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LDA
Alfa 33
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 Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:23 pm Post subject: fun in the snow |
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morning all,
lots of snow to play with today in sussex. or there was at about 5am this morning.
took the perm 4 for a rally blast round as many back roads as i could find.
found some nice sweeping corners out near Lewis and got quite good at 4wd drifting the 33.
its not quite got the diff setup of the pulsar but if you use enough weight shift its very fun to drive sideways 
the only problem i was having was. if you touch the break pedal while you have lost grip at the rear, the 4wd cuts out for a little while. since i fixed the cutting out problem out the other day (thanks paul!) the system works really well. but tends to try and catch you out by being too clever for its own good when your trying to drive sideways or on ice.
hope the rest of you are having fun in the interesting driving conditions.
take care!
L.
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gritsop
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LDA
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yeh its all low speed stuff during quiet hours on tiny back roads.
i'll take care, honest.
L.
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Dreamracers
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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 9:40 am Post subject: |
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it is great fun in the snow, a great chance to play with left foot braking to lock the rear wheels and get some oversteer like the old rally Minis 
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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Dreamracers wrote: |
| it is great fun in the snow, a great chance to play with left foot braking to lock the rear wheels and get some oversteer like the old rally Minis |
Can't you get a better feel with the handbrake?  |
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Dreamracers
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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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yeaeh, but anyone can pull a handbrake, and you get to keep both hands on the wheel with left foot braking
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Eddie W
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I'm envious!
Eddie
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Ben_nz
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:15 am Post subject: |
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What you need to get over that jealousy, Eddie, is a good trip to the beach!
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gritsop
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LDA
Alfa 33
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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i'd be scared to get my 33 that close to so much salt!
then again, there is prolly less saly in the sand than there is on the uk roads atm 
L.
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paddy granger
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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| LDA wrote: |
i'd be scared to get my 33 that close to so much salt!
then again, there is prolly less saly in the sand than there is on the uk roads atm
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HAHAHA, you are probably correct there. Even worse though, would be if the car conked out on the sand, with no telephone.....just you and the car, in the middle of nowhere with the sea creaping up on you!! |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 8:48 am Post subject: |
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Hahaha.. don't worry - even though there might not have been reception for my cellphone on that beach, I soon had to stop hooning around handbraking because another car turned up. And later that day I took the car to a carwash and hosed down the underside, the wheel arches etc.
Salt can't get me anyway because of my magical rust protection system! |
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