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chrisgt posted:i've spun a car on accident on track and on the road. Wintertime will get you and if you don't know what to do about it, you're in for a bad ride. Wet roads and RWD can do it to you as well. Worth doing intentionally just to see how the car behaves, much like playing around in a parking lot in the snow. I have definitely looped the Crown Vic pushing too hard on a u-turn near the house. I did it to my self by turning the traction control off attempting to power slide around it. Related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-DB9G0-eNQ (first time it snowed after buying our Outback. This is the famous Texas Snowpacolypse, BTW.) NoWake posted:I got going pretty good around the 3:00 minute mark here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZwgYHGWr8Q&t=180s Mi armano! Leperflesh posted:Oh yeah I got a flat tire by driving the rear wheel over a curb once, taking the corner a bit too tight. That was an accident I guess, but I didn't lose control. You didn't have the spinout brake on your Big Wheel? edit: gently caress yeah, page snipe!
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Darchangel posted:How did they even manage that? I suspect very strongly that the hitch gave out, and this is fishtailing wildly side to side because it is on chains. think about the cycle: the trailer no longer is forced to align centrally forward by the hitch, so it deviates to one side by peturbation, aligns even more to that side as it travels that way, smacks the car and is pulled by the chains maximum extension to whiplash the other way violently, then repeats the process as it drives to that other side, whiplashes, over and over until it breaks Potato Salad fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Aug 22, 2023 |
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My "best" spin was a 270 to the left, starting at 55 mph on the interstate in less than ideal conditions on tires that should've gotten me a ticket. Well, three of those. One brand new one, which was punctured through the sidewall by a tree root as I skidded to a stop 20 feet off the road, less than 3 feet from having my door slam into a tree trunk.
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Godholio posted:My "best" spin was a 270 to the left, starting at 55 mph on the interstate in less than ideal conditions on tires that should've gotten me a ticket. Well, three of those. One brand new one, which was punctured through the sidewall by a tree root as I skidded to a stop 20 feet off the road, less than 3 feet from having my door slam into a tree trunk. Making a left turn at a T intersection in the winter, turning from the crossbar onto the vertical of the T in my '88 Supra. Back end came loose and whipped around, literally nobody else on the road at the time because snowstorm. Wound up parked facing the red light of the vertical, in the correct lane, just in time for the light to turn green at which point I made a U-turn and proceeded the way I was trying to go in the first place. Probably looked completely intentional. It wasn't.
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Aug 22, 2023 22:25
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Potato Salad posted:I suspect very strongly that the hitch gave out, and this is fishtailing wildly side to side because it is on chains. Yeah, that's seems like a reasonable scenario. Hitch may not even have failed - given that it's a rental truck, I'd lay odds on them forgetting to latch the hitch or not doing so properly. Hell, *I've* done that, once. Thankfully on an unloaded HF 4x8 trailer.
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Darchangel posted:Hell, *I've* done that, once. Thankfully on an unloaded HF 4x8 trailer. Moving out two houses ago I rented the little 3x5 trailer from HD to put behind my Fiesta and haul some larger garage equipment to storage. I drove 10 miles on bumpy two-lane country roads, over a steep set of railroad tracks, and backed down the driveway. I then folded down the ramp, stood on it, and the tongue shot up in the air. I stepped off in surprise, and fortunately the trailer hadn't moved forward so when the tongue fell back down it didn't hit the car. I stared for a bit, asked the guy helping me if that had really just happened, and then eventually walked over to hitch it back up and yank in all directions on the hitch assembly to ensure it was locked on properly. Also learned that day how bad short trailers are to back up, especially when they're narrow enough that you can't see the fuckin' thing in your mirrors.
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Darchangel posted:You didn't have the spinout brake on your Big Wheel? Nope! The handbrake was an option on my ~1978 base model Big Wheel, and my mom was poor as hell in those years. Joke's on her, she had to replace like three pairs of my shoes way before I grew out of them as a result. It had tassles on the handles and perfectly smooth wheels. Basically this one  just imagine that kid in a flannel shirt instead, but the same dorky long bad hair cut, and that was me at age 4 this is thread relevant because the absurd lack of traction was a feature of that era's big wheels and back then you just rode it in the street or whatever, parents didn't give a gently caress Leperflesh fucked around with this message at 07:18 on Aug 23, 2023 |
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Aug 23, 2023 07:12
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Darchangel posted:Wet roads and RWD can do it to you as well. Part of getting your drivers license here. You have go out on a track that's been slippery and make it let go and try and right it.
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His Divine Shadow posted:Part of getting your drivers license here. You have go out on a track that's been slippery and make it let go and try and right it. Given that y'all have actual winters there, do they test all year around? Are the schools/testing spaced out to teach both summer and winter driving in natural conditions? Is winter driving simulated during the warmer months?
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I remember it was autumn when I went to the track and they put something on the track because it wasn't cold enough. I don't know if they care if you drive in summer or winter or not. I managed a bit of both when I took my license, but this was 23 years ago.
