[QUOTE=Tanginius;2943248]you're correct that it was physics... however it's not heavy car on slick sheet of ice like you suspect (actually the weight of the car helps you!). It's the physics of traction and the inherent limitations of it and what you can ask your tires to do. Your tires can only do so much... i.e. they can't be fully turned and you can't be fully accelerating at the same time (not without losing traction)
anyone with a decent amount of driver's training (I'm not talking about drivers licensing BS... I'm talking HPDE) can explain that to you. It also has to do with weight distribution and the loads placed on the tires and what tires you are placing the loads on
if you were driving within the limits in an AWD car with those tires you would be fine, ice or no ice, hill or no hill, turn or no turn... trust me, this is coming from someone who can and does steer cars with their feet (and I don't mean on the steering wheel, I mean with the three pedals! :D)
oh yeah and btw hitting your brakes was the WORST thing you could do and was a likely cause of your skid. And you mention putting your car in 'park' which means it's an auto which is another reason you skidded because the car is driving you in an auto (you're just holding on and pointing it via the steering wheel IMHO) and it chose the wrong gear (as usual)... be a man and get a 5/6-speed... I've already clued you in to the solution to your problem, an AWD 325iX (1987-1991 in US)
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