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Old 03-29-2013, 02:31 AM  
xenigo
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Originally Posted by MaDalton View Post
And i know perfectly well how things like that happen, i did almost the same with my Porsche once, i just didnt crash as hard as he did
I think anyone who has ever driven a car at 90% in less than ideal conditions knows how easily shit like this happens.

I was sitting next to another BMW 335 on a rainy night a few months ago and was driving with traction control and stability control off, and these cars BTW have open-diff... I accelerated hard away from him and within a fraction of a second the car was completely sideways and I looked like an idiot.

But there was literally no way to steer into it, to keep it going in one direction. It was like the moment I put my foot into it, it was sideways. Caught me off guard.

Not the first time it's happened either. I have my suspicions that these open-diff cars are nearly impossible to control in a situation like that.
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