...I had the opportunity (while tooling around California in the just-purchased Barsamian Butler) to explore the limits of me and the car in a very safe venue. I discovered a huge parking-lot right after a rain shower (somewhere north of S. Barbara). With an eye on the
oil pressure, of course, I did full-lock circles left and right. I noticed the O/P did drop rapidly (gotta look into a better baffled pan)---but I noticed the Butler "let go" progressively. It just increased the radius of the circle without much twitching, imbalance or spinning out. Remarkable---it IS a "mid-engined car" with ME aboard!
THEN (and now the story gets sad)---I followed Wilf's suggestion yesterday. I took about three squares of blotter acid. Got in the closest vehicle. Fired her up---spun twice while the world turned khaki and angular....massive bird-critters with yoomin faces blocked out the sun.....trees began to bleed (probably because I was hitting them)! Amazing crop-circle thingies appeared behind me!
Luckily, I did not roll this vehicle, and probably didn't exceed 4 mph. It began to emit horrifying screeching noises, and I dismounted (okay, I fell off). Huge pancake-like objects began to fall from the sky with lights flashing behind them....
The next morning, the nurse said I had visitors... OF COURSE I dove under the bed! Wooden shoue?
Turned out it was my neighbor--said the repair estimates on the ride-on mower made it a "total" and his wife was REALLY pissed about their cat...
Hey, THANKS Wilf-----LSD and driving----Great Idea!
