Roundabouts in the wet
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WRX
Went into a wet roundabout at what I considered to be a reasonably conservative speed, front wheels lost all traction followed quickly by the rears, ended up in a 90 degrees spin, pride hurt.
Michelins Sport on the front, Chinese on the rear but with good tread.
I though these cars were meant to hold the road even with Bozos like me driving. Ha.
Went into a wet roundabout at what I considered to be a reasonably conservative speed, front wheels lost all traction followed quickly by the rears, ended up in a 90 degrees spin, pride hurt.
Michelins Sport on the front, Chinese on the rear but with good tread.
I though these cars were meant to hold the road even with Bozos like me driving. Ha.
993kimbo said:
WRX
Went into a wet roundabout at what I considered to be a reasonably conservative speed, front wheels lost all traction followed quickly by the rears, ended up in a 90 degrees spin, pride hurt.
Michelins Sport on the front, Chinese on the rear but with good tread.
I though these cars were meant to hold the road even with Bozos like me driving. Ha.
Aquaplaning overwhelming the fronts, and the sWent into a wet roundabout at what I considered to be a reasonably conservative speed, front wheels lost all traction followed quickly by the rears, ended up in a 90 degrees spin, pride hurt.
Michelins Sport on the front, Chinese on the rear but with good tread.
I though these cars were meant to hold the road even with Bozos like me driving. Ha.
t Chinese tears aquaplaning and being st on the rear, not inconceivable that something as steady even as an Impreza could end up twirling around.driverrob said:
Poor effort.
I managed to do a complete circuit, with two 180 degree flips in my wife's MR2 before making a graceful exit in my original chosen direction a year ago. Not sure what the other drivers waiting for me to hit something thought about it
Ha. Excellent. I had other drivers waiting to pull out too. I can't tell you what a plonker I felt. First time in 30 years of driving.I managed to do a complete circuit, with two 180 degree flips in my wife's MR2 before making a graceful exit in my original chosen direction a year ago. Not sure what the other drivers waiting for me to hit something thought about it
180 degrees is admirable.
I think I'll blame it on the diesel on the road and get rid of the rear tyres.
Since fitting 4 Michelins to the Honda, I haven't managed to get any under or oversteer even in the wet.
Apart from last week, where I took a blind bend about "5" mph too fast, noticed a massive pothole, gave a little correction, to miss it, which worked, but put me going over a load of massive lumps of gravel, and the car stepped out 1 foot to the right, heading for the wrong side of the road, and an oncoming car, but quick swank of the wheel back to the left, and it was back in line, but my pants were a bit brown.
Note all this happened at 20 mph below the speed limit. So I'm campaigning for a reduction to 40 and more warning signs (they'll have a sign budget, but not a pothole budget)
Apart from last week, where I took a blind bend about "5" mph too fast, noticed a massive pothole, gave a little correction, to miss it, which worked, but put me going over a load of massive lumps of gravel, and the car stepped out 1 foot to the right, heading for the wrong side of the road, and an oncoming car, but quick swank of the wheel back to the left, and it was back in line, but my pants were a bit brown.
Note all this happened at 20 mph below the speed limit. So I'm campaigning for a reduction to 40 and more warning signs (they'll have a sign budget, but not a pothole budget)
When I first got my Forester it came with Alpha Tornado tyres on it. I had a few "WTF" moments and a half spin before I changed them. No problems since.
In my old 924 I did a nice 360 spin in the wet, scared the crap out of me but I remembered something a driving instructor told me "in a spin, both feet in" In other words when you run out of options to catch it, stamp on the brake and the clutch.
In my old 924 I did a nice 360 spin in the wet, scared the crap out of me but I remembered something a driving instructor told me "in a spin, both feet in" In other words when you run out of options to catch it, stamp on the brake and the clutch.
eybic said:
I've certainly had understeer in the Celica cured by applying more throttle.
I have to admit the reason it went so wrong for me was entirely my own fault. Just for a split second I forgot I wasn't driving my AWD GTO and floored it to exit a wet roundabout with a lot of camber. Give my wife credit; she never made a sound until we were back on track.
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