Soldato
Dunlop SportMaxx RT - 245/45/18 - Current tyres fitted to the STi - from the moment I pushed the car on them the first time in the wet I thought they were bad..
When I first went around Curborough in the wet with this car, I really thought I had forgotten how to drive because the car was constantly fighting me, the torque vectoring aggressively grabbing the front brakes regularly and making it feel quite unnerving. However, on the road they seemed ok, so I've lived with them for this long.
Well Saturday really proved to me that I need to get them off the car. Driving with a group of cars, we turned off a roundabout in the damp, they all turned and I didn't ! I turned in, the front slid, the TV grabbed the front inside brake, turned the car in and the back stepped out
all in what was quite a slow turn with the dash lights flashing like crazy! After that the whole time the car was fighting me in 2nd and 3rd gear, not what you expect from AWD!
Now I concede, these tyres are nearly 3 years old, and I have probably ruined them with the donuting and the like
But it was interesting that someone came and checked my tyres when we got to Caffeine and Machine (great place btw) and laughed, stating he knows why my car looked twitchy, he has had them fitted to cars in the past and hated them in the wet. So glad I'm not alone in my feelings.
So looks like I'll be finding some nice lightweight wheels for my car and getting them fitted with PS4S!
TLDR - I need new tyres
When I first went around Curborough in the wet with this car, I really thought I had forgotten how to drive because the car was constantly fighting me, the torque vectoring aggressively grabbing the front brakes regularly and making it feel quite unnerving. However, on the road they seemed ok, so I've lived with them for this long.
Well Saturday really proved to me that I need to get them off the car. Driving with a group of cars, we turned off a roundabout in the damp, they all turned and I didn't ! I turned in, the front slid, the TV grabbed the front inside brake, turned the car in and the back stepped out
all in what was quite a slow turn with the dash lights flashing like crazy! After that the whole time the car was fighting me in 2nd and 3rd gear, not what you expect from AWD! Now I concede, these tyres are nearly 3 years old, and I have probably ruined them with the donuting and the like
But it was interesting that someone came and checked my tyres when we got to Caffeine and Machine (great place btw) and laughed, stating he knows why my car looked twitchy, he has had them fitted to cars in the past and hated them in the wet. So glad I'm not alone in my feelings.So looks like I'll be finding some nice lightweight wheels for my car and getting them fitted with PS4S!
TLDR - I need new tyres
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