I'll just get to the point.

Taking a U-turn, trying to show off, I mash the gass in first gear. This is a large U-turn with a big median about 2 lanes wide. Back end kicks out too far and I was about to hit the median, so I counter quick and mash the brakes Spun 180 in the other direction into a bus stop. Really ing glad there was the bus stop there and not curb.

No damage on the car except I couldn't start it for about 2 mins after.

This was really stupid of me. I need to put this out for people to hear so I feel more like an idiot but get it off my chest.

I have learned another aspect of the car, that will change the way I drive. No more kicking the end out for me untill I can go to a racing class and learn how to countersteer properly.

Any comments would be great. I can't get this out of my mind.

 

Mashing on the brakes abruptly tranfsered too much weight too quickly. I understand the need to bleed off speed, but lifting off the throttle may have yielded a better result. If you feel that you need to press on the brake, do it very gently. I have been doing it so long, sometimes I don't think a whole lot about correcting a certain situation as it becomes instinct as to how to safely resove a matter without a negative result.

The only time a driver should mash on the brake pedal during a spin, is if the car is already 180 degree's and traveling backwards. This is called "two feet in". At least that what I was taught in racing school

I have been backwards in the carousel at 90 mph, all 4 wheels locked up and puffing a big-ass cloud of tire smoke while driving a Formula Russell at Sears Point Raceway. I have also been backwards doing 115 mph at turn 1 at the same track. It kinda sucks seeing car parts flying off the car when your going backwards at 100 mph

Going two feet in helps slow the car down hence reducing the damage and therefore reducing the amount of money you owe the racing school

Seriously though, don't go two feet in unless you are already backwards

 

BTW, did you soil your pants?

 

Edit above post: I spun while exiting the carousel, not while in the carousel. I went two feet in and the car slowed dramatically without me hitting anything. I was in the midst of a big-ass cloud of tire smoke while two or three cars went around me through the big-ass cloud of smoke. Kinda like days of thunder, but a little bit slower.

 

I sure as hell did! And yeah, breaking was just a natural reaction that I will need to break.

 

A lot of new RWD drivers seem to run into this, Hamiy. It's good that you're willing to embarass yourself online here, but the key thing is to learn from the experience.

As so many people have said, try some performance driving school, or at least go do some autoX or track time. I'll just say this... pushing the car's limits on public roads is really not smart.

 

I'll give you another "you should learn to drive your car before pushing it to the limits reply"

J/k, when I first got my Porsche 944 years ago, I was taking a left turn onto the highway and got a little too agressive and spun where I was heading straight at the median, hit the brakes about 2 inches before crashing into it...I was sooo lucky.

Remember in the words of uncle Ben (Spiderman) "with great power comes great responsibility", just be safe out there. If you haven't autox'd yet, try it or do a track day, you will come to understand how the car can be driven much more easily and in a safer place for you, your car, and most importantly everyone around you. Once is a mistake, let it go at that, learn from it and never let it happen again.

 

After going through this,

And I am glad I am not the only one here that has experienced this.

 

Learn the car first;It's a rear wheel drive.
And,if you want to impress yourself and others,go to a track.
BTW,how did you get the smell off the seat?

 

[QUOTE]BTW,how did you get the smell off the seat?