Ok so I was driving in Santa Clara on El Camino. I went to make a wide U turn at the light when my car suddenly went into a drift style power slide. I was actually impressed on how the AWD kicked in and I had full control and I corrected with little effort. Well after all that with my heart kinda pounding lol I see the red and blue lights on my tail, right away I knew why. The officer then asked me for all my paper and asked me what was I thinking?? And that I was drifting and he could tow me for reckless driving. I explained to him that I did not do this on purpose I mean I had my 7 year old daughter with me for crying out loud. He was real professional imo and after 15min of explaining and the inside of my car getting soaked he let me go with a be safe and asked me about my car and he said it looked like from where he was that I drifted nicely lol and asked if subaru was a fun/safe car because his 19yr old daughter wanted a mustang and he said "umm yea she's getting one these" and asked if they have a 2011 model and told him yup. Anyway a real cool cop just doing his job. I have a question on why that happend...are my diffs acting up or something? Or just the wet road. (stock tires,front sways and a C pillar bar)

 

when u took the u turn did u already have speed entering the u turn or were u stopped?

 

Ah yea I had some speed goin into it not speeding like trying to make the light or anything. Auto trans

 

No, that is NOT your fault.

Seriously, the majority of the surface on El Camino is downright dangerous (well, the stuff that looks kinda "new"). Once it's wet, it is literally as slippery as ice. I have once seen several cars spin out during U-turns on El Camino Real during a rainstorm, it is very treacherous once it gets wet.

 

You have got to be kidding.

 

Get a Prius, you will never have that kind of issue

 

......^^ Word.....

 

Bravo for you finding a cool cop. And I cant wait to own a subi with enough nutz to do that with lol

 

Well, OK it is but I'm just saying, the damn surface is slick.

But I guess driving like a granny would help

 

I'd say it wasnt on purpose too ;-)

 

Not to give you a bunch of ****, but it is actually called defensive driving. The idea is that EVERY accident is avoidable if you are driving the correct speed for the conditions, and you are aware of your surroundings.

Glad that things worked out for the OP

 

AHH but thats not true...

few examples:
tboned at an intersection
tire blow out on the highway
black ice on a bridge (or anywhere for that matter)
rear ended at a stop light