Not what to do in the wet!!

Zaf said:
Yeah kinda just bought a 106 lol only a 1.5D with a whoping 56Bhp :D Hopefully should be nice and safe now its like driving a shooping trolly with a lawn mower engine :rolleyes:
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SLOW, LOUD, SLOW and LOUD

but do about a zillion to the gallon :D
 
thats some pretty impressive crash mate, atleast if your going to write a car off you may as well do it in style, none of this silly hitting a curb, warping the chassis and killing it without so much as a dent!

In all seriousness i'm glad your alright and your happy to admit upto, and hopefully learn from your mistakes. Hope the 106 doesn't get you down too much, hardly the most awe inspireing car, but i imagine you'll not be wanting a seat of your pants thrill ride of a car for a while now!
 
Siliconslave said:
thats some pretty impressive crash mate, atleast if your going to write a car off you may as well do it in style, none of this silly hitting a curb, warping the chassis and killing it without so much as a dent!

In all seriousness i'm glad your alright and your happy to admit upto, and hopefully learn from your mistakes. Hope the 106 doesn't get you down too much, hardly the most awe inspireing car, but i imagine you'll not be wanting a seat of your pants thrill ride of a car for a while now!
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Cheers for post mate and your right lol Just gone and picked my GTI alloys up today should make it go faster :rolleyes:
 
Lopéz said:
I hear Newquay is nicer this time of year. ;)
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Just got back dont even get me started how much downhill its gone just like another blackpool now :rolleyes:


Its my thread i'm aloud to go off topic :p
 
Dolph said:
Cutting drive to the front wheels when in an oversteering FWD car will NOT bring it back into line, at best it'll simply do nothing to improve the situation, at worst it'll make it spin faster.... Much like braking will do.
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Depends what angle you're at - the default reaction when the car starts to oversteer is to lift off the throttle which will cause the car to oversteer more, if instead you dip the clutch I'm pretty sure the car will come back into line as it's neither accelerating or decelerating... I'm more of an RWD man myself so I could be wrong though :)

Dolph said:
As for giving up any hope of controlling the car by letting go of the wheel :eek: :eek:
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It's not "giving up" it's accepting that if you don't know what you're doing you're more likely to **** it up, the car WILL countersteer exactly the right amount on your behalf, castor and other suspension geometry-ness ensures that - try it sometime, on a track though! :p
 
playworker said:
Depends what angle you're at - the default reaction when the car starts to oversteer is to lift off the throttle which will cause the car to oversteer more, if instead you dip the clutch I'm pretty sure the car will come back into line as it's neither accelerating or decelerating... I'm more of an RWD man myself so I could be wrong though :)
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No, dipping the clutch has the exact same effect as lifting off, you get more oversteer.

In a FWD you have to floor the gas so it can pull itself straight, same as a 4WD (unless the power split has heavy rear wheel drive bias). It's the opposite of what your mind is telling you, but it's the only way you have any hope of getting it back.
 
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DreXeL said:
No, dipping the clutch has the exact same effect as lifting off, you get more oversteer.

In a FWD you have to floor the gas so it can pull itself straight, same as a 4WD (unless the power split has heavy rear wheel drive bias). It's the opposite of what your mind is telling you, but it's the only way you have any hope of getting it back.
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Now you tell me :p
 
Zaf said:
Now you tell me :p
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It's not a get-out-of-jail-free-card though, you still need plenty of room to get it back, and it won't help if you took the corner so stupidly fast that there is nothing you will be able to do to stave of the inevitable big crash.......
 
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