hey, guys okay today i was driving to school and i was taking a turn going abour 25 or so then i pressed the gas a little bit to shift then all of the sudden my car fishtailed and spun out of control.. i dont understand what i did wrong?? i also just got new tires so i knw its not cause of that someone please help me!

http://i43.tinypic.com/23h60xz.jpg

summer tires?

NO MIKOO DONT DIE!!!!

and exactly how much did you push the gas??

lol i have all season tires!
idk why my car spun out i almost crashed into a tree :/
im really scared to drive

ohh and well i was going about 34 but it was dry outside

thats y girls dont drive 8s LOL jk

WTF?

Did you hit anything?

Don't mash the gas with traction control off around a corner.

releasing the clutch before the brake will cause your rearend to lock, accerating or decelerating will casue you to slide

thats rwd for you haha, just gotta be more careful next time!

Is the tree OK? Hope it didn't get too scared by the near miss.

Ken

im gonna say the only way you could slide it around is if it was on purpose, or your just a bad driver...im gonna assume it was on purpose because i dont know if you are a bad driver

Pics or it didnt happen! ;)

:O
stfu and suck it girls can drive
oh i see well i didnt hit anything cause i have awesome reflexis hahha :D but i was soo closee and this is my 2nd time fishtailing.. when i felt my car slide i quickly put my foot on the cluth and shifted to neutral and then steered idk what else too doo TT.TT

Learn how to drive stick better? That's the only info I can give...sorry

maybe you popped the clutch while you were on the gas

lol noo i let go of the gas and shifted to neutral!
hey im pretty awesome at driving stick okay!

WTF?

Did you hit anything?

Don't mash the gas with traction control off around a corner.

i slam the gas around corners all the time... i feel it gives me more traction then if i go into it with the back end light.


wow. go into a parking light in the rain and practice some slides, that way when this happens again you will be ready.

you want me to practice sliding :/
ehh makes me uneasy that my car is already sliding and wait till winter comes oh man D:

any sick action pictures of it??

Mikoo needs to get a Honda for the winter. Or get snow tires for the 8 :)
The pic you posted looks like snow out. Also its hard for me to spin at 25 mph taking a turn from a dead stop with stretch tires.

oh snap...


burn

D: lol
i shall get snnow tires then
some ppl tell me that i need to put sandbag in my car for the winter?
is that true

I mean, I know from driving my 8, Taking a turn above 35 is very "fun" I'll say. But if you were in like 3rd gear or even 4th. That much of gas just might have been just a great boost of power. From my knowledge or what I can remember 3rd doing 35 is good amount of power.

Atleast you okay, but it is always good to maybe go into a lot and practice in the rain. It can't hurt. You just got your 8 in Feb 2009. You'll have the whole summer to learn how to drive. Rain is similiar to snow...remotely. I remember driving home from my friends dance competition. Good 1/2inch of snow and icy mix. I was on summer tires. Yeah Yeah Yeah I know. I was fishtailing. But I had experience with understanding the cars handling.

Rome wasn't built in a day!
Just my $.02

lol noo i let go of the gas and shifted to neutral!
hey im pretty awesome at driving stick okay!

question: why did u shift to neutral while you were turning? :eyetwitch

btw, you probably gave it too much gas while you were still on the turn.

isnt winter basically over in chicago? just save money for next year.

yeah its over lol
and it wasnt while i was turning dood its when my car was fishtaling >.>

Don't shift while turning.. shift either before or after making your complete turn.

ohh okay :]
merci lol
eeh tengo hambre D:

Winter's not over yet, below 20 here. It rained pretty heavily over the past few days, roads were wet when the temps dropped below freezing yesterday, and no salt on the roads since the rain washed it away. Roads were very slick in some places this morning. Just try to be careful for the rest of this winter and definitely buy some winter tires next year.

:-)

make sure you keep traction control on; that'll help a lot. also, practice is not a bad idea. i suspect this car has more power that you're used to or you haven't driven rwd before. just take it slowly while you get comfortable.

okay thanks ^^
wait what about the sandbags?

D: lol
i shall get snnow tires then
some ppl tell me that i need to put sandbag in my car for the winter?
is that true

No need for sandbags. Just take it eazy :smoker:

Well, here in Austin, we went from beautiful Spring-like weather..highs in the 80's to rainy and high's in the mid 40's overnight.... I left the freaking windows open in my study..and only discovered my mistake early this morning. Luckily, my computer didn't get wet.

