Roundabouts in the wet
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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.
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.
Ditched all the tyres and now have a set of Uniroyal Rainsport 3's all round which felt very grippy this morning in the wet.
Confidence not all back yet though and I haven't been round that roundabout again.
I did a Car Limits day not so long ago and was told to bury the foot hard on the brake, hands off the steering wheel whenever a skid happens. The spin the other day happened so fast I don't think I remembered what I had been taught. I certainly didn't accelerate out of it.
Just sat there like a pillock.
Confidence not all back yet though and I haven't been round that roundabout again.
I did a Car Limits day not so long ago and was told to bury the foot hard on the brake, hands off the steering wheel whenever a skid happens. The spin the other day happened so fast I don't think I remembered what I had been taught. I certainly didn't accelerate out of it.
Just sat there like a pillock.
mrmr96 said:
Good on you for swapping the tyres, but I'll return to my original point and suggest you get the full geometry checked/setup by someone who knows what they are doing. (PS this doesn't mean a fast fit place doing the "tracking".)
Done a few more miles now and everything seems very nice. Steering wheel was a touch shaky at 60mph but that seems to have gone since fitting the tyres. No knocks or creaks from suspension. Feels very smooth. Corners flat and very neutral.Do you still think I need a Geo?
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