I rolled a car a couple years back because I was just experimenting with lift off oversteer or scandinavian flicks with a FWD car.in this case a 89 SAAB 900 turbo 4 door(RIP).the corner I rolled it just happened to have to be a fall-away turn(where the road slopes toward the outer edge) with a fair bit of downhill slope to it.that turn exaggerated the effect of the flick or lifting off,and before I knew it the back end was WAY farther out of line than what I knew what to do.I panicked and let off the gas(instead of staying in the throttle) which only made it worse.I fishtailed for a little before finally sliding off the road-smashing through a 4x4 post-then hitting a guy wire for a power line which flipped the car. Ever sense then I seem to have developed a terrible fear of going downhill(even though I like to go downhill ski racing in the winter). On level or uphill sections its full throttle top of third or bottom of 4th,but down hill its 2nd gear at about 30 MPH...I am just wondering how to overcome this fear?Before the crash I could go downhill with just a slight reduction in pace.Now I just kinda feel like a granny when I am going downhill.Heck even for little hills the brakes come on as soon as I get near the crest.
any idea how to get faster downhill?How to get over the fear?heck in my ski racing alot of times I SKI faster than I drive a car downhill.
any idea how to get faster downhill?How to get over the fear?heck in my ski racing alot of times I SKI faster than I drive a car downhill.