Glossary / General

spinning

8 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

If a car is "spinning," it means it's turning too much and may lose control, like when you oversteer.

Technical Definition

"Spinning" refers to a vehicle losing traction and rotating around its vertical axis, often resulting in loss of control.

Hear It Discussed

"Which I think has a name. It's called spinning, isn't it? Is it? Yes, it is called spinning."
Cuban heel and toe trophy Smith and Sniff 53:48

"I'm trying to think of the spinning versus the tire thing. Like if he took that same 128 over whatever and put on a big tire car with willy bars, it'd go faster."
Moron Nation Unfiltered Episode 10: Big Wangs, No Prep Thangs and What's New With Daddy Dave! Moron Nation Unfiltered 24:02

"I feel like the salt has so much give to it that when you get sideways, you're just kind of spinning. Healing salt."
1: Scott Birdsall on Crashing at Pike's Peak Talk Talk Nation 13:18