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I Supported Toymods
Location:
south Melbourne/KL
Registered:
June 2004
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Hand brake turn
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Fri, 13 August 2004 21:15
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I just had my car for less than 2 weeks. on my way home at 630am, the road was empty and wet. I decided to do a lil 90 degree handbrake turn outside my hse (sth melb. city area). Obviously, not used to the car i did a 180 degree turn. There was a taxi about 50 meters ahead of me stationary. I mistook it for a cop car and made a round before heading home. Found out it was a cab coz my neighbour was coming down frm it. He told me that the next day...
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Location:
Bayside Melbourne.
Registered:
May 2003
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Re: Hand brake turn
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Sat, 14 August 2004 04:26
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I pulled a handbraky into the carpark of the local pub the other night. Usually this pub carpark is totally deserted except for this night when the security guy was standing in it talking to a mate. D'oh! 
He said, "WTF do you think you were doing!!?? You are and idiot!" and looked at me like I had just murdered a kitten... He forgot about it because we were there the week before and had lots of laughs with him when my mate sculled a half bottle of Tobasco at the bar. 
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Location:
SW Brisbane, Qld
Registered:
February 2004
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Re: Hand brake turn
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Sat, 14 August 2004 05:56
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I did an incredible one in my Camry... a few cars were driving along Old Logan Rd going into Springfield shops... I took the opportunity to take a right-hander, the entrance into the shops, with style.
Swung the wheel, REEFED the handbrake up something shocking, and the guy behind me in a VN said I must have hit about 80 degrees, that seems about right, as the scenery was going by pretty quickly.
Anyways, my aim was slightly off, I saw two targets ahead, a gutter, or a gutter and a tree.
Took the safer, wider arc and just went for the gutter.
Good fun. 
By the way, I have a Camry for sale, $500.
Suspension is softer and looser than... well use your imagination.
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Location:
Sydney/Wollongong
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: Hand brake turn
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Sat, 14 August 2004 12:04
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I'll always remember this moment...
Young & stupid, i'd owned my first car (UC Torana) about a week. Had a mate who lived at the bottom of a hill. Council had just finished fixing the road so the surface was just about smooth...
Crested the hill one day, saw there were no cars ahead. Clutch in, pulled the handbrake (at about 40kph or so) and slid down the hill pulling into his driveway in the one movement.
Left two loooooong black lines up the hill & his dad was spewin 'cause they led straight back into his driveway
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Location:
Bayside Melbourne.
Registered:
May 2003
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Re: Hand brake turn
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Sat, 14 August 2004 16:00
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| Conquest wrote on Sat, 14 August 2004 22:04 |
Left two loooooong black lines up the hill & his dad was spewin 'cause they led straight back into his driveway
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LOL You didn't think about that one did you.
I only pull handbrakies in the wet so I don't flatspot my tyres. At about $200 a tyre for 17's I don't want to be replacing them more often than necissary. 
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Location:
sydney
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July 2004
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Re: Hand brake turn
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Sun, 15 August 2004 10:44
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doing bout 130 on the m2
road was wet and my hand was on the hand brake
ahhahaah that was fun very very very stupid cos i was driving my mates camry and he isnt as adventurous as me behind the weel
i dont think its normal for men to scream in such a hi voice
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Location:
sydney
Registered:
May 2004
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Re: Hand brake turn
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Thu, 19 August 2004 12:33
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hahah, i pull handbrakys all the time while i'm working (pizza delievry) The little echo spins around at 60kph.
I tried it in the wet in my corolla....boy was that stupid, just missed a parked car by 10 cm...i dind't expect the car to spin around so fast!
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
south Melbourne/KL
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: Hand brake turn
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Fri, 20 August 2004 04:26
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same thing here man. didnt let go the hand brake soon enough
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
July 2004
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Re: Hand brake turn
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Sun, 22 August 2004 03:39
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Handivan Top Speef (about 105kph) doing a handbrakie on a very small street and not hitting a kerb is very invigorating!
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: Hand brake turn
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Sun, 22 August 2004 10:02
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i 've done a couple of those handbrakies into car parks on the opposite side of the street. its pretty scary but its worth trying.  But the gutter is unforgiving if you fuck it up.
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