122 Vega
09-08-2003, 06:49 PM
I was just coming home today on the freeway and heard a familiar PFFFTGOBBLEGOBBLEGOBBLEPFFT. Wait, I didn't just shift did I? No, out of the corner of my eye a 3.5 Titanium comes up on me in the left lane.
I give him the thumbs up and notice the Injen sticker on the back window and what appeared to be yellow tow hooks up front. Hmm...he didn't respond. It is as if he doesn't know what I am driving. I decide to follow him for a bit as the rain starts to come down.
We approach the 217 Southbound interchange, a long 72 mph (for the MSP in the dry) negative cambered sweeper to the right. He heads towards it like how I've put mine through it many times before, and I think, Whoa, this'll be fun, dicing though this turn in the rain, just the two of us. But then, he lifts throttle in front of me at about 60 mph. He turns in nicely and eases up on the brake. I plan on diving in on him, late apex the turn and come out past him at WOT. That'll suprise him!
But then I notice that I have developed a severe amount of understeer at the limit. The front is all loose, washing out from under me instantly. Scary. I lift the throttle and check my mirro to see if it is safe and clear for me to swing into the left lane if I have to. I open my radius a little wider and regain control, albeit now at a whopping 40 mph.
I see the Titanium hammer down as he unwinds the turn and soon he is just tailights. I creep through the rest of the turn and sheepishly take the next exit home.
Does anyone know why this happened? I have a theory, but I would like some other opinions first. It was not hydroplaning, the rain had just started.
Thanks,
Britt
I give him the thumbs up and notice the Injen sticker on the back window and what appeared to be yellow tow hooks up front. Hmm...he didn't respond. It is as if he doesn't know what I am driving. I decide to follow him for a bit as the rain starts to come down.
We approach the 217 Southbound interchange, a long 72 mph (for the MSP in the dry) negative cambered sweeper to the right. He heads towards it like how I've put mine through it many times before, and I think, Whoa, this'll be fun, dicing though this turn in the rain, just the two of us. But then, he lifts throttle in front of me at about 60 mph. He turns in nicely and eases up on the brake. I plan on diving in on him, late apex the turn and come out past him at WOT. That'll suprise him!
But then I notice that I have developed a severe amount of understeer at the limit. The front is all loose, washing out from under me instantly. Scary. I lift the throttle and check my mirro to see if it is safe and clear for me to swing into the left lane if I have to. I open my radius a little wider and regain control, albeit now at a whopping 40 mph.
I see the Titanium hammer down as he unwinds the turn and soon he is just tailights. I creep through the rest of the turn and sheepishly take the next exit home.
Does anyone know why this happened? I have a theory, but I would like some other opinions first. It was not hydroplaning, the rain had just started.
Thanks,
Britt