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    • Shannon Whitehead
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      November 2, 2015 at 10:36 am
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      #248108

      That Butt tightening moment!!!!

    • plumcrazy
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      November 2, 2015 at 11:40 am
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      #248122

      solid advice

    • SlateEd
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      November 2, 2015 at 1:41 pm
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      #248152

      So True! “Don’t just think careful … BE careful! ”

      thanks Scott!

    • City
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      November 2, 2015 at 2:13 pm
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      #248189

      Fatboy 18 said:
      That Butt tightening moment!!!!

      Exactly! Good news is as you age and your reflexes slow, you actually become more accomplished during “butt tightening moments”. Rather than an instant harsh correction, which might make things worse, it takes a few seconds for me to become remotely cognizant of my skid, so by the time I correct, it LOOKS smooth. :dude3:

    • Shannon Whitehead
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      November 5, 2015 at 6:37 am
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      #249486

      OK Grandpa City……:drive:

    • G37Sam
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      November 5, 2015 at 7:55 am
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      #249510

      Driving a Viper in general increases your “butt muscle over-steer reflex threshold”

    • VIPER BAZ UK
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      November 5, 2015 at 3:19 pm
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      #249666

      Grandpa or grandma LOL!!!!!!

      No worries here of getting a viper sideways……

      Seriously though god advice ..

    • Shannon Whitehead
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      November 6, 2015 at 1:43 pm
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      #249968

      Good thing you wear Depends 🙂

    • Shannon Whitehead
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      November 6, 2015 at 2:27 pm
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      #249985

      I had a moment on Sound Ave. on L.I. today damp leaves , a true tightening !

    • Shannon Whitehead
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      June 11, 2025 at 2:25 am
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      #20865

      OK, maybe not this week, but someone around this time every year posts up the seasonal reminder of the dramatic relationship between cold roads and cold tires vs. traction, especially on a Viper.

      Took my usual Saturday AM drive; one that I must have taken at least 500 times over the course of my 14 years of Viper ownership. Downshifting into one of my favorite right handers about 1/4 mile from my garage (and this is on a raised roadway) and woa … I was mostly sideways! As best as I could (which was not very) I made it look like I was practicing a scene from Tokyo Drift.

      Despite my knowledge of it being 40ish out, “sideways” brings that knowledge front and center.

      Let your tires warm up and be careful out there! Don’t just think careful … BE careful!

      “Grandpa City”

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