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From: Ulf on 24 Jan 2010 14:49 I took my BMW 535i out for a spin on a lake this weekend. Unfortunately, it snowed a few days ago and with the sun out that meant 3-4 inches of crusty snow on top of the ice, so speeds of 100+ mph were impossible. All the people walking on the track didn't help either. You would think that if they didn't like cars driving past at speed they would walk somewhere else. The lake is almost 5 mi across, after all... Anyway, despite the almost non-existent grip it was way more fun than driving the Jeep, but with AWD it could have been awesome. Enjoy... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg_wGRxsi-g Ulf
From: AZ Nomad on 24 Jan 2010 15:01 On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:49:54 +0100, Ulf <asdf(a)asdf.com> wrote: >I took my BMW 535i out for a spin on a lake this weekend. Unfortunately, >it snowed a few days ago and with the sun out that meant 3-4 inches of >crusty snow on top of the ice, so speeds of 100+ mph were impossible. >All the people walking on the track didn't help either. You would think >that if they didn't like cars driving past at speed they would walk >somewhere else. The lake is almost 5 mi across, after all... >Anyway, despite the almost non-existent grip it was way more fun than >driving the Jeep, but with AWD it could have been awesome. Being in it while it rolls at 100+mph might not be.
From: Ulf on 26 Jan 2010 13:07 AZ Nomad skrev: > On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:49:54 +0100, Ulf <asdf(a)asdf.com> wrote: >> I took my BMW 535i out for a spin on a lake this weekend. Unfortunately, >> it snowed a few days ago and with the sun out that meant 3-4 inches of >> crusty snow on top of the ice, so speeds of 100+ mph were impossible. >> All the people walking on the track didn't help either. You would think >> that if they didn't like cars driving past at speed they would walk >> somewhere else. The lake is almost 5 mi across, after all... > >> Anyway, despite the almost non-existent grip it was way more fun than >> driving the Jeep, but with AWD it could have been awesome. > Being in it while it rolls at 100+mph might not be. While that could have been a probability in an SUV, I don't see it happening in a sedan. A rough calculation, assuming 90 mph to zero in 4 seconds, gives me 1 G. That's not even close to the force needed for a car to flip. Ulf
From: AZ Nomad on 26 Jan 2010 13:31 On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:07:54 +0100, Ulf <asdf(a)asdf.com> wrote: >AZ Nomad skrev: >> On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:49:54 +0100, Ulf <asdf(a)asdf.com> wrote: >>> I took my BMW 535i out for a spin on a lake this weekend. Unfortunately, >>> it snowed a few days ago and with the sun out that meant 3-4 inches of >>> crusty snow on top of the ice, so speeds of 100+ mph were impossible. >>> All the people walking on the track didn't help either. You would think >>> that if they didn't like cars driving past at speed they would walk >>> somewhere else. The lake is almost 5 mi across, after all... >> >>> Anyway, despite the almost non-existent grip it was way more fun than >>> driving the Jeep, but with AWD it could have been awesome. >> Being in it while it rolls at 100+mph might not be. >While that could have been a probability in an SUV, I don't see it The jeep isn't a SUV?
From: Ulf on 26 Jan 2010 13:49
AZ Nomad skrev: > On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:07:54 +0100, Ulf <asdf(a)asdf.com> wrote: >> AZ Nomad skrev: >>> On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:49:54 +0100, Ulf <asdf(a)asdf.com> wrote: >>>> I took my BMW 535i out for a spin on a lake this weekend. Unfortunately, >>>> it snowed a few days ago and with the sun out that meant 3-4 inches of >>>> crusty snow on top of the ice, so speeds of 100+ mph were impossible. >>>> All the people walking on the track didn't help either. You would think >>>> that if they didn't like cars driving past at speed they would walk >>>> somewhere else. The lake is almost 5 mi across, after all... >>>> Anyway, despite the almost non-existent grip it was way more fun than >>>> driving the Jeep, but with AWD it could have been awesome. > >>> Being in it while it rolls at 100+mph might not be. > >> While that could have been a probability in an SUV, I don't see it > The jeep isn't a SUV? Of course, I thought you meant the BMW. I'm glad I didn't drive my Cherokee this time, going sideways in that at 90 mph with 4 inches of hard snow could most definitely have been interesting. BTW, an article on ice-racing on autoblog I just saw: http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/22/introduction-to-ice-racing-part-1/ Ulf |