Again, we’re working with weight transfer to initiate oversteer. It’s also arguably the most difficult to master. Out of all these techniques, trail braking requires the most speed to pull off. But as Jeff Goldblum so famously uttered in Jurassic Park, “life finds a way.” These three advanced driving techniques will get any car sideways, no yank of a handbrake required. …įor the casual hoon, the proliferation of electronic parking brakes may seem to signal the end of sideways tomfoolery in front-wheel-drive cars - a particularly painful loss in the snowy winter months. Granted, it’s not too hard to pitch a Ferrari, Lambo, or 911 sideways without a handbrake. Even Porsche’s venerable 911 hasn’t come with a handbrake since the 2011 introduction of the 991 chassis. Ferrari now uses electronic parking brakes exclusively, as does Lamborghini. And they’re not exclusive to crossovers and minivans.
To the delight of insurance companies and dehydrated crybabies with cold bums the world over, these damnable things are cheaper every day. Car manufacturers also utilise them to further idiot proof their cars by programming the electronic parking brake to set automatically when the car is parked. Electronic parking brakes save valuable real estate in a car’s interior, freeing up space for more cup holders, heated seat controls, automatic tissue dispensers and the like. I hate to say it, but the handbrake’s days are numbered.
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