Hand break turns in the snow

[McWatters]

umm i know its gotta be bad for the car butt how bad?

anythign that i should worry bout ?




J.McWatters

[Jon K]

this has to be a fake post...

[McWatters]

HAHA GOT YOU



J.McWatters

On a serious note jon f u hahah it infact is real

[Jon K]

god... really?


in that case...
you'll flat spot your tires...
perhaps seize or wear your e-brake less than ideally.. don't do it.

[McWatters]

lol dam. its so much fun in my moms protege.

i always knew it was to good to be true. haha

Thanks Jon . sorry for my ignorance.. god.



J.McWatters

[Jay 535i]

Why bother using the handbrake when you get the same effect by booting the throttle? We're talking about snow and RWD here.

Using the handbrake to get around corners on a low traction surface is for FWD and AWD cars.

[Kalevera]

The more immediate problem is the *potential* to bend a trailing arm or the like. At the moment, we have a 540 on the alignment rack/attempting to track down the same type of culprit. The car hits a pothole/crack in the pavement/curb at the wrong angle, and you'll be up for some pretty expensive work, or a few hard days under the car. I have very few nice anecdotes to share on replacing trailing arms.

best, whit

[DanDombrowski]

you wear the brake and you slow down. I'm with whoever said to blip the throttle instead.

[Paul in NZ]

it will be all fun until something gets in the way....

[Maki]

The really cool technique to master on minimal-traction surfaces is left-foot braking -- that is, braking with the throttle applied. Takes the fear out of oversteer!