tires will break loose! -Couldnt do that in my old jeep lol...
This car is amazing in the snow (then again, I'm comign from a wrangler)
cheers.
So I decided to see how much power the car had and turn DSC off on an icy road...in 1st, at a moderate roll even with the snow tires, if u give it enough juice the tires will break loose! -Couldnt do that in my old jeep lol...
This car is amazing in the snow (then again, I'm comign from a wrangler)
cheers.
. Pavement a little more expensive to mess around on 
. 800 bucks for new tiresYeah, man. I had the exact same tires and the car was unstoppable with them! Wait till you see how deep the snow can be and you'll still get thru it!
did you have them on the stock 18s or did you get some dedicated rims?
I got mine on some bronze mb wheels at 17"...it is SO expensive to get 18" tires as opposed to 17s...i got mine as a package and it was a steal and a half...
i love snow...
I'd been searching high and low to try and put tires on a dedicated set, but ultimately found the blizzaks in 225/45-18, a little wider but still able to fit the rim, for $500 on craigslist.....used only one season. The previous owner had bought them for his wife's Jag XK8, and liked them, but they decided that the next winter, when he posted the tires for sale, that they'd just leave the car parked for winters from then on. So i had good-as-new LM-22s plus tire totes for probably half what I'd pay new at a tire shop!
First winter with the speed, I take it? Wait till it snows on an open parking lot and you can powerslide across the entire thing!
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First winter with the speed, I take it? Wait till it snows on an open parking lot and you can powerslide across the entire thing!
[/speaking from experience]
I've owned a Speed6 since August of 2007, but we just haven't gotten that much snow. I actually don't care for it too much because it makes my workday the pits. My FedEx truck sucks in the snow, LOL!
OJ Bartley
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I finally had the chance to play in the snow last night and this car is a lot of fun! We had a sudden dump and a few inches on the ground, so I stopped by an empty parking lot (that I know has no speed bumps) around midnight and tried a few slides and donuts. With the grippy winter tires I had to stay right into the throttle, but it was a blast. I'll get out again when we get some deeper stuff, and I know I won't dig down to pavement.
