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DESTROYING tires on the GS (Video Inside)

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Old 02-14-16, 10:43 PM
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Default DESTROYING tires on the GS (Video Inside)

Got a new set of rear tires so decided to try to finish off the set I had on the car.. The GS has an interesting feature that will not allow the car to stay I. 1st gear when on slippery surfaces.. This was the first time I tired doing donuts in a 4GS so I could have forgot a step somewhere. Enjoy... Or don't

Old 02-14-16, 10:58 PM
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That's with traction and stability off?
Old 02-14-16, 11:10 PM
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I thought they only do videos like this in Russia?
Old 02-14-16, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by islandbeef
I thought they only do videos like this in Russia?
I like donuts.
Old 02-15-16, 12:25 AM
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I've tried multiple times, I do with many cars. It's not you the GS just doesn't like to oversteer. Even when I was able to do doughnuts I wasn't sliding so much as they were just burning rubber.
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I imagine there's a pedal dance that you have to do to get T/C and VSC completely off.
Old 02-15-16, 06:37 AM
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Interesting. I would've gone for a slightly more desolate area to do something like this, but whatever floats your boat.
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Press once on traction button to turn it off then press and hold the traction button again for 10 seconds and stability will also turn off, the stability icon will light up in the dash in addition to the trac off display.

Your doing it wrong. I drift my 4GS all the time in parking lots and at the track. All you have do is stay in the power band. The 4GS engines has very little torque at low rpms. You need to rev the nuts out of it to do a drift. Try doing this in manual shift mode this time and keep the RPMs in the power band while drifting. Hold gears to get great results. Know when to shift when more speed is needed in a drift. Try turning the wheel opposite of your drift then get on revs and quickly counter steer the other way (This is called weight transfer). If you do it right you smoke those tires and do a glorious drift too. Torque starts in our cars at above 3750 rpms.

Things you can do to help with drifting.
1. Take everything out of your trunk including spare tire and tire changing tools.

2. Increase tire pressure in the rear tires.

3. Cold tires are easier to drift. So find a spot near home or drift on a cold day.

I am not responsible for any damage to your person or vehicle. Do these at your own risk! And have fun.

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Do it in a bigger parking lot with no curbs and light poles cause once u do go sideways u could easily crash into those.
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Originally Posted by ItzFilyO
I like donuts.

And we like you ItzFilyO!

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Originally Posted by ItzFilyO
Do it in a bigger parking lot with no curbs and light poles...
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Hell yes!
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hahaha Some of us do the same thing in our LS's....

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Go back to High school, Driver Ed break is over ..What was that?...lol


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