Driving Yesteday..., Almost lost it in the /6 Options

[Rusty]

Speed is seductive, especially in a 914. I had been driving several hours, cruising between 85 and 105. Clear blue sky, nice reading on the temp gauge, my Diet Coke in a cooler, sweet crisp sound of the /6 behind my head. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

After a while, it just doesn't seem that fast, ya know? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

At the time, I was going 95-100 on the freeway. The road wasn't the greatest in my lane, so I decided to move over. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/MDB2.gif)

OMG! I felt like I was on the SS Minnow. The car was tilting back and forth, and I almost put it sideways into a concrete retaining wall. The only thought in my mind was... "oh shit - another factory /6 in the graveyard." (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

Both hands gripping the Momo steering wheel with white knuckles, I pointed in one direction and increased speed (for just a moment that felt like 2-3 minutes) until the car stopped rocking... then I slowed down and made my lane change. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif)

I *really* need to get that front sway bar hooked up today. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)

-Rusty (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)

[tryan]

glad you held on and kept it under control. i hate it when cars track sideways on uneven pavement. it must have been the diet coke.



we have a new 'enhanced traffic enforcement' zone. i will have to drill holes in my right foot until the court date comes and my probation is over.

[Carl]

The car was tilting back and forth, and I almost put it sideways into a concrete retaining wall.

There was a moment like that with mine during one of the first times I'd driven it. Here in San Jose is a freeway interchange with a downhill, right-had sweeper, slight banking and a bump in the pavement half way through. I wasn't going all that fast, ~60, but the mid-turn wave in the asphalt set up an oscillation in the car that definitely increased the pucker-factor. The front bar and stiffer rear springs solved that problem.

Carl

[redshift]

Right hand sweeper onto 278 into Hilton Head, 80 is good, but that camber change makes the oversteer somewhat unpredictable if you don't hit the apex on the mark..

-smile with a missing tooth, weeds in hair-


M

[scotty]

Good instinct: accelerating to slow the gyrations. check your rear tire pressures...mine did that to me and I found a screw/slow leak in my right rear that caused a similar problem for me at 80mph. Damn scary...glad you made it!

Now I check my tire pressures every time I go out of the garage! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[airsix]

Wow. I am shocked and amazed that anyone could... drive a 914 without a front swaybar!!!!!

I'd been driving 914's for 10 years before I had the opportunity to drive one without a swaybar. It was terrible. Anytime anyone asks "What is the single best upgrade?", or "What should be my first modificaiton?" I say swaybar. Without question. No doubts. Absolutely.

Get the bar, man!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

-Ben M.

ps - glad you're ok.