Ran her off the road today! - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

sd_boxster · 04-19-2009, 12:25 AM

Glad the three of you are OK!

Might want to back it off a little there, Speedy.

blinkwatt · 04-19-2009, 12:51 AM

Thankfully you two are alright.

Please be careful on the road,you put yourself at risk,your passengers and other people who use the road in danger.

Normally I just go to a local lower population section of town,find a spot that looks good to fool around in. It normally end up being a business district. Drive through it to make sure there isn't anything like a bunch of loose rocks or nails in the road. Also make sure there aren't any cars parked around,normally if there aren't cars,there aren't people. Then have at it.

Kicking the back end out is fun when you control it!

(FYI my Mom used to yell at my Dad for the same thing)

eightsandaces · 04-19-2009, 05:32 AM

Just my opinion, the boxster is my second mid engined car, they spin in way that is an experience all to itself as I discovered at 18 in an X/19 in newly falling rain. Pushing the ass out on purpose may end up in a situation you never counted on.

chitowndad · 04-19-2009, 06:25 AM

Exactly, I pushed her out and didn't expect that I couldn't bring her around. It's not like the days of my front engine rear drive Camaro where fish tailing was fun and easy to handle.

Yep glad nobody was hurt - It was a really stupid thing. lesson learned.

-Steve

eightsandaces · 04-19-2009, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by chitowndad

Exactly, I pushed her out and didn't expect that I couldn't bring her around. It's not like the days of my front engine rear drive Camaro where fish tailing was fun and easy to handle.

Yep glad nobody was hurt - It was a really stupid thing. lesson learned.

-Steve

I'm just glad nobody was hurt, wait till little Evel Knevel relays that story to mom....

D'oh!

Sammy · 04-19-2009, 07:36 AM

Glad to hear everyone/everything is okay! In the future you should consider autocrossing to get past the urge to take high speed corners on public roads (even more so it will teach you the limits of your car in a controlled manner instead of some random intersection). We're headed to one a week from today so PM if interested...

Sammy

Brucelee · 04-19-2009, 07:46 AM

Track day track day track day.

Please.