Power Slides
I have always wanted to try a power slide, but I’ve never owned the right vehicle for it. My 4×4 would probably flip over if I tried it, plus I don’t want to run my all-terrain tires. I’ve asked my relatives if I could use their vehicles to try my hand at a power slide, but for some reason, they won’t let me.
So….I’ve been thinking that I could try going to a neighboring town to do a test drive on a brand new car. I obviously cannot go to a dealership that I ever plan to visit again. During the test drive, I could try a power slide or two. There are a few things that I’d have to make sure of before trying the test drive, of course.
- Select a car that has a low center of gravity, nothing top-heavy or I’ll risk overturning the car in the middle of the slide.
- Make sure the vehicle has an on/off switch for electronic stability control.
While I’m at it, I’ll need to make sure that I have a set of phony photo ID cards. Depending on the dealership, I may be asked to leave my photo ID while I take the vehicle out for a test drive. It’s important that they cannot trace me when I return the vehicle and it’s possibly trashed.
If it’s the type of dealership where the salesman goes on the test drive with me, I’ll have to come with at least two video cameras. One camera would be positioned on the hood of the car to record the power slide itself. The other camera would be positioned to the back seat where the salesman will be sitting. I’m not sure which video would be more entertaining. If asked why we’d need to mount video cameras, we would answer that we plan to test drive several vehicles that day and we want to keep track of each vehicle’s performance….we just won’t expand on what type of performance.
If all goes well on this week’s test drives, we’ll attempt test drives to learn how to drift.