e-brake slides

[CaptainPioneer]

I did an Ebrake slide in My Dodge Ram 1500... I will never ever do it again... First off Its not a handle E-Brake, Second, i felt like there was no controll whatsoever. Personally the only time i ever do slides is in the snow and i just use my brakes cause my rear end is really light and will lock the brakes up faster... Other than that i have done an Ebrake slide at about 60mph in my brothers Matrix... I woudnt reccomend doing it too much.

[geolemon]

Well my friend was showing me some e-brake slides in his car last night and i wanna try them on my car. What im wondering is would it be safe to do in my car (1992 Nissan Maxima). I have all new tires and a new alignment on it, but the reason im asking is because he has a 2001 Grand am GT, and its almost like a sports car. All the videos i've seen online show it being done in a sports type car. Just wondering if I could do them safely in a regular four-door. I dont want to tip over and fuckn die or something.

If you think a Grand Am GT is "almost a sports car", then I've got a Ford Windstar GT to sell you.

By design heritage, the Nissan Maxima IS Nissan's midsize sport sedan. By comparison, the Grand Am is the same car as the Oldsmobile Alero and Chevrolet Malibu. Hardly what I'd call a "sports car"

I hate to burst your bubble on the car, but the Grand Am GT epitomizes the "lipstick on a pig" marketing that goes into certain cars - mechanically, the Grand Am GT is the same thing as the Grand Am - it just has a slightly different body kit, a few premium interior options, and a "GT" badge on the front fenders. Mechanically, it's identical to to the pedestrian non-GT version.

Not to mention, it has nothing that you could associate with a "sports car":
Light weight? No.
Even front-to-weight balance? No.
Dynamic suspension characteristics (one example - unequal length A-arm type suspension)? No - it rides on "struts".
High horsepower? Nope.
Hell, chances are 10 to 1 against it even having a manual transmission.

As far as your question, you have the same forces of physics to contend with that your friend's car has - no different. I'm assuming that you haven't either lifted your car like a monster truck (raising the center of gravity) or shod your car with autocross tires (although still, that doesn't stop the guys at the autocross from making that move ).

[cargodz]

If you wanna do power slides in a front wheel drive vehicle in the snow... I got one word for you... REVERSE :)
I was doing it all the time in the parking lot of my morning job last year... it's just a donut backwards