No part of this website may be reproduced without the explicit permission of the owner of this site.Don’t - and we can’t stress this strongly enough - ever attempt a handbrake turn in a public space, especially one containing Other People and Things. Site design and layout copyright © 2003, All rights reservedĪll images and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. And be warned that this move is always risky with a tall SUV! Remember that pulling off 180 degree turns repeatedly will kill your tires. ![]() An even better solution is an empty parking lot right after it has rained or snowed. Try practicing in an empty parking lot or on gravel. Pulling off the tire-smoking maneuver with a manual car will take a lot of practice to get it right. For automatics, go into neutral, turn, pull handbrake (or press foot e-brake), straighten the wheel, release the handbrake (or foot e-brake), shift into Drive, floor the accelerator, and finally, countersteer to keep the car straight. Just remember - for manual cars, depress the clutch, turn, pull the handbrake (or press the foot e-brake), straighten the steering wheel, release the handbrake (or foot e-brake), shift into first, floor the accelerator, dump the clutch, and finally, countersteer to keep the car straight. With an automatic, just move from neutral to Drive, then floor the accelerator. If you spin more than 180 degrees, you can apply some countersteer to straighten out your car while driving away. You will start moving again as you complete the turn, spinning your wheels and kicking up some tire smoke if you have enough power. While rotating, when you've completed about three-fourth of the 180 with the clutch pedal depressed, shift into first gear, release the handbrake (or e-brake), floor the accelerator and dump the clutch, performing all one by one quickly. If you're feeling particularly destructive, you could go one up. You can judiciously apply the normal foot brake (or not at all) to control the end of the rotation precisely and stop moving backwards. In the end, you will more or less be facing the opposite direction, at a complete stop, or moving backwards slowly. As you are rotating, you should gradually bring your steering wheel to the center again and straighten out your front wheels. At this point, you will start rotating and really feel the lateral G building up. A split second after you start turning, quickly yank the handbrake lever (or, as with most American cars, apply the foot-operated e-brake), locking the rear wheels completely. Ease off on the accelerator, floor the clutch (or in the case of an automatic, go into neutral) and quickly yank the steering wheel smoothly either left or right (or on whichever side you have more space to make a turn) until it locks. Now, the key here is to start turning before you pull the handbrake. ![]() Also, with a manual car, keep one hand on the handbrake with the release button already pressed (but with an automatic, shift into neutral first, then get ready with the handbrake). The exact positioning will depend on which way you want to turn. This basically means that, on a left-hand-drive car, you place your left hand on the right side of the steering wheel, ready to flick the wheel around quickly. Position one hand on the steering wheel in a way that will allow you to quickly turn it one full circle. Video : Watch an Infiniti I35 performing a handbrake turn The exact speed depends on road conditions and the type and condition of tires on your car. Any faster and you will start going backwards after you complete the turn. Too slow and you won't be able to complete a 180. To pull off this maneuver, drive along at about 30 to 35 mph, in first or second gear. A Kia Rio will be just as effective as a Chevy Corvette. Handbrake turns are the easiest to perform with a front-wheel-drive car, although any car will do. However, to do it safely and accurately takes practice. ![]() In effect, it is essentially a U-turn done in the space of two lanes of road without resorting to tedious three-point turns. Some colorful folks even call it a bootlegger's hairpin. It is possible to turn the car a full 180 degrees to face the opposite direction by performing what is known as a handbrake turn.
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