^That video reminds me of an experience I had I think last year.
I was driving my gtu on the dragon, there was a Lexus is200 or 300 tailgating me, so I decide to give into the pressure and push my car more than I was.
At this time in my experience with my gtu, I've been daily driving it for about 5 years, going for a mountain drive once every few months.
This was my 3rd or 4th time attending/driving DGRR.
My gtu has stock suspension, normal tires, NA engine.
So back to pushing my gtu more than I was, I started to get a gap between me and the is200, enough so that it would disappear in the rear-veiw going around corners.
Soon after I was taking a left hand corner and the rear end started coming around and I ended up sideways in the road, I must have hit a spot of dirt in the road or something.
Right as I was about to straighten the car back on the road the is200 came around the previous corner and stopped.
No harm.
But it definitely was a wtf moment for me.
Moral of the story, and its probably been stated before, but, "Be careful out there on those roads".
These type of moments can and do happen.
Save the "pushing" of your car for the race tracks.
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'83 RX7, The "this might take awhile" project.
'87 RX7 GXL, Rest In Pieces.
'98 Subaru Impreza Outback-sport, rx7 rescue vehicle, down for repair.
'94 Ford Ranger, daily.
Last edited by N.RotaryTech; 04-11-2011 at 01:00 PM.
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