So I was headin home from the shop, and it was raining all dang day. I pulled onto the interstate and proceeded to carefully feed the throttle as to not loose traction on the very wet blacktop.... I was pulling up the hill pretty well... first gear, feed the throttle, no spin, second gear, feed throttle some more, move over two lanes, next to the hammer lane and all is good, third gear, more throttle and I'm doin bout 80mph near the top of the hill, I reach for the shifter and instead of hitting fouth I made a huge blunder..... The worst you can do on wet pavement with a manual trans.... I dropped it into second gear.................:dontknow:
Don't ask why, I dunno either.
...well let's say that I was instantly put into spin cycle.....
I can confirm, that alot of stuff DOES flash before your thoughts in mere milliseconds.... I went from WTF did I just do THAT for!? - to- chit my truck! - to- RECOVER!!!! So while I'm in my spins I observe rock wall to my left and a minivan in the hammer lane that I remembered passing closing in, I managed to stay in my lane, all while losing momentum, on spin cycle, after 3 complete spins I was able to hit the throttle at the right moment when I was pointing the correct direction again and pull out of my unintended spin.... Keep in mind my thoughts were going 900mph while spinning, but I kept somewhat of composuer and made myself aware of the surroundings closing on me, and pull out of this unscathed and no damage to myself or anyone....
As soon as I corrected -I got the hell outta there.... I bet the cars that were coming up behind me we're like wtf just happened??? LOL -I stuck my thumb out the back slider as I got the hell outta there after that fanciful driving...
I thought I'd share my experience as it musta been awesome to see, I was pretty amped that I was able to pull outta it.:star: It happened totally fast, I think when I got it corrected I was still doing about 40...LOL
Thankfully this thread is not about me telling you I killed my truck, or harmed someone else.......:dancing:
Don't ask why, I dunno either.
...well let's say that I was instantly put into spin cycle.....
I can confirm, that alot of stuff DOES flash before your thoughts in mere milliseconds.... I went from WTF did I just do THAT for!? - to- chit my truck! - to- RECOVER!!!! So while I'm in my spins I observe rock wall to my left and a minivan in the hammer lane that I remembered passing closing in, I managed to stay in my lane, all while losing momentum, on spin cycle, after 3 complete spins I was able to hit the throttle at the right moment when I was pointing the correct direction again and pull out of my unintended spin.... Keep in mind my thoughts were going 900mph while spinning, but I kept somewhat of composuer and made myself aware of the surroundings closing on me, and pull out of this unscathed and no damage to myself or anyone....
As soon as I corrected -I got the hell outta there.... I bet the cars that were coming up behind me we're like wtf just happened??? LOL -I stuck my thumb out the back slider as I got the hell outta there after that fanciful driving...
I thought I'd share my experience as it musta been awesome to see, I was pretty amped that I was able to pull outta it.:star:
It happened totally fast, I think when I got it corrected I was still doing about 40...LOL Thankfully this thread is not about me telling you I killed my truck, or harmed someone else.......:dancing:
