If they'd just teach drivers ed with a stick instead of an automatic...

 

Me too. I'd like to see the kid get a break.

 

I got excited there for a minute, I though you meant like this:

 

Hahaha, that ^^^ would be the class where you learn what happens when you unsuccessfully run from the cops.

There should also be one class session where the students spend a Friday night in the local emergency room.

 

There are many spins at autoX's. As Mike said, 'when you spin, both feet in' is a good rule to go by.

 

Thanks for the advice and help. I really appreciate it. Lesson learned, drive slow on OEM tires when it's cold

Jason



Off topic:
What an interesting thread this turned out to be...

 

its funny how everyone thinks punks are emo.. we used to not have that problem, but you kids watch to much MTV & they have poisoned your minds lol and about the screen name thing, man i wish i could still have ''Initial D God Hand Wannabee'' as my handle but one of the moderators dosn't like me..... and everytime you bust me out CKIT they bann me ... one thing i really dont get, is why everyone thinks if you crash when trying to get silly with your car you suck at driving.. but whatever i really dont care what most people think

 

Much more generally applicable than the "when in doubt, both feet out" rule. That's a recipe for disaster when pushing an S2000 hard. Then again, you shouldn't be "in doubt" when pushing an S2000 hard.

 

For sure. Finding one's self in doubt can be pretty scary.

It also worries me seeing new people spinning because they don't know about the importance of having some heat in their tires. Better to avoid an unplanned spin in the first place, than to deal with it well after the fact.

Just to be clear, "in a spin" means that you are in an uncorrectable spin. Don't just jam on the brakes as soon as the tail swings out, unless you have no chance of regaining control. As long as there is a chance of getting the car straightened back out (without making things worse) you don't want to get off the throttle suddenly, hit the brakes, or clutch in, because until the spin is a given, there is still doubt. Once you have lost it, then getting the clutch in and the brakes full on is almost always the best course of action. Of course if that action has you heading directly for a telephone pole or other object, you might want to try something else. What that something else might be would depend on the situation, and once you've lost control, there's a chance that hitting something will be unavoidable (I'm assuming here that it happens on the street, where there are so many things to hit). The main thing is to keep thinking and looking where you are heading, so you can take whatever actions you can to minimize the damages. If it is not clear that there is a better course of action, then "both feet in" should probably be the rule you follow, when actually "in a spin."

 

Actually, you need to be looking where you WANT TO GO, not where you actually happen to be going.