Recently bought a c4 corvette cause it seemed like an underrated performance car with a good bang for your buck value. Thing is I’m used to driving an economy car. What are some tips for a rwd and relative high power car? I’m coming from a hybrid econobox so yes it’s vastly different.
Might be worth trying to find a wet skid pad to get a handle on how to recover from a slide. Or a wet parking lot when no one is around. But you didn’t hear that from me.
I don’t agree with the skidpad, but a good empty area to learn characteristics is what I was going to suggest.
For OP:
Find an empty plot(industrial or parking area with no parking blocks and no malls), and learn about the weirdness of the traction control. Try and do a burn out, try and do a donut and learn how the pedal feels when TC pulls it down and slaps you in the foot.
Also learn how the front end rolls from that terrible front leaf spring suspension. If you have stock size tires, learn how it feels when the whole car is rolling to the sides under turning at a normal speed, but also under braking. I always felt mine had terrible understeer.
Obviously you shouldn’t just do this over and over. Just learn what it feels like and move on. Go into knowing what you’re looking for, experience it and move on… Jesus this sounds like drugs
What is a skidpad if not a good empty area to learn characteristics…?
I feel like skidpads are typically a paid driving event, which seems excessive for someone to just learn the characteristics of a car
The best advice to recover from a slide is to not try to be a hero. “When you spin, both feet in.” Aka if you find your vehicle out of control, press the clutch and the brake to save you and your car. If Mustang drivers followed this rule then there would be a lot fewer wrecked Mustangs on the road today. So many accidents happen because someone decides to try to save and overcorrects, then the have to save THAT and overcorrect again until they have amplified the situation to the point that they crash the car.
There are many things mustang owners can do to stop crashing.
I’ve listed them in order of personal preference as far as I’m concerned. If you’re going to have a tank slapper every time you try to recover from power oversteer, I’d suggest you THINK you’ve got number 2 covered but you don’t.
The problem with no 3 is that it works in situations caused by power oversteer, but not necessary oversteer caused by other factors. It also means you’re conceding that youlll keep traveling in the direction you’re already going, albeit that ride is ending ASAP.
But I can think of plenty of situations where recovering from a slide with some manner of grace wont cause an accident, but braking and clutching in would.
That said, it makes the list for a reason.