Typical Texas weather.

brrr
i really dislike could weather :/
i wanna move some where super hot like cali!
so i can drive my 8 all year around

those are to give you more weight over your rear wheels == more traction.

i don't think you need it. post pics of your rear tire tread if you can and we can see how they're faring. i know mine slips a lot when my tires are worn down.

yeah ill take some new pictures when the weather isnt so cold and maybe a new vid hopefully it wont get removed >.<

brrr
i really dislike cold* weather :/
i wanna move some where super hot like cali!
so i can drive my 8 all year around

cali isn't super hot ;)

you just need to take it easy while you're learning to drive stick and a rwd car.

lol "learning"?
ive been driving stick for a while now:D
yeah ill take it easy thanks!

yeah ill take some new pictures when the weather isnt so cold and maybe a new vid hopefully it wont get removed >.<

i missed your debut last night. ;( maybe i'll get a pm with a link?

question: why did u shift to neutral while you were turning? :eyetwitch

btw, you probably gave it too much gas while you were still on the turn.

i was gunna say... neutral... into a turn? hm.... and if you were in neutral, i mean im no genius or anything but that doesnt engage the drivetrain which means if you did hit the gas... you woulda just shot the rpms up without sending anything to the wheels..

girl drivers :banghead:

i was gunna say... neutral... into a turn? hm.... and if you were in neutral, i mean im no genius or anything but that doesnt engage the drivetrain which means if you did hit the gas... you woulda just shot the rpms up without sending anything to the wheels..

girl drivers :banghead:

she said neutral after the rear end slipped out in the turn

i was gunna say... neutral... into a turn? hm.... and if you were in neutral, i mean im no genius or anything but that doesnt engage the drivetrain which means if you did hit the gas... you woulda just shot the rpms up without sending anything to the wheels..

girl drivers :banghead:

^ i resent that!

and, for all we know, she's just getting used to the car. don't judge her on one mistake dude.

i knw that D:
MY CAR WAS SLIDING SO SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL WHILE IT WAS FISH TAILING!
jeeeze >.< and why would i have pressed the gas while its in neutral?? wth
i knw how to drive stick ppl just cause im a girl doesnt mean i cant!

thanks photo chick :D!
lol guys can be soo cocky!

if you're sliding you should leave it in gear...it helps control the car

usually if you're sliding if you let go of the gas while still in gear it will reagain grip, and you're be back on your way like nothing happened.

if you put it in neutral the only thing you can do is slide, and there is no way to prevent hitting something like a tree

oil on the road :dunno:

if a guy posted this exact same thing, they'd get either a , "search noob!" or a "wow go return your 8 and buy a fwd."

...

ohh okay :]
merci lol
eeh tengo hambre D:

¿usted no comer hoy?

Its a lil rusty

¿usted no comer hoy?

Its a lil rusty

my spanish is getting better since i'm hanging out in mexico this week. :lol: fun times.

hahha nice spanish! :D
dude shutup we are all here cause we love 8
si no a comido hoy porke me duele mi pansa -spanish
oui cava je voudrais mange. je suis tres faim - french
muahah trilingual!

freetranslation.com?

ugh ..
noo...
your a dick

porke is not spanish. i think you mean porque. ;)

damn, calm down little girl. I was kidding.

hahha nice spanish! :D
dude shutup we are all here cause we love 8
si no a comido hoy porke me duele mi pansa -spanish
oui cava je voudrais mange. je suis tres faim - french
muahah trilingual!

what's tricky with french is that you "own" your feelings. it's avoir faim (to have hunger), not etre faim(to be hungry).

soooo "oui cava. je voudrais manger. j'ai faim."

lol "learning"?
ive been driving stick for a while now:D
yeah ill take it easy thanks!

I also "knew" how to drive stick when I was 16... until I almost took out a few mailboxes with the side of my truck


btw... free translator works wonders... its how I got into the Spain study abroad program I went on:lol:

Well I am late to ask this.. but what gear were you in? Because if you were in 1st or 2nd and you gave it too much gas, that would easily give it wheelspin, and if you weren't expecting it then you'd get flung out of control..

did you only get 2 new tires or all 4? it matters which ones you get replaced if it was only 2. plus it is recommended to drive at least 500mi to break the tires in before any hard driving. they have a release agent on them from the molds that needs to wear off.

lol little girl!
well i just got new tires in the back!
and i knw its not proper spanish dude
i was in second going into third
MAN I REALLY WANT A PEDOBEAR STICKER AND SHIRT!

You have to be borderline retarded to lose the RX-8 in a corner going 25 with the traction control on.

todos aqui tienen q hacer algo mas bueno en vez de estar leendo este thread

necesito leer para pasar el tiempo en mi trabajo

You have to be borderline retarded to lose the RX-8 in a corner going 25 with the traction control on.

i hate to agree, but im gonna have to
i've done 65 in corners and not lost it
lets just hope for her sake there was something on the road

if a guy posted this exact same thing, they'd get either a , "search noob!" or a "wow go return your 8 and buy a fwd."

...

Tru dat brotha

Lol your threads always gets a bunch of posts!

Well I can speak french and some other language other white people don't know... hurray for indians!

