Bad Drifting Experience

[sfroeh]

So Friday night I was doing some backroad driving with my buddy John. We come up to a 60 degree right turn (litterally) when John says "Dude I always drift around this turn", so like what any guy would do, I slow down, dump the clutch (bad idea) and whip that shit around, it was all good fun until my drift came to a screeching hault. It felt like I had a bent rim. So I get out and to my surprise the rear left tire is off the rim and pushed inward about 2 inches! Fucking bridgestones suck! The whole sidewall was blown but luckily the rim never touched the pavement. I'm taking the tire to midas today to see if the tire is eligable for the 30 day warranty. Anyone else ever had this problem??

[old guy]

I'm going to take a guess here and suggest you may have had a seriously underflated rear tire.

[B6Lovin]

DOUBBLLLEEEEE POOOOSSTTTTTT


maybe we should have a new section called "dumb things ive done while driving"

i've got a similar story, but it was a minivan, it was on a paved road, and there was a LOT of tire screaming/smoke before mine blew lol

[GQ//S4]

What Bridgestones do you run???

[toaster]

i can't believe you had this problem.

the B6 is the DRIFT KING!

what car does your friend have? hopefully one that's actually capable of drifting.

[IronAudi]

Quattro cant drift they dtick like shit to the road, ive had better luck drifting a minivan full of kids!!

[sfroeh]

There All-season bridgestone potenza re960 etc etc.
There real low profile and thats why I think it happened but my friend drives a 03' 330 ci

[1point8teeNW]

I worked at a shop that deals bridgestone potenza RE960s. Not a bad tire if all you're doing is commuting. Not a real performer in my book.

[Seire]

drift

Problem found.

[|Sandman|]

LOL... what do you exactly call drifting ??.... jesus....

[dirtybrd]

If you want to drift, go buy a 240sx. By trying to drift you just learned how good Quattro is.

[B6Lovin]

i drift on grass fields if i REALLY want to. lol.

it is fun, but i only did it like... twice. got to tear up a few local "high class" neighborhood soccer fields though.

[sixty40band]

ok. audis i diont think are RWD....,.

[B6Lovin]

look, im not saying its smart to try and drift an audi..
but every once in awhile i miss being able to do donuts and slide around an empty parking lot. lol


in my defense though -- evos, subys, etc etc arent rwd either and people "drift" those all the time in rallys and just off road in general...

[C Note]

in my defense though -- evos, subys, etc etc arent rwd either and people "drift" those all the time in rallys and just off road in general...

They also weigh less than our cars and produce more power than our cars. Our fat ass B6s were never meant to go sideways I'm afraid..

[DELUX]

Nice one Vin Diesel...

Stop trying stuff you see in movies before you hurt someone you idiot.

[B6Lovin]

They also weigh less than our cars and produce more power than our cars. Our fat ass B6s were never meant to go sideways I'm afraid..

true that... i love my fatty though.

grass is a fun way to screw around (as long as its someone else's grass) in pretty much anything though... that and tray sliding fwd's.

that's something some of the fronttrash guys should try out if they havent.

[Allwheel Driver]

I have no problem drifting my Audi in a snow covered parking lot.
It's good practice to learn to control a slide.

All you need is a slippery surface and some car control skills.

[old guy]

I have no problem drifting my Audi in a snow covered parking lot.
It's good practice to learn to control a slide.

All you need is a slippery surface and some car control skills.

A word of caution….. I was doing the same thing in the snow and managed to get so much snow underneath that I ripped the bell pan right off the car. But overall I guess it might have been worth the $160 to replace everything. Sure was fun!

[B6Lovin]

yeah, dont be a moron and hold your wheel fully locked in either direction. people burn out their ps pumps that way.

[Allwheel Driver]

A word of caution….. I was doing the same thing in the snow and managed to get so much snow underneath that I ripped the bell pan right off the car. But overall I guess it might have been worth the $160 to replace everything. Sure was fun!

Mine's only held on by a couple fastners, a bunch are missing. I have to order a complete fastner kit before the winter starts.

Thanx for reminding me!

[T0M3K]

Fasteners? I keep on loosing mine and strauss lost most of them, now I use zip ties for major points of contact. Works amazing. Also recently I saw undercarriage. Looks like I scraped it few good times.