Chapter 5 : Not so smooth
Takumi looked at the time, gosh, he took so long to get up to the lake, now he have less than 1 hour to get back and prepare to go to school.
Takumi jumped into the seat, start the engine and zoomed off towards the first corner... He turned the steering hard and accelerated. To his surprised, the car's tail was gripping for a while and half way thru the corner, the rear end just lost traction and the tail starts to swing out ! Takumi felt his heart stopped for a second before acting rather blindly following his instincts..
He braked and turned the steering more.. the car spun to a stop. The car is now facing uphill again. Thank goodness there were no cars coming from the opposite direction. He then remembered. His father had the car moving sideways with the rear of the car swinging outwards too... He remembered the father was actually steering the other way round not steering to the direction of the corner.. and father also did change gear and braked at the same time... How did father do that ? Takumi was a bit lightheaded.
He continued the journey downhill, carefully this time. Making sure he braked before the corners to slow him down. He sensed that when he brakes before entering the corners actually makes the car tilt toward the front and the rear tyres making some screetching sound when he turned and accelerate. Does this mean anything to him ? He must study the way the father drive once again because if he continue driving as bad as he does today, he will end up crashing into the divider or worst... late for school !
Oh no.. He IS late for school now...
Takumi looked at the time, gosh, he took so long to get up to the lake, now he have less than 1 hour to get back and prepare to go to school.
Takumi jumped into the seat, start the engine and zoomed off towards the first corner... He turned the steering hard and accelerated. To his surprised, the car's tail was gripping for a while and half way thru the corner, the rear end just lost traction and the tail starts to swing out ! Takumi felt his heart stopped for a second before acting rather blindly following his instincts..
He braked and turned the steering more.. the car spun to a stop. The car is now facing uphill again. Thank goodness there were no cars coming from the opposite direction. He then remembered. His father had the car moving sideways with the rear of the car swinging outwards too... He remembered the father was actually steering the other way round not steering to the direction of the corner.. and father also did change gear and braked at the same time... How did father do that ? Takumi was a bit lightheaded.
He continued the journey downhill, carefully this time. Making sure he braked before the corners to slow him down. He sensed that when he brakes before entering the corners actually makes the car tilt toward the front and the rear tyres making some screetching sound when he turned and accelerate. Does this mean anything to him ? He must study the way the father drive once again because if he continue driving as bad as he does today, he will end up crashing into the divider or worst... late for school !
Oh no.. He IS late for school now...