Monday, June 26, 2006 - 06:53 pm, by: Andrew Bennett(Fc_racer)
I dont know why im making this thread...maby its to make me fell better but on friday night my soarer got written off. It was fully insured and im now looking at a mk3 supra (1jz means i can drive a manual car with boost again )Id put pictures up but i really cant find the motivation to do it at the moment. um...yeah..i dont know what else to say at the moment
Monday, June 26, 2006 - 07:10 pm, by: Sam Schreck(Schreck300)
Very sorry to hear that Andrew. I hope no one was hurt. At least it was insured. It sucks paying those premiums, but well worth it at times like these. I'll be waiting on pics of the Supra.
Monday, June 26, 2006 - 07:10 pm, by: Daniel Clarke(Dieseltrain)
Dude, SO NOT GOOD man...... THings happen for a reason in life, its the only way to look at it. Its insured and cars can get replaced, Peoples cant. Hope everyone involved was ok.
Monday, June 26, 2006 - 07:19 pm, by: Andrew Bennett(Fc_racer)
yeah i made sure when i knew i had lost it i made sure that my die was the one that hit the pole and not my friends...the most dammage was caused but the mounting for the pole tearing all under my car (i had a huge hole in my boot. rather me than my mate..less loss then. Hopefully it wont take too long to get the money as catching busses from belco-> woden then walking to lexus is a bad trip and involves me walking.
And the wierdest thing happens now, when i take a toyota/lexus form work out on the road now, i shake, very od indeed :S
Monday, June 26, 2006 - 07:28 pm, by: Andrew Bennett(Fc_racer)
um well i was coming round a corner on friday night (it has just stopped raining) and as i turned into the corner I THINK one of 2 things happened, (i)the box kicked down or (ii)i hit an oily patch (which apparantly there was) and the box flared. my tail kicked out and i tried ot counter steer but it snapped in all sorts of directions and i think i had too much power or something and i jumper the gutter and hit the pole and yeah...thats about all i remember then i made sure my mate was ok then we got out.....if that makes any sence...i hope it does
Monday, June 26, 2006 - 08:27 pm, by: David Vaughan(Davidv)
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my tail kicked out and i tried to counter steer but it snapped in all sorts of directions and i think i had too much power or something and i jumped the gutter and hit the pole and yeah
Counter-steering is nice; throttle off / braking is vital. Besides, if you brake and still hit something, you do it more slowly
I recall a meeting in the 80s (?) when Nikki Lauda drove in a modest open-wheeler race here as a feature event. He was near the lead early in the race when an Aussie driver lost it in front of him, corrected, swung the other way and back again for a final spin, causing Lauda to go off track to avoid him. Lauda's car was damaged forcing his retirement.
Arriving in the commentary booth shortly thereafter, Lauda was asked about the incident. "I guess you are not too impressed by the Australian driving." said the commentator, somewhat embarrassedly. "Not at all." replied Lauda cheerfully. "Their driving is fine. It is their spinning they need to improve."
His point, as he further explained, was that had the Aussie braked rather than trying to catch the car under power, no serious incident would have occurred.
Monday, June 26, 2006 - 08:48 pm, by: Mike Bradberry(Halflife)
Good point David, especially when travelling sideways your braking is very efficient and you can still steer to a degree. Fantastic when using left foot braking and the throttle to aid steering.
Don Bagnall Moderator New Zealand I have LESS Soarers than Hayden :-(
Monday, June 26, 2006 - 09:58 pm, by: Peter Nitschke(Pen)
Quite often the first reaction when losing it, is to brace yourself. You grip the wheel hard and stretch your legs out to push yourself back into the seat. Unfortunately the right foot is usually still on the gas pedal
Apparently women drivers at driver training days have less big "thrills" as they panic and hit the brake as soon as things start to go wrong. Men tend to try to catch it etc, and in doing so lose it big time after it whips back on them.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 08:42 am, by: Mike Mortimer(Mikemort)
I found catching the soarer when it kicks out, IS a HELL of a lot easier than in a VT commodore... Had a few close encounters with barriers whilst on learners driving daddies VT. The only reason I purposely tried to kick the back out was to learn how to handle the car in a sticky situation (don't worry, I only did it on semi-private, Open roads).
Its never a good thing to see a soarer, or any car for that matter being written off. Glad everyone was ok though.
Cheers
Ken Cornell TryHard Western Australia 4.0GT V8 Soarer
Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 08:53 am, by: Ken Cornell(Dunadan)
Sorry to hear what happened. I agree with what Pen said, I did the exact same thing a couple of weeks ago. Tried to save it, over corrected, got traction, ended up facing the wrong way. Fortunately there were no polls!
Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 09:02 am, by: Tim Appleton(Timbo)
Sorry to hear about that, Andrew. Good to hear that nobody was injured, just your pride, and your wallet.
I had a similar lose in my old Commondore (although it was bucketing down). Inadvertently I kept the power on until I realised it was about to snap back the other way into the gutter. In the panic, I somehow figured that slamming on the brakes would just slide me sideways, and I avoided the kerb by a foot.
Usually by the third fishtail in the wet it's impossible to catch.