That's what rwd does, expect the unexpected... Damn chick drivers....



































lol jking about chicks driving :)

>>
okay so im retarded cause i lost control on my car ehh
right well this is all i have to sayhttp://i42.tinypic.com/688mtv.jpg

shutup with the chick thing ..

Wow! so that's pedobear..

muahah pedobear is epic!
:D!

brrr
i really dislike could weather :/
i wanna move some where super hot like cali!
so i can drive my 8 all year around

Move to Mission,Tx :D you will like it here especially sharyland shopping center! and We Have a Beach 1hr away CAN YOU SAY SPRING BREAK!!! :D i love (SPI) south padre island :lol: Hmm since their so many fresas in mission ill speak their spanish

No MAMAES WHEY!!!

You should be the first girl drifter driving a RX8 in D1GP!!!

its hard to drift when you throw it in neutral when you get sidways...:lol::lol:

I'm willing to bet that she doesn't have traction control. If you look at a picture of her car, she doesn't have the fog lamps. Which means that she has the base model of the car, w/o DSC TSC.

I'm willing to bet that she doesn't have traction control. If you look at a picture of her car, she doesn't have the fog lamps. Which means that she has the base model of the car, w/o DSC TSC.

well that would make a difference, eh?

well i've got the base model and i've still never spun out going 25-35mph...(knock on wood)

i'm still not sure how this could happen unless it was on purpose

it's easy to make the car do things you didn't expect when you're not a very good driver trying to do things outside of your wheelhouse.

I'm willing to bet that she doesn't have traction control. If you look at a picture of her car, she doesn't have the fog lamps. Which means that she has the base model of the car, w/o DSC TSC.

i never had foglamps and had a full GT package.. special order?

lol at pedobear thats hilarious i just spit out double cheeseburger

Well, she said it started to slide and she let off the gas. Trailing Throttle Oversteer, a classic case. When you let off the throttle, the weight balance is shifted to the front of the car. Making the rear end light and causing it to slide even more. If she does have a base model RX8, she doesn't have DSC to counter her mistake. A mistake most drivers on the road will make.

I can see it being legit if she accidentally put the clutch in while cornering while applying gas then released clutch.

Rofl that would be deadly if you can't drift/countersteer well.

osea guey!
well maybe cause my tires where kinda ehh at the moment but i changed them lol :D!

You have to be borderline retarded to lose the RX-8 in a corner going 25 with the traction control on.

hahahahahahha! you just made my day and into my signature! thanks poster6!

im gonna say she did the classic (not gonna say girl) new driver reaction

got a little sidways, freaked out and did something incorrect (as mentioned by alnielsen) , and wound up spinning in circles on the road

:./ soo cruel
hey remeber this is my 1st car

:./ soo cruel
hey remeber this is my 1st car

you said you had experience with driving a MT, what car was that in?

what happened to your posts? you just dropped from 30 something to 18..

osea guey!
well maybe cause my tires where kinda ehh at the moment but i changed them lol :D!

HAHA! Que Honda GUEY!!!! haha

idk dude they always do something lol i think they delete things :/
and i learned in my brothers wrx

^^ original thread she started locked/deleted??

Not sure.

a lot got deleted from that epic thread started by her last night...lol

yeah seriously why do they delete only my thread wtf dude hahah
:/
people are mean!!

probably since they got moved to the lounge... where posts dont get counted

idk dude they always do something lol i think they delete things :/
and i learned in my brothers wrx

WRX's handle different than an RX8. I also own an Subaru Outback and it is much different than the 8.

yeah seriously why do they delete only my thread wtf dude hahah
:/
people are mean!!
We Mods & Admins are the parents of the site. It's not only your thread where things get deleted.

yeah seriously why do they delete only my thread wtf dude hahah
:/
people are mean!!

Because they go so off topic it's like a chatroom of random comments/snipes/gripes

thats what we get for not staying on topic i guess.. so how about that slide?? glad you didn't die!!

yeah my brothers wrx is way differnt than my 8!
>.<

lol yeah it's sad that sometimes i forget what the heck we're even talking about

Wow...looks like you need to take some teen driving schools. They will help you learn how to control this kind of thing.

omg this has only happened once u guys act like i fishtail everyy single time i drive!

Wow...looks like you need to take some teen driving schools. They will help you learn how to control this kind of thing.

true. i did a novice autox day and learned a lot. had my first spin on the rainy track and then learned to control better while still pushing it. ;)

ughh..
whatever im soo over it

ughh..
whatever im soo over it

aw ok :[ lets just go with this......... shit happens lol :D

Come to South Padre Island for spring break :D maybe i can show you how to control a slide hehe :lol:

i still dont get it...i've tried to get my car sideways at those speeds and couldn't do it because the car handles to good.

i still dont get it...i've tried to get my car sideways at those speeds and couldn't do it because the car handles to good.

