Brown trouser moment

[Chilliman]

Just thought I'd share it, on the A11, Attleborough bypass, out the roundabout nice and smooth, car straight 'bout 60 in third, fed the power in nicely (damp road, rain just spitting)... back end decides it'd rather be the front end... Bit of opposite and ease back on the loud pedal and she twitched back straight again. Could have been a very messy/costly embarrasing incident ... passenger (mate's wife) thought I'd done it on purpose and was well impressed.. obviously went along with the 'bloke in total control' thing Anybody else had a recent 'moment' ?

[captaintact]

That's all very well but what's the story with your mate's wife?! :-)

[BeastMaster]

Same thing as you Richard, except it had rained, dry road with damp patches. pressing on in third and the view up the road changed to the hedge going past at a rate of knotts, the scary thing is I cant remember making a concience correction but luckely twitched back into line with little drama. Have to say that I was shocked to have done this at 60+mph on a good road surface with only a few damp patches around. The full beans are now kept in the tin unlees very sure the conditions in front are perfect. Andy

[Parry]

Ha Ha Ha... The first of many Dick…. Watch that right foot ha ha….. See you in two weeks back on board….

[Dr Mike Oxgreen]

Sounds like your car's hubris detector system is working fine! I mentioned it in this thread (under a previous user name). I think the system must be standard on all TVRs.

I'd love to know more about how the car senses the driver's over-confidence. It also seems to take into account when you have a passenger on board for maximum embarrassment.

The last time my hubris detector activated, it was a similar situation: pulling away from a 50mph speed limit on the M25. Dropped down into 3rd, fed the power in smoothly, and at 60mph the back end decided to make me look like a complete bell-end.

[scotty_d]

They can tend to do that from time to time keep it smooth and ease the power on and take even more care when cold or wet.

Had a few of those moments too. infact the last one was in my old chim with its new owner in the passenger seat as i was delivering it to his house.

[Johno]

Maybe one of those days as when we were heading south off the Attleborough by pass on Saturday afternoon there was an S2000 in the central reservation at the Breckland Lodge roundabout heading north bound where he'd lost it on the way out of the roundabout.

[TVR Beaver]

Exact same... except try as I might it ended up going backwards towards the hard shoulder and a barrier... Just managed to get traction and drive it forwards (or against the direction I was travelling) before impact... Luckily no damage.. But as you say S**t myself!..
I also know of two other people who's done this also.....

Very, very soft foot now unless I know the road is 100% dry...

Edited by TVR Beaver on Monday 28th February 16:54

[taylormj4]

Yep,
me too. Interestingly, exactly the same speed around 60 and 3rd gear, full throttle pulling away from a roundabout, straight dual carriageway. Damp road.
The first thing I noticed was the engine revving up, thought I'd broken the transmission, let the throttle off and got a rear twitch as the rears regained grip. Had previously thought I was safe in 3rd on the straight but oh no !

Only fly if you're sure the road's dry!

Matt

[Chilliman]

Three embarassment free days without incident since last post, wouldn't dare say must be getting the hang of it (excuse pun) because I know the damn thing will bite me in the arse(the hubris detector ?) Maybe it's got a secret Nitrous kit hidden under the bonnet that only activates in third gear on less than dry roads... She's tucked up for another three weeks now, probably already planning the next assault on my (now) fragile driving skills.. damn that car.

Nice to know I'm not the only one guys..

Simon, stop laughing.