@Tharg Most decent Modern cars hardly gets out of shape unless you do stuff erratically in them or the weather conditions are so bad they not effective. IMO There’s nothing wrong with and when safe to do so, turning off certain systems and keeping your skills in check of how to handle a car when stuff does happen.. Which most of the time is out of your control as it can be other driver’s actions that can cause one to have to take evasive action, and lots of times i have avoided things other’s just would’nt of (their view not mein).
We always learning everytime we drive.. everyday down the same bit of road is not the same and some people switch off as they think they know the road so well or don’t drive to the current conditions.
some seem to alway drive 10 mph below the speed limit no matter the conditions and then when they enter the 30 mph zone they do 10mph over. Which i find very strange indeed..
I used to find an empty gravel car park or a muddy field when i was younger, Always on private land and never on the actual road and not for a long while though as my back cannot take it anymore.. Growing up in north wales, i had lots of chances to do off road driving. Which is what i luv’d to do the most out of all the driving i have done over the years. Give’s you a great feeling for how they handle and you don’t have to be going crazy speeds to lose it either, your right about that. It’s just physics and i love the science behind it.. understanding how you intiate a car to enter a controlled slide is great info to have in your pocket.. Deffo not on the road though.. although when it snows it is useful around where i live to get about when the ploughs not been out for a bit and snows deeper..