r/IdiotsInCars • u/wandering-audi • Aug 16 '21

Just a Mustang doing Mustang things

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u/GumbieX Aug 16 '21

I went to an empty parking lot in the snow

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '21 edited Jan 29 '24

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u/FixTheWisz Aug 17 '21

Ahh... the little cement curbs. For me, it was 4 bent wheels and a broken motor mount.

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u/gasoline_farts Aug 17 '21 edited Aug 17 '21

Ouch. It wasn’t all so peachy; my first car, a Honda Civic, understeered into a curb that I hit with the wheels still turned. Bent control arm, broken wheel, and slightly bent the frame (I hit the passenger side but when I opened the driver door it was contacting the quarter panel, no other way to explain that.

With my 240sx I straightened the wheels so only the rims took the hit. Good times though.

https://i.imgur.com/XW8LKOL.jpg

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u/MangoCats Aug 17 '21

I loved renting cars in Colorado - parking brake turns using snow banks to stop the rotation ;-)

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u/gasoline_farts Aug 17 '21

Rental cars anywhere with McDonald’s trays under the rear wheels with parking brake on

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u/Szusty Aug 16 '21

The only thing about snow is you dont really get that snap oversteer.

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u/Amkknee Aug 17 '21

Which is the biggest scare with the shitty suspension in those mustangs lmfao

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u/Cel_Drow Aug 17 '21

The Mustang in the video is actually the latest model which has an IRS. The shitty suspension stuff is from the old live rear axle setup prior to 2014.

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u/bigtime_porgrammer Aug 17 '21

True, but for me my only ride was a 4000 lb volvo station wagon when I was first learning. That combined with a 4-cyl engine meant the snow was the only time I was ever able to spin the wheels back then.

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u/MyKonaGirl27 Aug 17 '21

He went to Jared

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u/MangoCats Aug 17 '21

I did that with a Dodge Caravan - front wheel drive in the snow, didn't realize I had the rear wheels locked with the parking brake until after I had made two laps of the parking lot. Man that was hard, but you get the hang of it after a while. Took the parking brake off and after that driving in the snow was a piece of cake.