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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lee36328" data-source="post: 137119" data-attributes="member: 113">To get an idea of what happens when you lose a tail,  check this out.<a href="http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10816&hl=" target="_blank">Stig Loses Tail</a>If you catch your tail back with opposite lock, unless it is carefully balanced and not overdone, it will whip back like a pendulum because the side-to-side momentum of the tail has to go somewhere (just like the pendulum of a grandfather clock.)If you look at the replay and focus on the front wheels, you'll see The Stig trying to counter steer to the right, and as it whips back, steering to the left to catch it again, but front grip is totally overwhelmed by the pace of the car and he runs out of road...If this can happen to the Stig on a dry day... what about us?</blockquote>