Come in............. clutch in keep foot on gas rev up pop clutch to 2nd and sliding occurs begin counter steering :D BABY!!!

ughh..
whatever im soo over it

Yeah...untill the next time it happens when it's raining out, and this time you actually go into the curb..The thing is, your an inexperienced driver when it comes to rear wheel drive. If you get on the gas around a corner, the rear tires will spin and if too much power is applied, you will spin out. It seems like you noticed them spinning and jerked the wheel the opposite way, causing you to fishtale. You need to learn the proper way to control a rear wheel drive car in a situation like this again. Therefore, enroll in a local AutoCross. www.scca.com OR find a performance driving school near you, and sign up. You may be laughing about it now, but if it happens again and something goes wrong...well I dont think anybody wants to see that happen.

good advice topgear... but you know she wont take it

:/ um thankss

how do u knw i wont take it?
sttop judging me

lulz

Stubborn as a mule http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acYFSjblm4I

Not saying this is you. im just saying this is funny haha!! :]

how do u knw i wont take it?
sttop judging me

prove me wrong. please

^It seems like my advice just went in one ear and out the other.. So let me put it this way.

If you don't learn how to control your car in this situation, Your car will probably end up looking like this.

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb300/sweeper357/long-rd-crash3-26-06.jpg

stop judging meeeeeeeee!

^It seems like my advice just went in one ear and out the other.. So let me put it this way.

If you don't learn how to control your car in this situation, Your car will probably end up looking like this.

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb300/sweeper357/long-rd-crash3-26-06.jpg

holy shit i could so part that out...

holy shit i could so part that out...

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

just noticed the tags... :rollingla

holy shit i could so part that out...

LoL DIBS ON RIMS!

cool well i guess im never coming back to this forum cause i fishtailed once im a idoit woman driver and jailbait..
people are ignorant

cool well i guess im never coming back to this forum cause i fishtailed once im a idoit woman driver and jailbait..
people are ignorant

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b271/Dshiznit1489/fabulous.jpg

oh no... please dont threaten us with leaving!

lol im not threatning anyone
you guys just take everything way out of proportion by saying those things about me
i just asked for some advice and you guys act all stupid..
i knw im a new driver and im trying to learn things about my rx8!
blah D:

^You asked for advice, and I gave you some, but you did not take it seriously, therefore, you are too immature to drive an RX8.

lmfao props to admins for the tags pretty funny :D!

please explain to me how i didnt take it seriously?

dude, im a TAG!

i want to thank my mom, and my dad.... and god.... and my karate teacher, and i wanna give a shout out to my homie ray dog.... keep it real bro

http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=134095&stc=1&d=1235361452

the admins didnt make the tags.....the people did! WE HAVE A VOICE!

Remember in the other thread when you wanted to learn to do "doughnuts" and I told you that you would learn on your own eventually. Welcome to Eventually. Have a good day.

ohh haha
kay cool!
nice tagss f00s :D!

Hmm.. Would anyone care if I almost died today? I'm a guy btw. :(

Isnt it past your bedtime?

:wavey:

Hi mikoo - w00t w00t on not dying! :D: - i was gonna tag something on here - but apparently someone already tagged me as being here...thanks guys

zomg everyone if you dont like me you can suck it hahahahah ;]

i dont think this is about liking you...

but by saying that i think you make yourself less like-able....



just sayin

you dont even now me dude!!
im just here to talk about rx8 and have muchoo fun and so far this is both amusing and stupid <33

it IS both of those things, yes.

lol it says "i r best stick driver" hahah

That's life..

Soooo....mikoo........how you doin ;)

yea topgear needs a roommate for dgrr ;)

hahah i guess!
so i ordered a borla exhaust i cant wait till it gets here

im good and u!

ship it to my address....

hahah i guess!
so i ordered a borla exhaust i cant wait till it gets here

what the heck.. jipped our deal?

.......http://i30.tinypic.com/agox.jpg

Should have bought the exhaust from G3TR3DDY2GR3DDY. That Borla will fall apart on you pretty fast...

yea especially if you be doin spinouts n shit all the time :)

rofl, I R best stick driver, classic !

Seriously, it's called ribbing, learn it and don't take stuff seriously :)

Not reading the whole thread, but since you said they are new tires... How new? Often times new tires have a break in period, where you will supposedly not get optimal grip until the thin top layer of factory residue gets rubbed off after a few hundred miles.

yeah im not gonna read the whole thread too, but i think you let go of the clutch to fast...

:rofl:

i'm still laughing at the tags...i wonder if mod's will come in and clean that up...

you could try slowing down. Usually slowing down keeps the back end from coming out. taking tight corners above 30 mph is a recipe for a bad day if you don't have an understanding of car control (and it sounds like you don't.)

(nice trolling btw)