Instigators crack me up... Options

[kuya1284]

So after I took my brother to pick up his car from the shop... we started heading home and this Accord slowed down next to me (he was in the carpool lane). My brother was following me home the whole way home... and then he sped up. I thought nothing of it... Then he got stuck behind a truck... and we continued cruisin down the freeway at 70 MPH.

About 3 minutes later... when there was an opening to exit the car pool lane... he sped up and pulled up next to my brother... slowed down ... then sped up to race... I saw my brother starting to take off and I had to think for a second if I should join in on the fun. So I decided 5 seconds later... fuggit... why not... it's been a while and it would be fun to surprise the Accord owner with my supposedly-slow ST.

So by this time... he was 4 cars lengths ahead... and my brother was 1 ahead of him... I downshifted... and passed him up easily... I could just see him in my rear-view mirrors STRUGGLIN to catch up... BUT he couldn't... So my brother and I slowed down and just let him pass us... cuz getting a ticket isn't worth it...

Anyway... that's my story for the day... and my roommate and I were crackin up the whole time home. DAMN BOOST IS TOOOOOO ADDICTING.

[boosted_K2]

pendulum motion, theres so much weight in the back of those cars, it just spins around automatically. they handle much like a F-1 car w/o the autobraking safety devices. the car grips all the way to the limit, then when it hits the limit, the weight carries the back end out, virtually unsavable if you push it past the limit. where as FF cars will understeer when they break the limit, so you blip the brake back onto the gas, and its an easy save. if you break the limit in a FR car, you can just stomp the gas, countersteer, feather out the gas and safe recovery drift. MR is possably the hardest setup to save if you start loosing control. your only hope is to floor the gas and hope the rear hasnt kicked out too far yet.

braking offsets the cars balance throwing the weight towards the front of the car, causing the rear end to break traction, once traction breaks in the rear, your pretty much doomed to spin it around.