As I was driving up a slightly curvy hill up to my home, I lost control of the rear end of my 1989 BMW 325is. I was completely sober.
It rained in LA yesterday, but when I was coming home late last night, the ground was mostly dry, maybe a little wet. Anyway, I normally shift a little earlier in the wet, but I figured that the ground was dry when I took the car to about 3500 RPM in 2nd gear (shifted from 1st to 2nd at around 2500). At this point, the back end just fishtailed out and scared the **** out of me. The car ended up maybe 135 degrees from the direction I was going (not quite a full 180). During the spin, I really thought I would hit something, but I was lucky to come out of that incident unscathed.
I plan on going to a track in February, which would be my first time. When one starts to feel the rear slip a little, are you supposed to turn the steering wheel in the same direction as the slippage? I've seen some clips of this, and it seems to create a "drift" that's easily corrected. I was foolish enough to simply hit the brakes, which probably made matters worse. I've only been driving RWD for 2-3 years, only a few thousand miles per year, and almost never in the rain.
thanks
It rained in LA yesterday, but when I was coming home late last night, the ground was mostly dry, maybe a little wet. Anyway, I normally shift a little earlier in the wet, but I figured that the ground was dry when I took the car to about 3500 RPM in 2nd gear (shifted from 1st to 2nd at around 2500). At this point, the back end just fishtailed out and scared the **** out of me. The car ended up maybe 135 degrees from the direction I was going (not quite a full 180). During the spin, I really thought I would hit something, but I was lucky to come out of that incident unscathed.
I plan on going to a track in February, which would be my first time. When one starts to feel the rear slip a little, are you supposed to turn the steering wheel in the same direction as the slippage? I've seen some clips of this, and it seems to create a "drift" that's easily corrected. I was foolish enough to simply hit the brakes, which probably made matters worse. I've only been driving RWD for 2-3 years, only a few thousand miles per year, and almost never in the rain.
thanks