e30 is gone!

[Holland]

I agree with the above. Get another car and learn how to control it. I made the same mistake when I was 17, I have moved on now from that. despite driving a 318 I drive much slower on the road now.

[nmlss2006]

Just a question to the experts in this thread: 'you lifted the throttle and you were done, there was no recovering'. I thought TTO was not that... fatal in E30s. You make it sound like once the rear has stepped out there's nothing you can do. AFAIK not even SWB 911s are that nasty, but I may be mistaken.

[Charlie]

Just a question to the experts in this thread: 'you lifted the throttle and you were done, there was no recovering'. I thought TTO was not that... fatal in E30s. You make it sound like once the rear has stepped out there's nothing you can do. AFAIK not even SWB 911s are that nasty, but I may be mistaken.

Depends. TTO on a stock-ish/worn suspension e30 can be pretty nasty and sudden. Toss in a shitty driver on street tires and public roads, and lifting can be pretty fatal.

-Charlie

[ubernasty]

A bunch of 17-year-old boys dicking around on a dark country road = recipe for disaster.

But it looked so cool in Fast and Furious...

Haha, glad your ok though man.

[nando]

Depends. TTO on a stock-ish/worn suspension e30 can be pretty nasty and sudden. Toss in a shitty driver on street tires and public roads, and lifting can be pretty fatal.

-Charlie

yeah, what I meant was he had no hope of recovering because he wouldn't have known what to do. Lifting in my own car is pretty much a gaurantee of a spin; if I catch it early enough I can still save it. But if you don't know why you were spinning, you're screwed.

[Axxe]

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[nmlss2006]

To both the above: I understand what you're saying especially about the driver. I was under the impression, validated by other cars and my own driving, that the much less sudden behaviour of street tyres and street suspension not to mention, arguably, the lesser adhesion = lower speeds of street asphalt would actually work in your favour - assuming decent tyres and nonworn suspension. It has also been my impression that E21s, to name something related to the E30, are.. significantly nastier in this regard, not to mention absolute gems like the E-type. Again, my opinion, worth what you paid for it etc., but I am curious to understand if I am just driving unaware of how nasty the car really is.

[nando]

it's not that nasty, and it won't even do it all the time. But under the right circumstances with the wrong driver, yes it can have consequences.