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Yep, the progress bar causes oversteer...

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Old 07-26-2003, 02:33 PM
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Yep, the progress bar causes oversteer...

So I was on the way back to the city late last night...On the way to the Queensboro bridge from there are a bunch of constant radius, 90 degree left-hand turns. With no one in sight and two lanes to work with, I decided to see if I could make the rear kick out a little since everyone says the progress bar makes your car oversteer. I noticed the huge difference on highway sweepers but never saw this oversteer everyone was talking about, so I figured what the heck.

I entered the turn quick enough to hear the tires just a litte bit. I left it in 2nd and when I came up on the apex, I punched it a little and then lifted.

oh nelly. I HUNG that tail out for a good 3 seconds and countered to the right to get it back in line. It was kinda unexpected for the tail to jump out that much, but it was pretty easy to control. I guess that answers that question. Next time I'll take it to an empty parking lot...
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Old 07-26-2003, 03:59 PM
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I did that on a onramp once.. it was by mistake I was doing like 60 trying to slow down my back jus went out a little.. scared me ****less
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Old 07-26-2003, 08:16 PM
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that happened to me once going down a hill to exit a mall parking lot.. i think there was gravel on the road but other than that my addco works just fine... please be careful out there.
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Old 07-26-2003, 10:26 PM
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Yup. Snap oversteer. I wish it didn't happen so suddenly on the Maxima, but hey, what can you do, it's FWD.

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Old 07-27-2003, 09:36 PM
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i like it, a fwd and oversteer...its just fun.
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Old 07-27-2003, 10:31 PM
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oversteer......hehe fwd drifts
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Old 07-27-2003, 11:57 PM
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yea i think there is a maxima drifting video on vqpower.com, go check it out if it still exist.
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Old 07-28-2003, 06:35 AM
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also remember that the 59th st. bridge onramp is really slippery. i bet you wouldn't drift and snap on a nicer road.
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