Stability Control.
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PMKeates could take that at 160mph in his Mondeo.
Soldato
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It's that understeer I keep telling you about.
Get some vredestein sessanta ultrac on the front too as I found the stock Sports Contact 2/3 not as good.
I love CS3s had them on my VXR - its currently got ZZ5s on the front, but they'll be going pretty soon.
I'll consider the Vredensteins as I have a friend who swears by them on his E46 M3, but I'm a fan of original tyres.
I'll consider the Vredensteins as I have a friend who swears by them on his E46 M3, but I'm a fan of original tyres.
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I've never had anything "save my bacon" before, except ABS in the damp once. Not because I'm a driving god just because that's the way it is.
I can't think of a single time that traction control or a computer systems has saved my life. I can think of a couple of times where it might have stopped me spinning on an island when I was somewhat rock ape with the throttle and the surface wasn't really working with me but other than that not really. I can think of times where I have caught a car going sideways with DSC on that if I hadn't of reacted it would have spun, traction systems are not a solve all thing, not least when you have serious horses. I am older however so my levels of limit are perhaps lower, I take less chances on the road these days and in the days I didn't there was no such thing as TC or computer aids on any of my cars. I also think you appreciate when to drive quickly and when not to, you just get a feeling. Doesn't mean I wont go out tomorrow in my uber Audi and stick it in a hedge, these things can happen to everyone now and again.
I don't think the electronics saved me exactly but they sure did a lot of something or other when I hit some black ice 2 days ago in a lane, I had no idea it was there, couldn't see it at all, driving normally and all of a sudden I have little to no control and the car is sliding towards the hedge mid bend, I reacted quite fast in anycase despite being very surprised as I didn't think there was any ice about that night. Really it was a case of keeping the power in check faster than I could do it myself and helping to regain some traction and retard a spin
Managed to avoid the hedge anyway, I think it was the car working with me more than the electronics alone that kept me on the road. As is always the case really, they help you, not so much fix your mess.
There is a water leak across that road though I now find out, and it had frozen as a sheet of black ice, but because elsewhere it wasn't wet, there was no other ice about and of course I wasn’t expecting it, I just got caught out there really. I wasn't driving fast at all, perfectly normally if not slightly sedatley if anything (I usually do drive like that now, the car just keeps me in wafting mode more than racing)
I’ve had my backend trying to break lose (and actually breaking lose a couple of times in the snow) several times of late in the cold weather. On a wet, greasy and icy road the big old armchair on wheels is surprisingly tail-happy.
Managed to avoid the hedge anyway, I think it was the car working with me more than the electronics alone that kept me on the road. As is always the case really, they help you, not so much fix your mess.
There is a water leak across that road though I now find out, and it had frozen as a sheet of black ice, but because elsewhere it wasn't wet, there was no other ice about and of course I wasn’t expecting it, I just got caught out there really. I wasn't driving fast at all, perfectly normally if not slightly sedatley if anything (I usually do drive like that now, the car just keeps me in wafting mode more than racing)
I’ve had my backend trying to break lose (and actually breaking lose a couple of times in the snow) several times of late in the cold weather. On a wet, greasy and icy road the big old armchair on wheels is surprisingly tail-happy.
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