'87 TQ in a 4 Wheel Drift...

[Michael Spiers <mikes@specnet.com>]

Had my TQ in it's first four wheel drift yesterday on the way home on the
beltway.  Came around the same on-ramp that I usually do, off of Route 7 and
onto 495, at the speed I usually do (about 45.)  Catch was, it was raining.  Oh
yeah, and they're digging a pond or something inside the on-ramp (the thing
basically does a real tight 300 degree turn off a bridge) so there was mud all
across the road, and Jersey-walls on both sides.  I came around the turn, in my
usual "I hate this commute" attitude, in fourth gear, when all of a sudden the
ass-end lets loose.  SO, the nose of my car is now aimed at the right Jersey
wall, with the rear bumper drifting uncomfortably close to the left
Jersey-wall.  Panic struck in, I envisioned winding up front bumper against one
wall and rear bumper against the other, but I just kinda left my right foot as
far into the gas as I had been, and wound up doing a killer merge into traffic
at a cool 60 MPH.  All luck, no skill involved what-so-ever on my part, but the
M3 I slid out infront of sped up to pass me with a big smile on his face and a
thumbs-up sign...  Sucker actually thought I meant to do that...

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-Mike
mikes@specnet.com
mks107@psuvm.psu.edu
87 5000CS TQ
84 5000S (2,000 miles away and a mile high)
90 80 (sibling's mode of transportation I get lynched into working on)