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Any time a poster says anything about actual requirements in their driving test, I know they aren't American without looking at who posted it. I had to do a hill park during my test and if it ever gets brought up in conversation, everyone in the room gets surprised they tested me on something so difficult
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I did my driver's test in the middle of a Wisconsin winter the day after a blizzard came through, with the instructor having me parallel park on a hill in a craptastic 1981 Omni with all-seasons. Pulling out of that space between two trucks was a nightmare.
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First snow of the winter here rules, lots of big huge pickups hanging out in the ditches of every highway facing the wrong direction. Either first time winter drivers or people who don't learn I guess
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EvenWorseOpinions posted:First snow of the winter here rules, lots of big huge pickups hanging out in the ditches of every highway facing the wrong direction. Either first time winter drivers or people who don't learn I guess couldn't afford to replace their 20" bald terrains with mall terrains
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Learning to drive in a Northern Wisconsin winter has saved my rear end so many times
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EvenWorseOpinions posted:First snow of the winter here rules, lots of big huge pickups hanging out in the ditches of every highway facing the wrong direction. Either first time winter drivers or people who don't learn I guess Seen more than one SUV on the roof in a ditch here too. While I zoomed by in my yaris, which I've been driving almost exclusively now for 14 years in mostly rural roads and even roads that aren't proper roads. It's why my eyes tend to roll all the way back when I hear people talk about why they need a 4x4 suv or pickup when they 99.99% drive on a straight paved road into the city for their jobs.
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EvenWorseOpinions posted:First snow of the winter here rules, lots of big huge pickups hanging out in the ditches of every highway facing the wrong direction. Either first time winter drivers or people who don't learn I guess Same but for literally any time it rains in central Texas. The roads are slippery from dust and oil, and everyone has bald tires.
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Leperflesh posted:Nope! The handbrake was an option on my ~1978 base model Big Wheel, and my mom was poor as hell in those years. Joke's on her, she had to replace like three pairs of my shoes way before I grew out of them as a result. Hell yeah. I had the one in GI Joe markings, and I wore the wheel into two discs.
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Dukes Of Hazzard bigwheel here. I was a fat kid with strong legs so I found traction on the front wheel to be an issue.
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We had a Hawaiian Punch big wheel.
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GD_American posted:I just think burning a Ferrari to the frame on purpose isn't something that moves my needle He didn't do it on purpose tho! Scouts honor! That's what an idiot making a living destroying things on YouTube is trying to say 
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Crossposting for your enjoyment a loathsome bird posted:thread poll: should I put my child on the back of this yes/no lol no
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Is that steel or aluminum? I've done worse (looking) welds in steel that have held up to loads that are probably bigger than a kid that weighs (whatever a small kid weighs) bouncing around on the back of a bike carrier(?) but its not my kid going on the back so  ?E: Just make sure the kid is buckled up and wearing a helmet if thats what they normally wear in something like that. wesleywillis fucked around with this message at 23:16 on Aug 23, 2023 |
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Leperflesh posted:Nope! The handbrake was an option on my ~1978 base model Big Wheel, and my mom was poor as hell in those years. Joke's on her, she had to replace like three pairs of my shoes way before I grew out of them as a result. Knight Rider big wheel that had the handbrake on one of the rear wheels.
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Midjack posted:Knight Rider big wheel that had the handbrake on one of the rear wheels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i-WYXNy8rE Why did 6 year old me think this was cool? I mean the handbrake was awesome but "You can pretend KITT is talking!" is, um.
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Jonny Nox posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i-WYXNy8rE You had to pretend with most of the KITT toys unless your parents went for the really expensive ones.
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The Door Frame posted:Any time a poster says anything about actual requirements in their driving test, I know they aren't American without looking at who posted it. I had to do a hill park during my test and if it ever gets brought up in conversation, everyone in the room gets surprised they tested me on something so difficult I've gotten my driver's license in the US, and multiple licenses in Sweden (some of the lowest pass rates and highest cost in Europe), and the driving test isn't significantly harder. The road design in the states I was in was simpler, but not that much. The real difference was the theory test. I've had final exams in engineering courses that required less studying. And you have to do it all over for each of your other licenses (e.g. motorcycle, heavy trailer).
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The Door Frame posted:Any time a poster says anything about actual requirements in their driving test, I know they aren't American without looking at who posted it. I had to do a hill park during my test and if it ever gets brought up in conversation, everyone in the room gets surprised they tested me on something so difficult We had to do a manual hill park and start test in forward and reverse, (roll back even a smidge and you fail). In a country where the only inclined roads are in parking structures. Rigged Death Trap fucked around with this message at 09:35 on Aug 24, 2023 |
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Rigged Death Trap posted:We had to do a manual hill park and start test in forward and reverse, (roll back even a smidge and you fail). Well it's still a nice skill to know. I live in a hilly town and I can guess if people are locals or not by how badly they melt their clutch during hill starts.
