Kids + AWD = Ownage!

[IvoryJ30t]

i cant beleive all the people saying he should have shut the car off.... jeesus, i remember way back when in drivers ed they specifically said not to do that, you will lose power steering and brakes!

you have never turned a car off while it was moving???when i was younger i would do it for fun and practice.

if the car is rolling, and you turn the motor off, you can steer the car just fine. its when the car stops that you need to put some muscle into the wheel.

and the brake booster stores enough vacuum to power a few pedal pushes after the motor is shut down. if you get in the brakes and hold them, the car will stop with little effort.

if the car is manual, and you turn the ignition off without taking the car out of gear, you will still have manifold vacuum [power brakes] and the motor will still be turning the PS pump [power steering], while the engine is also helping to slow the car [engine braking].

[nametakennow]

This is why relatively slow, overmatched by suspension, FWD cars are perfect for new drivers.

As silly as it sounds, I've come to appreciate FWD for the "What? Slide? Point straight. Mmmm... gas!" ability. Eventually I'll be able to take it to a track and really learn the car, then eventually RWD and AWD, but FWD, wet roads, and common sense/calm persona are doing alright.Actually, once a AWD/4WD vehicle starts sliding, it has a much larger learning curve than even RWD. I note this because of an unfortunate scare in a friend's 4WD Tacoma, had it been in RWD mode, it would have been much less scary.

[Looneybomber]

FWD's can be just as hard to drive as a RWD I personally think they are harder to drive. In a RWD (if you're not comming in too hot) you can add gas and over steer to help make the turn. In a FWD (again if you're not comming in too hot) if u add the gas you understeer like mad. That being said the only FWD car i have ever driven hard was my friend Lancer. It's real unnerving to feel the front start pushing in a turn instead of the rear start comming out. Maybe it's just a matter of getting used to but I still perfer AWD and RWD to FWD.

[glitched]

you have never turned a car off while it was moving???when i was younger i would do it for fun and practice.

if the car is rolling, and you turn the motor off, you can steer the car just fine. its when the car stops that you need to put some muscle into the wheel.

and the brake booster stores enough vacuum to power a few pedal pushes after the motor is shut down. if you get in the brakes and hold them, the car will stop with little effort.

if the car is manual, and you turn the ignition off without taking the car out of gear, you will still have manifold vacuum [power brakes] and the motor will still be turning the PS pump [power steering], while the engine is also helping to slow the car [engine braking].

yes i have turned my car off while it was moving before... but Trying to perform EMERGENCY MANEVEURS while the car is turned off is dangerous

[Florida240sx]

From the looks of what happened I don't see how it could of been worse if anything it would of made him spin out in the grass and redce his speed maybe not even hit it at all. I noticed he said his friend came running over to check to see if he was alright. Where was his friend? Just happened to be walking around?

[Luke]

I swear to god, 95% of people in Virginia CANT DRIVE. I'm not joking, when I drive to DC or anywhere near VA, I feel like running these people off the road.

It's also been a proven fact that VA drivers NEVER move out of the fast lane. No matter how long you follow them, high-beam them, even tailgate them. They do not understand the concept of slower traffic stays to the right.

Atleast one more nice/fast car is out of the hands of these stupid drivers.

[yeap]

Haha!

[andrave]

damn that was some funny****

[yelnatsch517]

Dude, you guys need to read. He wasn't going fast at all until the throttle got stuck. He said it got stuck after he just shifted into third. He also said he was going around 25-30mph. The only thing you can blame him for is inexperience and freezing up at the moment. He didn't try to drift, go fast, do anything but drive like a normal grandma would. 30mph in a residential is more than slow enough. You can't blame him for a factory defect. The responses in this thread is a classic example of when people jump to conclusions and make assumptions.

[PantherRacer]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL that one with the scooby coming over the hill flying is priceless! lol oh man!

CR4PZ0R! A HAUSE!!!11!!!!