Originally Posted by superjeer

ah, you just need to throw it in reverse, crank the wheel and punch the gas!

Originally Posted by the_saint

Next time it snows, find an empty parking lot before the plows and salt trucks do. Get sailing across the parking lot, turn the wheel and yank the e-brake. Not exactly a donut, but the end result is similar...spinning out of control.

Originally Posted by Old Punk

Exactly -- donuts in reverse. Use the hand brake to lock up the rear wheels.

The next hot sport: backward drift racing for FWD cars. Takes much more skill and finesse.

Originally Posted by Old Punk

I was thinking of the parking lot at the colosseum or the speedway. There's a chance of snow this weekend

Originally Posted by Davestoaster

Did the same thing on a snowy road last night. It doesn't matter whether you have TRAC CONT. on or off, the skid control is automatic and on all the time. All the TRAC CONT does is help prevent front wheels from spinning on the slippery stuff.

The neat thing is, the skid control works long before you hear the Beep-Beep-Beep. You can tell this by doing it at night. Both the anti-lock brake system, and the skid control are tied together, and when you do either one the headlights dim out. Both draw big amps when they work, and they both work in a instant.

When I tried the skids, I felt the brake on only one wheel being applied in a blink of an eye, and it pulled me right back into line. This was before the Beeps went off. You are right.......boring winter, but safe !!