[QUOTE]Originally posted by catfish

2. the back end will indeed come around if you lift off the gas.

 

I have a question about lifting off the gas during cornering. I understand why it would swing out as soon as you do it due to the shift in weight distribution, but here's my question..

What if you are in that situation and you see yourself sliding closer to say..a wall or any barrier and you need to actually slow down so you don't slide right into it? I've had this happen to me in my current beater car that's FWD and my car started to lose traction in a turn and I didn't want to end up sliding into another lane and eventually off the road. As soon as I let off the gas the rear swung out. Are you saying I should've kept my foot on the gas and just countersteered? Would that have given me enough control/traction to pull it back in line in time?

 

The answer is, unfortunately, that you should just flat out not find yourself in the situation in the first place.

Failing that, if countersteering alone won't catch the car, you can try slowly reducing the amount of throttle you are applying while countersteering.

Remember that it's the abrupt lift off the throttle that shifts the weight of the car forward and off the rear wheels, usually resulting in the back of the car losing traction altogether and a spin.

 

Thanks for the driving tips.

I didn't use abrupt power reduction - I was simply over driving the cold tires and less than ideal road conditions. That was about 70% of the problem, the other 30% is my current driving techniques are somewhat marred by all the quattro and subaru awd cars I've lived with as of late.

After all of that, I've chosen and taken delivery of a new RX8.
I'll leave the "convertible" experience to my Triumph.

It was fun, but too jittery for my tastes.
Cool car, just not for where I am today.

Thanks again everyone!





My RX8's first sleep over.
http://www.alaskazone.com/images/rx8/

 

We'll catch you on this board in a couple years when your looking to trade the RX8 for a S. Anyhow, enjoy your new toy, I've never been in one so I'm not going to comment.

 

So true! But if you do, clutch in, gas off, use brakes carefully till speed is scrubbed off, then more brake and let the ABS do what it can. Hope you gotta a horseshoe up your a$$.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by RazorV3
the reason why you spun out is because you lifted off the throttle in the middle of the turn.

 

not sure of your reasons for picking the RX-8 , but i hope it wasnt due to the fact you think it will react better in a situation similar to the one you had in the S.

but congrats on buying the slower, more sedate car??

just giving you a little shit man, congrats.

 

I test drove the RX-8 before and after I bought my S2K. It just doesn't compare. After a thorough test drive, I got in my S2K and thought to myself, "Man, I love this car."

The RX-8 was a watered-down version of a sports car! Also, I'm not sold on it with the problems they are still having (flooding issues and bad gas mileage).

No matter what, enjoy it! It's attractive even if it's not an S2K.

 

Still have yet to get any time in on my purchase, Not quite spring here yet so I have to wait to test the limits. My last car was an MR2 turbo and hard as hell to break loose but prone to snap if it did. Anywho, if the tail started to snap out on a corner, you could upshift (as fast as you can) and nail the gas hard and it would regain grip as long as you were not too fast for the fronts tires to hold or countersteer through. Then let off the gas, and clean your shorts when the road staightened out.

Does this approach work on the front engined S???