Thought you guys might get a kick out of this

shimshimhada · 09-16-2007, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by montreal_bimmer

more like far from death....

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showpo...47&postcount=4

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Originally Posted by mantis

man, what happened? what'd u do wrong?

I went WOT too early after turning in to that downhill right-hander, so I pushed out too wide. I didn't correct the understeer and got my left side wheels off track. The next bigger mistake I made was not straightening out the wheel so I would just go off safely. Instead I kept my steering angle, which eventually got my left front back on track and the left rear being off induced snap oversteer, when I went full opposite lock to barely save it.

Skidpad practice helped a lot, since my car goes from understeer to oversteer under heavy throttle.

KL2DC · 09-16-2007, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by montreal_bimmer

more like far from death....

Actually the car could've easily dug into the ground while going sideways and induced a series of barrel rolls....like I said, shimshimhada's save was a combination of dumb luck and skill and it was nice of him to share all this...

stressdoc · 09-17-2007, 10:33 AM

Nice catch, fortunate to have kept the rears on the tarmac long enough to start the momentum swinging back the other way -- the fronts could start sliding forward when they hit the dirt heading toward the armco. That is a nasty place to put the armco.

It looked to me like you caught a bit of dirt/road debris clipping the previous apex [@ 22sec in your video] that initiated the understeer. Downhill turns suck.

All driver's training should include some off-road excursions -- how to exit gracefully. Awful scary hitting the dirt at speed though.

wilkoal · 08-25-2008, 09:27 AM

can anyone pls telleing me how to watch it? thanx

clark192 · 08-25-2008, 10:03 AM

shim, youtube is telling me its a private vid. was wondering if you might be so kind as to open it up to view? or is it really only for friends?

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stressdoc Moderator 668 Rep 10,864 Posts Drives: BMW i8; Toy 4runner TRD pro Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Waco TX iTrader: (0)	Nice catch, fortunate to have kept the rears on the tarmac long enough to start the momentum swinging back the other way -- the fronts could start sliding forward when they hit the dirt heading toward the armco. That is a nasty place to put the armco. It looked to me like you caught a bit of dirt/road debris clipping the previous apex [@ 22sec in your video] that initiated the understeer. Downhill turns suck. All driver's training should include some off-road excursions -- how to exit gracefully. Awful scary hitting the dirt at speed though. __________________ My recent ED photos: http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1026808 my not-so-recent ED: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31829 Please join BMWCCA http://bmwcca.org/index.php?pageid=c...&ref_by=300279
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wilkoal Private First Class 13 Rep 130 Posts Drives: E92 335i Msport Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Earth iTrader: (0)	help pls can anyone pls telleing me how to watch it? thanx
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08-25-2008, 10:03 AM	#27
clark192 Second Lieutenant 17 Rep 230 Posts Drives: 2006 325i (EU) Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bahrain iTrader: (0)	shim, youtube is telling me its a private vid. was wondering if you might be so kind as to open it up to view? or is it really only for friends?
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