I agree. Fishtailed while in 2nd to 3rd then corrected and caught traction to 4th. I wasn't doing 70 or anything. I probably barely hit 60 but it lost traction in 2nd while making the turn.
The point is, i failed to give the proper respect and shouldn't have punched it in the first place, especially on street tires, and on cold pavement.

 

I looked before I pulled out and the guy was plenty far back and had another lane to get into (which he did not just to prove a point I guess). He was also going at least 70 in a 55 because by the time I got up to speed, I was going 70 to get him off of my bumper. He was just being a jerk.


But thanks for the advice. I just started driving last week and need all the help I can get.

 

It is only acceptable to pull out in front of a Prius

 

My friend manages a private airstrip where we do some motorcycle racing as well, so i am going to take mine out there and learn her behaviour a little bit. Going to borrow a camera and learn how to smoke show this car too.

 

I think I've met that jerk's cousin a few months ago while making a right turn leaving a restaurant in our SUV. My daughter said she saw his Beemer speed up a lot before climbing my rear bumper with high beams and horn blasting. I make it a point to ignore idiots whenever possible. I guess he needed more so he speeds past me, cuts in front of me and slams on his breaks coming to a stop. I know that idiot maneuver and simply slowed to a stop a little ways behind him, unable to keep going because of traffic. He then opens his door and gets out! The young woman he was with was screaming at him at the top of her lungs. Apparently what she said worked; he got back in and took off.

I'm pretty sure she saved his life...

 

Practice your drifting skills.

 

You got it dude.

 

I'm getting the sneaking suspicion that something isn't square with the OP...who on this earth upshifts while spinning the rear tires and doesn't get off the accelerator? Sounds spurious.

 

You guys are funny.

Now if I implied it was down to the floor from 2nd to 4th I apologize. It was not. I punched it in 2nd during a turn. Me punching it is not flooring it and red lining it through all gears.. When I "punched" it in 2nd during the turn I lost traction, i was transitioning into 3rd with me not letting my foot off the gas, still little traction, while going into 4th, drop in rpm , traction good, kept going. . Again, should have kicked it in neutral and take the foot off the gas , but that has been addressed.
Not sure why I wouldn't go up in gears. Don't know, maybe I suck at manual driving. Sure wasn't going to downshift
I still stand by the fact that I nearly p!ssed my pants.

 

We're just giving you a hard time man. We're like teenagers. We know EVERYTHING, we're better at EVERYTHING, and we're INVINCIBLE.

 

My wife hates it when I do that to her!!!

Kidding

 

Plus we have Shelbys.

 

'spurious'… gotta love it when big fancy words are thrown around

 

If I'd have had it when I was a teenager, I'd have been dead.

 

Oh jeez lol

 

Giving myself until age of 45 and I hopefully will have the economic means to purchase such a car (assuming that ford is still making them then and they are not hideous).

If they are ugly then I will get a nice used '14 and maybe a Termi for kicks. So you guys need to baby them in case I want to take them off your hands

 

That ain't happenin'. BTW, I'm 40 now, and it's possible. Besides, there will always be people who want to go fast, no matter what Detroit or Germany or Japan is pushing out. Just remember, when the gubment takes the fun out of cars, there's a mod for that.

 

I wouldn't have been allowed. My dad would have sold it. He barely trusted me in a '73 LTD with the 429 under the hood.

 

if you punched it till 4th, wouldn't you have been doing about 100mph?

 

I always asked my Dad when I was growing up and driving why doesn't he get the bigger engines in his cars? He would reply because of you!