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 Post Master  Group: Members Posts: 626 Joined: 25-September 02 From: Urbana, IL Member No.: 19  |
So I was sitting around about 10pm bored when I looked out the window. Oh Snap! About an inch of snow on the ground. To the DSM!
Two hours later I came back, with my quota of WRC style corners and on-axis donuts completed and the car no worse for the wear. Now I'm bored again. Anybody else have any fun tonight? -------------------- Eric Wort
87 White Buick Turbo 'T' (11.71 @ 116.5, 1.61 60ft, slipping trans) 92 Teal Eagle Talon TSi AWD (burn victim) |
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Jan 8 2005, 12:26 AM
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DSMCentral Freak Group: Members Posts: 400 Joined: 6-November 04 From: Urbana Member No.: 382 |
goddamnit not fair! I always miss out, nothing but icy crap and the shaturn in rockford
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Jan 8 2005, 12:38 AM
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Web Administrator Yo! Group: Admin Posts: 516 Joined: 30-August 04 From: Mackinaw, IL Member No.: 376 |
Does a half-a$$ed donut and some sweet drifts in an AWD Saturn Vue count for anything? I didn't think so...
-------------------- Fast & Furious on the outside...DSM under the hood!!!
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Jan 8 2005, 12:48 AM
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Post Master Group: Members Posts: 626 Joined: 25-September 02 From: Urbana, IL Member No.: 19 |
Its a good start.
-------------------- Eric Wort
87 White Buick Turbo 'T' (11.71 @ 116.5, 1.61 60ft, slipping trans) 92 Teal Eagle Talon TSi AWD (burn victim) |
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Jan 8 2005, 12:13 PM
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DSMCentral Godfather Group: Admin Posts: 3,823 Joined: 10-January 01 From: Washburn Member No.: 26 |
AWD's in the snow...AWWW MAN I miss that!!!
I've actually been drifting the dd FWD for the past few days! Although I've joined Spy on a number of sideways passes, I'm still impressed with this things ability to hang the a$$ end out for long periods of time. Infact on my drive to work the other morning after the snow, I found myself in a line of cars moving relatively slow (45-50mph). I waited patiently in line for a while, but the snow covered passing lane kept calling to me.  So I thought 'I'll give it a shot' WOW! I had trouble getting in to the miles long snow drift and obviosly once in it I found the car VERY hard to control. Hmmm maybe this isn't such a good idea with these old tires I thought...I was about to swallow my pride and pull back in behind my previous leader that was now pulling away in the cleaner lane. That's about the time the FWD started showing me it's tricks as the a$$ end came around on the left to put me at about a 40 degree agle to travel direction! My need for survival and hopes of becomeing a rally driver took over as I feathered the gas to keep my planned direction in action. I was amazed how long I drove at that +/-40 degree angle. It started to straighten out a bit and then resumed the 40 degree slant again. At this point I was actually enjoying this four wheel freedom! Finally I was able point the nose in the correct direction and ease back into the slow lane behinde my now shocked leader.  Snow! Good Times.
-------------------- In Loving memory of David T Crebo
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Jan 8 2005, 04:28 PM
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 Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. Group: Members Posts: 1,985 Joined: 30-June 03 From: Peoria, IL Member No.: 150 |
I missed driving the AWD in the snow last winter (car was broke)
 I am missing it again this winter (deployed in Iraq)  I better get to enjoy it next year or Mother Nature is gonna hear about it. 
-------------------- You CAN sleep in your car, but your CAN NOT race your house!!!
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Jan 8 2005, 09:54 PM
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 DSMCentral Freak Group: Members Posts: 257 Joined: 21-July 04 From: Normal Member No.: 351 |
i just got back to school and the parking lot across from my house had about 3" of snow so my room mate and i went out for some late night donuts.
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Jan 9 2005, 12:13 AM
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Person of Wisdom Group: Members Posts: 205 Joined: 12-February 04 From: Normal/Bloomington Member No.: 236 |
After work last night I went out to the church parking lot (Big lot, with no lights in the middle) did a series of donuts there, but got bored. Headed over to main st. where there were NO PEOPLE (besides the people havig fun) and would drive off of it, go aroudn the block, come back and drift back onto it, did a little donut (its hard to keep it tight with AWD) and kept "drifting" some more. It was the first time i've ever had fun in the snow with my AWD. So much fun.
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Jan 9 2005, 01:45 AM
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 Post Master Group: Members Posts: 810 Joined: 9-July 03 From: Bloomington, IL Member No.: 151 |
You guys all need to buy hatchbacks with bald tires in the back. Talk about squirley. Almost got killed a couple days ago.
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Jan 9 2005, 03:11 AM
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 DSMCentral Freak Group: Members Posts: 259 Joined: 6-February 04 From: Bloomington Member No.: 233 |
Try drifting in an Intrepid......that'll kill someone.
-------------------- Yeah!!!!!!!!!!! AND WASH THAT THING OFF BEFORE YOU COME BACK!!! GROSS
FP 3065, Ported 2G exahust manifold, AEM EMS, 3" 02 housing, Shepard Racing Stage 3 tranny, Fadinza 8 LB. flywheel, Exedy stage 2 tripple puck thick ceramic cluch, 08 from the tank to filter, -6 to rail from filter, Aeromotive FPR 1:1 riseing rate, Crower Stage 4's. All of that and I don't know what I want to do next. |
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