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Why practice skid recovery in a snow covered carpark...
....when you can do it on a frozen lake, especially when there's a plowed
up speed and handling course. Great grip with 4wd, but next time I'll sacrifice grip for fun and take my BMW. The automatic really takes some of the fun out of it, and I was a bit worried about rolling, even though my '97 Cherokee is stock height and I kept it below 90 mph or so. With the 535i I should easily be able to hit 140 mph, assuming there aren't too many vehicles and people moving about. Stay tuned... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfHB9kV__0g Ulf |
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Why practice skid recovery in a snow covered carpark...
On 2010-01-20, Ulf > wrote:
> ...when you can do it on a frozen lake, especially when there's a plowed > up speed and handling course. Great grip with 4wd, but next time I'll > sacrifice grip for fun and take my BMW. The automatic really takes some > of the fun out of it, and I was a bit worried about rolling, even though > my '97 Cherokee is stock height and I kept it below 90 mph or so. With > the 535i I should easily be able to hit 140 mph, assuming there aren't > too many vehicles and people moving about. Stay tuned... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfHB9kV__0g Looks like fun... but I would be way too concerned with falling through the ice. |
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Why practice skid recovery in a snow covered carpark...
Brent skrev:
> On 2010-01-20, Ulf > wrote: >> ...when you can do it on a frozen lake, especially when there's a plowed >> up speed and handling course. Great grip with 4wd, but next time I'll >> sacrifice grip for fun and take my BMW. The automatic really takes some >> of the fun out of it, and I was a bit worried about rolling, even though >> my '97 Cherokee is stock height and I kept it below 90 mph or so. With >> the 535i I should easily be able to hit 140 mph, assuming there aren't >> too many vehicles and people moving about. Stay tuned... >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfHB9kV__0g > > Looks like fun... but I would be way too concerned with falling through > the ice. > > Nah, if you go fast enough that's not a problem... Seriously though, I read on the 'net that the ice thickness on that lake is about 1 foot. 4 in. is supposedly minimum to support a normal sized car, so three times that should be more than enough. Anyway, I'm not worried, would I hit a thin spot I'd most likely do I at speed, at which point it wouldn't matter. With a little luck I'll post another clip after this weekend, keep your fingers crossed... :-) Ulf |
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