First Taste of Danger in the RX!!

[banned advertiser]

Yes, remember these cars are upto 15 years old, and you need balance, which doing one side may not achive, I also doubt that you have just one, if they are all old, you will probably have a few that should get attention.

[iaint]

Had a reminder on monday night to treat driving our cars with respect...

Chasing a boxster s (not a fair \'fight\' really but them\'s the breaks), WOT in 2nd and I suddenly stopped accelerating - revs rose sharply as did noise and the wheels completely broke traction.  Completely dry road but ~7C air temp so quite cold.  

Fortunately in a streight line so no big drama until the tyres found some grip and I nearly rammed the pork...

If I\'d been taking a curve at the time it\'d have been back-end all over the place.

At least I know why mine broke traction though.

Glad you escaped this scare unscathed!

[clandestine]

Well lads i\'ve just come into work more awake than i\'ve ever been lol

lol - I know exactly how you feel, I remember a couple of months ago driving in the wet at about 60mph.  Came off the A3 turning into Waterlooville without slowing down and the backend did a quick number on me.

I\'ve spent some reasonable time playing computer games so my immediate reaction was to turn the other way and the car sorted itself out.

It was fantastic though...didn\'t last long enough to really enjoy the sensation but I did a yeehah much to my wifes amusement.  When was the last time you yeehah\'ed .

Of course you can only enjoy those moments when nothing goes wrong!

[20B_boy]

Seriously, the FD is a high performance rear wheel drive car; if you put wanky rubber on it or let it degenerate into a badly maintained turd, you are seriously asking for trouble.

And in cold weather use your brain when driving it - or you\'ll be joining the already long list of FDs written off /sigh

[Archbish]

((^^^^how many you killed....?? *innocent grin*))

[Bobbit]

Mind did a similar trick on me last year, just put me new suspension on and was enjoying the new grip until it let go, going round a roundabout just outside work, i applied opposite lock, it flipped back across and i hit the curb. Scratched my (then) perfect alloy wheel and scrapped off all the paint on me front splitter (bugger!) There really do let go quite quickly when you get stiffer suspension on, more grip but less time to react, it\'s a fine line.

[leon]

Lucky boy! :Thumbs-up  I\'ve found those white lines are quite slippy when wet.

I would recomend a skid pan day to anyone owning a car with rear wheel drive, They are also GREAT FUN :Laugh  lets you learn the signs and how to react when they go :Thumbs-up

And if your lucky you get to do a time attack on "ice" after that is quite funny
Seen way too many jap performance wrecked by spins

[S3TH]

I would recomend a skid pan day to anyone owning a car with rear wheel drive, They are also GREAT FUN :Laugh  lets you learn the signs and how to react when they go :Thumbs-up

That\'s a cool idea
I find myself testing the limits a bit more everytime I get more confident... could be fatal at some point since they are LIGHT and POWERFUL! Not much time to react i suppose... so good to know the feeling before it lets go...

oh and mine "wags its tail" all the time! :rollin
Luckily everytime the rear wheels have spinned up they do so stationary... WET is NOT safe!

[Ricco_04]

Mine handled relatively crap when I first got it.  Shocks had gone & 2 bushes.  Those raplaced + alighnment and my god what a difference.

Something easy to forget is simple as tyre pressure, makes a good difference too!

[adib]

ran mine on jap rubber for 2 years, and they can be fun, now got new ones