Re: Hand brake turn [anecdote]

["Dave Novak" <toastworks@hotmail.com>]

>yer brakes should be tight enough to allow you to lock and spin.  i can
>do it in my 84 GLI w. rear drums.  it's veryu difficult, and probably
>not possible unless slippery to do it at slow speeds.  i find that it's
>most easily done at speed.  one way to really get the back end out iss

Hehe... reminds me of the time I first got my '82 home. My first 'rocco 
was an '80 that was totally rusted out, and shot in every way. Now, this 
is a 16 year old with his first taste at a fast car.

So, what does this enthusiastic 16 year old do? He tears out of his 
driveway in an unregistered car that he just got home. He goes a few 
blocks down to his high school, and tears down the entrance road at 
about 65, and flies into the main student parking lot, and takes a sharp 
turn, and yanks the parking brake as hard as he can possibly pull.

The maroon '82 Scirocco gracefully 180's and comes to a stop in the 
parking lot about 50 feet from this girl who's about to become his 
girlfriend.

Then, he goes to make a clean getaway, and attempts to release the 
parking brake, but it is very stuck.

He drives home 1/4 mile with one rear tire completely locked up creating 
a permanent black mark on the road, and a nice trail of white smoke 
behind him.

He arrives home, and immedeatley changes the dead tire.

BTW- You can all check out my old and decrepid Scirocco page with a 
picture of me using the old "hand brake" trick in my old green '80 at: 
http://members.tripod.com/~toastworks/scirocco.html

Thank you for your time.

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