boosted180

he said he "....certainly DIDNT turn it off....."

but anyway, manufactures have it "on" as the default setting just for liability issues b/c there are probably plenty of ppl out there who would push harder than they can handle.

just last week, a mini cooper ate it big time, right in front of me! i was getting off the freeway, as he was coming on. there was a truck in front of me also exiting. i dont know what the mini driver was thinking, but he accelerated hard to try to pass both me and the truck. i thought to myself, "where the heck is he going? no way he's gonna make it".

sure enough, at the last second, he realized he was not going to make it (the two lanes merged into one), so he hit the brakes hard, swerved right to avoid the truck, and his tail started sliding around. he hit the curb hard, and bounced off of it, getting a little air as it happened. did a 180 right in front of the truck, hit and jumped over the divider (b/t the exiting lane and freeway) and ended up facing the wrong way (towards on-coming traffic) on the freeway! a car on the other side of the freeway was heading straight for him. he slammed on the brakes just barely avoiding a head on with the mini. it was a young 20 something dude. he must have been ******** in his pants.

just a reminder that it's ok to have fun, but KNOW YOUR LIMITS! i felt bad for him b/c i remember what it's like at that age. i did some stupid things also, but luckily for me, i've always had good enough judgment to NOT do it when other cars/ people are around.