Today after coming back from getting my Citizenship, I was driving at about 65 on the highway in my Honda Prelude, 53N, with quite a bit of traffic around me. Suddenly this Dodge Caravan comes up on the shoulder and cuts me off in the left lane as he merges in. I slam the brakes and try to get out of my lane. Well, I start spinning, in spite of ABS, almost hit the median, then some control, but oo wait, then more spinning. Totally I spun 900 degrees. When I was done I was facing the traffic...not a fun thing to look at. I wish morons like that guy didn't exist
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Things that came to my mind was that:
1.) Holy shit, how did I not hit anything with so much traffic around!
2.) If I had been in the 4Runner, I would have rolled 900 degrees instead of spinning.
3.) If I had been in the X5, I would'v slammed on the brakes, which might have been enough. Worst case, I would have had to make an emergency lane change, and DSC and Corner Brake Control would have saved my ass. In the end I would have thought he was a jackass and kept going.
Not being in our X5 when I needed to be, just made me appreciate it a whole lot more.
btw, what is the correct procedure when doing this kind of lane change as far as shifting gears in a manual transmission goes? Just put it in neutral?