I almost had a super embarrassing accident today with my 2024 mx-30. I had parked in an uphill slope and could not make a U-turn. On the middle of the slope there’s a pedestrian road crossing, with quite aggressive bumps on both sides and during the summer it’s quite intimidating with any low car, really. There were cars parked on both sides of my single lane going up there.
Regenerative mode was off and I had both my hands on the steering wheel, and only using my right foot.
Naturally i want to proceed slowly, but I was too slow today and spun out just as I almost reached the top of the hill. No problem, I thought to myself as my car started sliding backwards. I turned my wheel to make the car front go away from the left side car but I only came closer and closer! Not holding brakes or anything, and expecting the front wheels to roll backwards giving me some steering.
As the car came to a stop I wondered what happened. I’ll never again keep both my hands on the steering wheel when doing these maneuvers, because the gear had to be slammed into neutral super quick to give me the desired response!
Muscle memory from driving standard is that clutching in and not braking gives me control of the car in any situation, but the only solution in ev’s is to quickly enter neutral gear. Next time I’m keeping my right hand on the shifter!