Evo 8 on 123.. WTF were you doing?!
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Re: Evo 8 on 123.. WTF were you doing?!
Originally Posted by E36DJ
Bullshit, I see stupid shit every day but it's USUALLY not an Evo 8 a fraction of a MPH from oversteering off a turn into my car. I appreciate what you're saying but you didn't see this, wish I could explain it better.
Sorry guys it was a blue one, couldn't make out too much of it other than that.
Sorry guys it was a blue one, couldn't make out too much of it other than that.
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Re: Evo 8 on 123.. WTF were you doing?!
I haven't seen the turn, but I'd imagine an Evo could handle going 45+. A co-worker once took me out in his Evo. At the Chesterfield Mall around here, there's a 90 degree sweeper that goes around a hotel. I'm not sure how fast he was going, but he was nearing the top of 3rd gear. The Evo hug the hell out of the turn with just slight amount of slippage. I was amazed. I later pissed my pants when I thought about it. The guy can't drive worth shit. He could have slid and flipped over a curb.
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Re: Evo 8 on 123.. WTF were you doing?!
Originally Posted by E36DJ
My friend and I were driving back from a meet, going up that hill after the Rt 66 exit on 123 (where you pass the gas stations and it goes from 2 lanes to 1) we went down that road and you know how there is that STEEP ASS turn going up the hill (from my direction?) Yeah we are approaching that hill and we see HIDs coming down the hill at about 45mph (BEFORE THE TURN) at this poing we are about to enter the turn.. if he broke traction he would have flown into my car and we would have both been in the woods.
So yeah, it's 30 degrees and you take a 90 degree right hand turn in the dark with traffic on a 1 lane road at 45mph.
WTF is all I have to say, if your tires broke out so much as a micron on that turn you would have understeered right into my shit and flown off the road.
So yeah, it's 30 degrees and you take a 90 degree right hand turn in the dark with traffic on a 1 lane road at 45mph.
WTF is all I have to say, if your tires broke out so much as a micron on that turn you would have understeered right into my shit and flown off the road.
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Re: Evo 8 on 123.. WTF were you doing?!
Originally Posted by Quikteg
Stop being gay sparky. First off its an evo. They are meant to be thrown into turns hard. Second, i have taken that exact turn with my integra and civic hatchback at 45 mph+. Lastly we all see shit like this everyday (stupid drivers seem to run around alot in NOVA), but we don't post everything we see.
There is no fucking way you took that turn at 45 in your car. Sorry, not even going to give you a "maybe" on that one, I'll take a picture later for everyone talking out of their asses. Yeah 45 sounds like a small number, but not on a 1 lane road with traffic on it in the dark when it's cold.
That's the thing, cold tires = no grip.
ldstang50: Thanks buddy, I have an M3 with coilovers and some meaty tires, I'd like to think I know what throwing a car around feels like.
This isn't a sweeping turn you guys, it's practically an intersection.
BrianT: I totally understand, that's how I feel, the car shouldn't done what it did, and I know he's got a false sense of security because of it. Just a matter of time. People hop in their new impreza/sti/evo and think they are automatically rally drivers.
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Re: Evo 8 on 123.. WTF were you doing?!
Originally Posted by E36DJ
There is no fucking way you took that turn at 45 in your car. Sorry, not even going to give you a "maybe" on that one, I'll take a picture later for everyone talking out of their asses. Yeah 45 sounds like a small number, but not on a 1 lane road with traffic on it in the dark when it's cold.
That's the thing, cold tires = no grip.
ldstang50: Thanks buddy, I have an M3 with coilovers and some meaty tires, I'd like to think I know what throwing a car around feels like.
This isn't a sweeping turn you guys, it's practically an intersection.
BrianT: I totally understand, that's how I feel, the car shouldn't done what it did, and I know he's got a false sense of security because of it. Just a matter of time. People hop in their new impreza/sti/evo and think they are automatically rally drivers.
That's the thing, cold tires = no grip.
ldstang50: Thanks buddy, I have an M3 with coilovers and some meaty tires, I'd like to think I know what throwing a car around feels like.
This isn't a sweeping turn you guys, it's practically an intersection.
BrianT: I totally understand, that's how I feel, the car shouldn't done what it did, and I know he's got a false sense of security because of it. Just a matter of time. People hop in their new impreza/sti/evo and think they are automatically rally drivers.
HAHAHA funny....I don't need a pic of the fucking turn. I have lived in fairfax 23 years I know exactly where you are talking about, and have been though it millions of times. And have taken that turn at 45mph, and with that daddy bought M3 of yours and its "coilovers and meaty tires", i would expect your car to be able to do the same. Although it does have alot to do with driver skill, so maybe thats why you can't find any of this feasible.
And did you have radar on this Evo?? How can you till it was doing 45 around that turn. Also cold tires can warm-up pretty quick once you get on them, so you don't know how long that EVO had been cruising around before you saw it. So the tires could have been warmed up by the time you saw the car taking that turn, causing you to shit your pants.