Donuts?

[Sweet16]

Someone in the burnout thread said something about "doing donuts". What does that mean? Snow was mentioned, too, and I don't live where we get snow.

 

[RacecaR]

Donuts are what you get on the snow when you spin your car around 360º. I haven't done it in a very long time, but when I was a teenager, it was great sport.

 

[MaximumSpeed]

Yes, RacecaR is correct. It involves driving a car (rear-wheel drive) on snow, then yanking the wheel while hitting the gas. This throws the car into a slide which takes it a full circle. It can be done with a front-wheel drive, but you have to go in reverse.

 

[Hotrod25]

Donuts are so much fun... although I don't do them anymore. I used to do donuts in the parking lots late at night in the snow. What a rush! It was so much fun - I did this when I was a teenager!

 

[AWOL]

It's also fun to do J turns. Now that is great to practice in a vast empty parking lot...especially if you're driving a police issue Dodge Charger and have the light bar on.

 

[NeedNewWheels]

I never heard it being done in the snow, I thought it was just an 360 in a parking lot or something. I've never done one before and hopefully am not in the car when somebody decides to try one out for themselves.

 

[Sweet16]

Wow, that sounds really scary! Is it dangerous? It sounds like it would be easy for the car to get out of control. Is that true?

 

[vroombaby]

Donuts are fun, I tell my husband each time I am out shopping for the family I do them in the parking lot. This in my car and his truck, you should see the looks he gives me for it.

 

[Sweet16]

Huh. Who knew? I'll have to ask my dad about that (I think my mom would probably have a cow - and maybe kittens, too). Thanks for the answers!

 

[Lamboguy]

Donuts are great! I remember doing them during the winter when I lived in Michigan as a teen. There was a huge parking lot where we'd go. The problem was when I was on the road trying to stop and I ended up spinning in traffic. Thankfully I didn't hit anyone. There are people that do them at the end of my culdesac where I work. They just burn their tires on the pavement though.

 

[Bentley]

Doing "donuts" seems to be a favorite pass time of many teenagers (even some adults) during the winter months when there is a lot of snow in a vacant parking lot. It's when the car physically goes around 360 degrees. I could and will never do it with my current car...there's too much of a chance for something to go wrong!