learned a lesson about "high performance summer" tires, tonight.... |
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learned a lesson about "high performance summer" tires, tonight.... |
Aaron Cox |
Jan 14 2007, 10:01 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
they dont stick quite as good as they do when the asphalt is 130 degrees... LOL
so its 30 ish outside... coming back from dinner with my cousin.... offramp. 400 yds away.... approaching rapidly to make the light... BRAKE.... let off and set the line.... now i dont think i was trailbraking... but just as i rolled onto the throttle (like minimal increase) .... ass end started coming around slowly.... then faster got off the throttle a bit to try and let it bite.... it did... but im already sideways.... recovered.... cousin thought it was part of the show..... that was phun... note to self. "self... it aint 90 degrees out right now.." yoko ES100's are a great tire... but man... watchout when its low double digits and you are trying to corner at warp factor 9 |
VaccaRabite |
Jan 15 2007, 08:45 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,553 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Rich beat me to it.
Pretty much everyone around here has summer tires off thier car by around september, or they figure out pretty quick that when the temps drop to ~50, they start loosing traction. The best, as far as I am concerned, are the guys that wrap thier WRX STis around trees in the snow with summer tires. "But I thought AWD was supposed to save me." (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Summer tires should not come standard on any tire in a climate where there is snow. Zach |
jsteele22 |
Jan 15 2007, 11:20 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 727 Joined: 24-August 05 From: Colorado Springs, CO Member No.: 4,653 |
The best, as far as I am concerned, are the guys that wrap thier WRX STis around trees in the snow with summer tires. "But I thought AWD was supposed to save me." (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Summer tires should not come standard on any tire in a climate where there is snow. Zach Yeah, it almost seems like STi's were meant to be wrapped around trees. Do any of 'em actually live past 50k ? And the part about AWD is right on the money. The ditches are full of SUVs these days. As for Aaron's little adventure, I had something kinda similar. Had to run up to Denver last week for work; while going out on a dinner break I spun 90 degrees. I wasn't taking an offramp at high spped; I was pulling into a parking space at like 3 MPH ! Friggin side streets are still covered with 8" of black ice, and around the parking spot it was so lumpy that I think my wheels were basically slipping "downhill" in two different directions; caught me totally by suprise. |
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