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I took a written test a few months before I turned 16 and got my permit which allowed me to drive with a family member over 18. I was then allowed to take my practical test on or after my 16th birthday. No other requirements. The test was parallel parking in the DMV parking lot and driving around the block. Took about 10 minutes. After that, there were just a few time and passenger based restrictions if I didn't have someone over 18 with my, I just can't remember the specifics. I think they expired after a year or something.
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I did driver's ed, which back then, gave you a pass on the driving test here. I had to do a multiple choice test at the DPS office (scantron style). Also had to show proof I was either enrolled in high school or had graduated; no home schooling or GED accepted. Only if you were under 18 though. I think these days you can't even think about a license without driver's ed if you're under 25, and I'm pretty sure everyone has to do the driving test now. I 1can see why a lot of people don't get a license here until they turn 25 (driver's ed is $$$)... I got a permit at 15, full license at 16. I was on the border of New Mexico, where you could get a full license at 15. I don't think NM had any kind of driver's ed requirements; they likely do now. There was a 15 year old sophomore at my high school driving a brand new SN95 GT with New Mexico tags... randomidiot fucked around with this message at 14:58 on Aug 24, 2023 |
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a loathsome bird posted:Crossposting for your enjoyment Right back to the manufacturer. I know that it'll handle 35lbs of child while we go 9mph down the bike path just fine, but I don't want to be seen with it. I may not weld much anymore, but I still have standards Would be interesting to slice through with a bandsaw to see how much fusion there actually is
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SlowBloke posted:Well it's still a nice skill to know. I live in a hilly town and I can guess if people are locals or not by how badly they melt their clutch during hill starts. Read about the hill holder clutch from the owners manual and never worried about hill starts again. Loved that little car.
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Leperflesh posted:Nope! The handbrake was an option on my ~1978 base model Big Wheel, and my mom was poor as hell in those years. Joke's on her, she had to replace like three pairs of my shoes way before I grew out of them as a result. The Green Machine rocked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsDU9HOtPn0
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wolrah posted:Moving out two houses ago I rented the little 3x5 trailer from HD to put behind my Fiesta and haul some larger garage equipment to storage. I drove 10 miles on bumpy two-lane country roads, over a steep set of railroad tracks, and backed down the driveway. I then folded down the ramp, stood on it, and the tongue shot up in the air. I stepped off in surprise, and fortunately the trailer hadn't moved forward so when the tongue fell back down it didn't hit the car. I stared for a bit, asked the guy helping me if that had really just happened, and then eventually walked over to hitch it back up and yank in all directions on the hitch assembly to ensure it was locked on properly. They are indeed an incredible pain to back up. If mine isn't loaded, I just push it around by hand (it has a wheel on the jack that works well for that.) I say mine - it's actually one I borrow, and it stayed at my house for like a year, but I'll get one eventually. Leperflesh posted:Nope! The handbrake was an option on my ~1978 base model Big Wheel, and my mom was poor as hell in those years. Joke's on her, she had to replace like three pairs of my shoes way before I grew out of them as a result. Huh. Mine would have been around that time (1974-1980, because I know what house it was when I had a Big Wheel. Likely closer to 1978, since I know I was riding a bike by 1980), and definitely did have the handbrake. Had no idea they were optional, though I do recall that some, maybe the earlier models, didn't have it. Godholio posted:Hell yeah. I had the one in GI Joe markings, and I wore the wheel into two discs.  Mine was the standard red Big Wheel, though. joat mon posted:The Green Machine rocked Best friend next door had the Green Machine. IT did indeed rock. It could do the spin outs just by suddenly cocking the steering. Weird as hell to drive, though. His Divine Shadow posted:Part of getting your drivers license here. You have go out on a track that's been slippery and make it let go and try and right it. Really good idea, so clearly not the USA. (Disclaimer: I'm in and from the USA.) The Door Frame posted:Any time a poster says anything about actual requirements in their driving test, I know they aren't American without looking at who posted it. I had to do a hill park during my test and if it ever gets brought up in conversation, everyone in the room gets surprised they tested me on something so difficult cursedshitbox posted:... replace... bald terrains with mall terrains Saving that one.
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Groda posted:I've gotten my driver's license in the US, and multiple licenses in Sweden (some of the lowest pass rates and highest cost in Europe), and the driving test isn't significantly harder.
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evil_bunnY posted:what state? how long was the test drive in each case? Nebraska and Illinois. I'd say about 20 min of actual driving in both cases. The road design is easier, but the actual tasks we had to accomplish weren't that different. I didn't even have to parallel park in Sweden. But, as I said, the theory test was massively more difficult in Sweden. And it definitely made me a better driver than I would have been, if Sweden and the US had driver's license reciprocity and I didn't have to redo everything from Square One.
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How much more training did the Swedish license require before you could even sit for the test?
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SlapActionJackson posted:How much more training did the Swedish license require before you could even sit for the test? The Swedish license doesn't require any training.
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