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Not a complete spin. But about 240 on a round about. Ended up facing the wrong way on the dual carriage way. Luckily not much else on the road. It was damp and i was going under the speed limit. Driven that roundabout hundreds of times before and the back end kicked out. I was going so slow it completely caught me by surprise. Slightly annoyed! not sure if its with the car or myself. I have spun before in my s1 but that was 3 days after having it. Had my s2 111s for a year now.
Seriously - glad you and the 'liz are OK 
What condition are your rear tyres in?
I've read somewhere that even before they get close to the legal limit, their grip levels in the wet diminish rapidly.
After my experience with my last car, I won't ever let the rears get close to the limit. May be expensive, but a lot cheaper than a crash!
Glad your ok and didn't bash anything
I've read somewhere that even before they get close to the legal limit, their grip levels in the wet diminish rapidly.
After my experience with my last car, I won't ever let the rears get close to the limit. May be expensive, but a lot cheaper than a crash!
Glad your ok and didn't bash anything
The most slippy time on a road is just after its rained and the road is drying out.
You can have more grip when its bucketting it down than just after its rained. It can mess with your head as you dont expect this. Its to do with the oils escaping due to the temperature change as the water evaportates off the surface, or so I've been told.
I guess I should know, my crashed elise was just after it had rained and I was going slower into corners then when it was raining hard.
-pete
You can have more grip when its bucketting it down than just after its rained. It can mess with your head as you dont expect this. Its to do with the oils escaping due to the temperature change as the water evaportates off the surface, or so I've been told.
I guess I should know, my crashed elise was just after it had rained and I was going slower into corners then when it was raining hard.
-pete
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Would bet it was diesel. I did the same thing a year or so ago, I'm always very tentative when it's damp, but went round a slow bend which I'm very familiar with when all of a sudden the back snapped. I applied opposite lock but obviously not enough as when the car regained grip, the nearside front hit the inside kerb. Apart from being really p!ssed off with myself, I was surprised the car acted that way (had plenty of tyre tread left). No sooner had I got out of the car I could see diesel strewn across the road. Limped the car home (found out that I had cracked the wheel!) I rang the local council and said what had happened, and after a few weeks of chasing them, they sent through a copy of a road maintenance schedule and there on the document was a reported diesel spill the day before which they'd marked against as "No time to deal with today" - as soon as I read that I claimed they were negligent - they had no argument - after about eight months I was fully reimbursed for the new wheel and geo check, and another couple of hundred quid compensation. All very well, but could've ended up a lot worse.
Glad you ended up unscathed.
Would bet it was diesel. I did the same thing a year or so ago, I'm always very tentative when it's damp, but went round a slow bend which I'm very familiar with when all of a sudden the back snapped. I applied opposite lock but obviously not enough as when the car regained grip, the nearside front hit the inside kerb. Apart from being really p!ssed off with myself, I was surprised the car acted that way (had plenty of tyre tread left). No sooner had I got out of the car I could see diesel strewn across the road. Limped the car home (found out that I had cracked the wheel!) I rang the local council and said what had happened, and after a few weeks of chasing them, they sent through a copy of a road maintenance schedule and there on the document was a reported diesel spill the day before which they'd marked against as "No time to deal with today" - as soon as I read that I claimed they were negligent - they had no argument - after about eight months I was fully reimbursed for the new wheel and geo check, and another couple of hundred quid compensation. All very well, but could've ended up a lot worse.
Glad you ended up unscathed.
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