Mid Atlantic Cruise: Loch Raven to Pretty Boy

shadoquad

Brian, we haven't set a date for this yet. This is just in the planning phases.

The endpoint of the run is a restaurant called "Friendly Farm" that has a large parking lot. Food is pricey, but it is what it is.

Agree that following distances need to be reasonable. The turn onto Kidds Schoolhouse road off of Beckleysville Rd is a hard right at the end of an intense S-turn. It's barely visible.

brian0128

Intense S-turn with a 90 degree right.....so what your saying is the best way to manage it is:

1. Enter a turn at a speed too high for the vehicle to handle (if you do not drift, your vehicle should experience understeer at this speed).

2. Heel-Toe Downshift to get your vehicle into a gear low enough to cause the rear tires to break traction when you accelerate (2nd gear).

3. Turn your wheels sharply into the turn. By the time you finish downshifting and turning your wheels, you should be at the apex of the turn.

4. Accelerate hard, but balance the throttle to maintain the drift.

5. When you feel the vehicle’s rear end kicking out, immediately countersteer the wheels to face straight with the road. Your vehicle will pull in the direction of the front wheels, as long as the wheels are still moving. Keep on the throttle. If you press the brakes or let off the throttle because your vehicle is in an extremely oversteered condition, you will spin out or leave the road.

6. When you wish to straighten out your car, after completing the drift, let off the throttle smoothly and straighten out the wheels as your vehicle kicks in line behind the front tires.

Sorry, had to cut and paste that. I know it belongs in the fast and the furious movie thread but.....