ha these stories are a riot - I think I esp like best the slant cab shame face right there out in the open in front of everyone... hahahahaaa
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Oddly enough I've not had any REAL pucker moments in my 18yrs with mine, until TWICE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS - whoopz
1st was running in pretty steady rain on balding (but not terrible) rear 295/18 Super Sports cruising the highway at increasingly decreasing speeds as I kept it jussst below the what felt like hydroplane speed, about 77ish
Approach the crest of a rise, see a small 'river' flowing down my lane - hover on the controls and pucker my way through it... I feel the rear start to twitch... I adjust steering & throttle SLIGHTLY - feel it some more - keep adjusting... and it finally GOES... swings one way - catch it. Swings the other - catch it. Snaps 180* now I'm sliding toward right breakdown from fast lane - thankfully empty morning road (on way to an event @ Palmer Motorsports no less lol).
The breakdown lane has a MASSIVE LONNNNG ledge along it. I slide into breakdown lane and thankfully STOPPED short of said ledge. WHOOPS. The rest of the ride @ 68 or less was quite unfun. New tires that Monday!
2nd was on Targa Carolina after jusssssst getting it back from motor rebuild, hadn't driven car in almost 3yrs and re-acclimating mahself to it after driving CT to NC. We broke into run groups and were bombing along on a 1st-day fun run, I'm getting warmed up and loose, feeling good, car is happy.
The caravan enters a tiiiiight haripin that keeps on turning. I'm good I'm good I'm good... until... the radius decreases and it tightens with a slight kink. I add in too much steering trying to stay with it and it IMMEDIATELY steps out a hair then SNAPS around the other way 180*... but on axis... now I'm just going backward. Thankfully it was a pretty low speed turn so I'm rolling slightly backwards - but in my panic I'd neglegted to BOTH FEET IN WHEN IN A SPIN and STALLED... in super slo mo I now see THE REMAINDER OF THE CARAVAN coming RIGHT AT ME. FARQUE!! Thankfully somehow swerved and braked right around me - everyone scattering. CHAOS. I thought for certain I was gonna kiss front bumpers with another red Gbody 911. PHEW.
Less of a hole puckerer - yearrrrrs ago on my 16" Fuchs on Kumho Ecsta's I too was BOMBING along highway when I spied a pig entering onramp that I was about to overtake - so I BURIED the brakes.... long lockup skid of the RF 225 (surprised some you had LF, weight of driver and no passenger and all). Thankfully I scrubbed enough speed to not pass him - but boy oh boy did my SMOKE CLOUD pass both of us - hahahahaa.
Had another RF 255/18 Super Sport lockup @ Club Motorsports DE this summer with instructor - late day, neglected to account for EMPTY FUEL TANK lack of weight. Damn did that STINK lol. Flatspotted the tire, new one comes soon. Be smarter next time! I LOVE having 255's up front, nearly (nearly!) impossible to lockup, I can brake HARD AND DEEP with near impunity.
You really can't be fully comfortable in or master one of these until / unless you've experienced a spin in one - that much is CERTAIN! Now I know lol.
