is it really bad to rip up ur hand brake to stop/skid around corners?
i know it isnt exactly good but how bad is it

Your Mother will slap you, so don't do it.

is it really bad to rip up ur hand brake to stop/skid around corners?
i know it isnt exactly good but how bad is it

lol lol lol lol
Ok...

Appart from the obvious (worn tyres, wheel allignment and camber problems, handbrake cable stretch, worn rear braking system and damaged hand brake lever)

I really can't think of much else but your main concern would most probably be arm/muscle strain from 'ripping' up the brake. :P

Your Mother will slap you, so don't do it.

Thats funny... i have done it with my mother sitting right next to me (on L's); didn't get slapped but got in some real big trouble.

Like your mother always told you, If it tastes good then its bad for you and if it taste bad its good for you..

Same rules apply, if its fun then its bad, if its boring then its good for the car and the law...

Do it if you want to, it's great fun. Can't say I'm a fan of the 'thunka-thunka-thunka-thunka' flat spots after doing it to much though. I have a private gravel road, and never do handbrakies on public tarmac mind you. I always give the handbrake a tug when parking the car on the lawn before a wash, love the rear end sliding out on the grass.

I used the handbrake all the time whilst I was pizza delivering. Only way to get around some of the tight corners.

cheers. my mother wouldnt slap me, she'd chase me with a big assed meat cleaver for a while.
with all the bad things that will happen if i do..... i am offically giving up handbrakies..except maybe sometimes in the wet or on a gravel road. this is gona be hard.. do they have patches for this sorta stuff?

catcha laterz :D

AHAHAA

I do handbrakies in my mini . And i have several flat spots on teh back tyres, and they say clunk, clunk, clunk.
I dont reckon i will do handbrakies in the magna for a while. Im still trying to get used to this thing called a foot brake :badgrin: