Car Spinning/Skidding
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You had me until heel and toe.. thats not really a sensible thing to suggest someone did routinely.
However... it does sound to me like the driver probably dopesn't properly understand when to brake, when to turn and when to apply power.
And the car sounds like it might be a bit prone to this sort of thing... something like the alignment etc having it a lot closer to the edge than it really ought to be.
I've been in cars with people who've never had points etc who drive in a way that terrifies me because they have no concept of what the car is doing underneath them.. it's most likely that... I managed to stuff a 1ltr metro many years ago, never came close to stuffing my 275bhp focus st because I knew when to turn it on and when to turn it off!
Really? I see diesel on the road daily here, normally leading to a recently brimmed and overflowing artic or bus.
I drove through a definite diesel spillage with my last car - was bit confused seeing the esp light flashing while driving on a straight dual carriageway, eased off anyhow and then as the road climbed and curved to the right there were several cars pointing the wrong way having kissed various armco barriers along the way. Later traffic reports confirmed there'd been a spillage.
Luckily don't see too many, tough it's easier finding them if you're riding a motorbike
Was advised to always fit new rubber to rear first by a friend who was a tyre depot manager - always worth checking the tyre pressures are in the ball park too.
Luckily don't see too many, tough it's easier finding them if you're riding a motorbike
Was advised to always fit new rubber to rear first by a friend who was a tyre depot manager - always worth checking the tyre pressures are in the ball park too.
Where the hell are you driving!? Honestly, next to never encounter it - as above the rare occasion it happens it causes chaos not one random car to spin
Nonsense, the estate I work on permanently has diesel spilt on the roads, it's lethal in the wet. Round a corner at speed over that and you WILL lose control.
I had a twitchy back end on my fiesta in the wet before I changed the tyres.
I had csc1's on the front with about 2mm tread and event w905 tyres on the back with 7mm of tread.
Problem was the continentals offered too much grip compared to the budgets on the back, causing the back end to lose traction and come round on me when pushed.
I had csc1's on the front with about 2mm tread and event w905 tyres on the back with 7mm of tread.
Problem was the continentals offered too much grip compared to the budgets on the back, causing the back end to lose traction and come round on me when pushed.
So an industrial estate has some spillage - bit different to a main road, no?
I've rarely seen it generally but in the carpark outside work theres a patch on the exit (which is somewhat like a chicane) where it always builds up and is lethal in the wet - seen people sliding out backwards before. The lorries turning up to unload at the company next door always pull into that bit so as to be able to back down to the unloading bays which seems to be the cause of it.
Because you're in a car and not looking down like on a bike, you'd be amazed at how often you'll see the rainbows on the road when it's wet on a bike.. scary amounts!
Soldato
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Go here for driftorz.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.5...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sdL0N5FhhogivLiMN_g3K9A!2e0
Think they have a road sign up now saying it gets slippy.
It is, but I've seen spills on main roads quite a few times including on a slip road. If you didn't see it and drove over it without the required care and attention then you could easily spin a V reg Corolla.
Anyway, buy her a car with ESP and good tyres, no more spinning.
I live relatively nearby, been there plenty....never noticed any mythical diesel
Are we seriously saying there are roads littered all over the country covered in diesel here? Not just greasy, wet roads......
Anyway, its highly unlikely to be the cause
Are we seriously saying there are roads littered all over the country covered in diesel here? Not just greasy, wet roads......
Anyway, its highly unlikely to be the cause
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If it were me I'd be going to a garage and asking for the brakes / brake balance to be checked, the alignent to be checked and adjusted, and the shocks / springs to be given a look over. Assuming all of that is correct the next step is then to investigate the driving style. As others have said it sounds like she is potentially going into corners too quickly and then lifting off and braking whilst trying to turn. She should really be braking before the corner and getting down to a sensible speed first to keep the car settled.
Far more common than even I thought as a car driver, get on a bike and you see it because you have to (and you're looking down at an acute angle)