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SofaKingSickpractice practice practice! once you're sure you understand the underlying concept, of course.
it's fun as hell to drive a stick shift (and in, say, snowy hilly roads, it can add safety) and it's just a good skill to have
old.man.tibblesPretty disappointed. I opened this thread thinking I was going to read a bunch of people's most embarrassing moments and instead I'm reading supportive comments about driving a manual transmission.
Mingg100%. My wrangler was squirreley as hell in the snow but just hitting the clutch when things got loose 99% of the time got me back in control. Letting off the gas in an auto is okay but doesn’t take all the power from your wheels which is kind of sketch sometimes.
Rum_HamThis is terrible advice. When the back end of the car gets squirrelly the worst thing you can do is push the clutch in or slam on the brake. That will only transfer the weight further to the front and cause the back end to swing around faster.
Driving a FWD car you actually want to put more power to front wheels while countersteering to pull you out of the slide. Driving RWD you want to let off slightly but still keep your foot in it while countersteering to keep good weight balance.
**This post was edited on Nov 7th 2018 at 1:01:12am
Rum_HamThis is terrible advice. When the back end of the car gets squirrelly the worst thing you can do is push the clutch in or slam on the brake. That will only transfer the weight further to the front and cause the back end to swing around faster.
Driving a FWD car you actually want to put more power to front wheels while countersteering to pull you out of the slide. Driving RWD you want to let off slightly but still keep your foot in it while countersteering to keep good weight balance.
**This post was edited on Nov 7th 2018 at 1:01:12am
MinggI mean, it worked for me and I didn’t die so I’m gonna keep doing it lol. I’ve never had a problem with using the clutch to restore traction in snow sooo I’m gonna keep doing it lol
Rum_HamYeah that’s fine if you do it. It’s just fundamentally wrong and dangerous and you should not encourage others to do it.
Skittle.tldr: go drift whatever car you own/will drive in a snowy parking lot and learn what happens when you do different stuff.
