When You Drive Your Car Do You Test It’s Abilities?

maxedout97maxima · Apr 18th, 2003, 06:04 AM

Like driving it hard to test it’s
braking power,
acceleration,
top speed runs on open roads,
drag racing (legal or illegal),
cornering,
shifting real fast
or the handling
driving on roads w/sharp curves and turns,
slamming on the brakes or
from a dead stop slamming into the gas pedal screeching the tires,
drifting or
autocross?

zeno · Apr 18th, 2003, 11:09 AM

uhhhh......well, people usually don't mod. their cars to simply pick up Jr. at soccer practice.

krylonkoopaa · Apr 18th, 2003, 11:12 AM

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Originally posted by zeno
uhhhh......well, people usually don't mod. their cars to simply pick up Jr. at soccer practice.

i do.....
j/k

i do alot of that stuff exept
drifting or
autocross?shifting real fast
drag racing (legal or illegal),

i got a auto

himilefrontier · Apr 18th, 2003, 01:01 PM

I love to powershift!I also drag race and love to hit corners hard-in the right car.

my92ser · Apr 18th, 2003, 03:40 PM

all of it in moderation (i need the car to last a while)...
just replace drifting and autocross with Dirt and Snow "rallying"...

RiceBox · Apr 18th, 2003, 05:11 PM

Summer and winter auto-X, fast shifting. Close to redline a couple of times a week. I go through tires very quickly. Practiceing lift-throttle oversteer in the summer is fun too.

barnoun · Apr 19th, 2003, 04:11 PM

blueboost · Apr 19th, 2003, 05:58 PM

Token Moron · Apr 19th, 2003, 06:39 PM

everytime i go out and drive, i test the acceleration(under different loads) and such

Felonious Cat Stalker · Apr 19th, 2003, 08:09 PM

AutoX, both summer & winter & the odd RallyX.

95 SentraB13 · Apr 21st, 2003, 01:19 AM

I've done a few of these things on local cruises with friends but not to test the car's limits; it was just a regular cruise that I was crazy enough to go on:

- braking power: to slow down in the turns so I didn't go off the road (80-120 Km/h on narrow, barren road with lots of blind turns)
- acceleration: to catch up with the rest. I have an automatic
- top speed runs on open roads. Again, top speed cruising just to keep up, mainly because of the Auto.
- cornering/ handling/ driving on roads w/sharp curves and turns, slamming on the brakes: This pretty much sums of the above and I've done it all.

For a stock B13 Sentra I managed pretty well both times that I've been out doing this although never again. There was no enjoyment in those type of highspeed cruises; driving with no purpose or direction but to go fast and hug the turns, which is hard to do on 175/70/13 tires. Knowing at any moment I could loose control, total the car and take my own life my perspective on this type of driving has since changed. I want to mod my car for personal satisfaction and to improve ride quality/ handling since realizing my driving abilities and the performance of a stock B13; to drive beyond the norm when I so desire, not when pressured by others to push the limit as a few people I know have done, flipping their car or almost losing control.

Honest Bob · Apr 21st, 2003, 03:12 PM

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Originally posted by 95 SentraB13

For a stock B13 Sentra I managed pretty well both times that I've been out doing this although never again. There was no enjoyment in those type of highspeed cruises; driving with no purpose or direction but to go fast and hug the turns, which is hard to do on 175/70/13 tires. Knowing at any moment I could loose control, total the car and take my own life my perspective on this type of driving has since changed. I want to mod my car for personal satisfaction and to improve ride quality/ handling since realizing my driving abilities and the performance of a stock B13; to drive beyond the norm when I so desire, not when pressured by others to push the limit as a few people I know have done, flipping their car or almost losing control.

Pushing the limit ended me up with a totaled B13. I no longer have the urg to "push my cars limits."

98_1LE · Apr 23rd, 2003, 10:23 PM

I drive at 80-90% on the street often, and attend autox or track events every couple weeks for those trips to 103%.

Adam · Apr 23rd, 2003, 10:27 PM

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Originally posted by 98_1LE
I drive at 80-90% on the street often, and attend autox or track events every couple weeks for those trips to 103%.

Dude, WTF ever, I know you can't test out that egg as a daily driver! And you suck at track events too!

98_1LE · Apr 23rd, 2003, 10:33 PM

The egg has good manors, it just lacks grip. I am hoping the S03's sitting in the garage waiting on wheels will make that better.

And I know I suck at track events. Thats why I keep going back. If I ever get good, I will move on to wheel-to-wheel.