Type R and VTEC owners

Goodyear eagle F1AS2 always get slated for steering feel, numbness and stuff but as a road tyre they help avoid these situations :(

Shame about the car as it was very nice - so this is rather sad to read:

"I'm not overly bothered actually, kind of says a lot about how I felt about the car recently I guess."

One more future classic gone
 
I have no doubt that the main cause was a combination of cold AD08R's, a greasy road and most likely a lack of my ability behind the wheels. There has been speculation that there may be fuel spillage on the roundabout as it's a main one but I don't know, and I don't really care - the result is the same.

I do care about the car, however I think it's more of a case that I was prepared to let the car go, I'd started the motions of either optimistically selling it as it was with an inflated price, or eventually stripping and selling to replace with another Evo.

Copy/paste from S2KI.

Yes, it's mine. I find it amusing that some people feel the need to troll me by posting inaccuracies about the car, its insurance status and the circumstances of the accident both on CTRO and on the S2000 page on Facebook.

For clarification:
1) I am not running Parada Spec 2's, I'm running AD08R's.
2) It was not a straight piece of road, it was coming off a roundabout on a left hand bend. I had too much throttle on and the back went before I could feel anything. I hit the armco will full right hand lock on, the car then spun around on the road before settling in the ditch/bramble.
3) The modifications are all declared, and I've been reassured by Greenlight that I will receive the value of the car plus the cost to replace the modifications.
4) It probably was a lack of driver skill that was the cause. Or it was oil. Who knows? I don't particularly care, it's happened and the end result is the same.
5) Driver and passenger are fine. [sarcasm]It's lovely to see the usual keyboard warriors on Facebook are concerned about this.[/sarcasm]
 
[TW]Fox;29159333 said:
Why do people fit these trackday tyres on roadcars anyway? Glad you are ok, could have been a lot worse.
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It's not the tyres fault at all. AD08 isn't a track tyre anyway it's primarily a street tyre. I've been using them for years, on cars more grunty than s2000, never had a problem.

In cold damp conditions any tyre will break loose easily. When you are driving a car with FR layout, an LSD and no traction control gizmos, you simply cannot ever beast the throttle through a turn without anticipating the rear end getting loose. If you go around flooring it with total complacency then that was the beginning of a one way street to failure.
 
Clarkey said:
It's not the tyres fault at all. AD08 isn't a track tyre anyway it's primarily a street tyre. I've been using them for years, on cars more grunty than s2000, never had a problem.

In cold damp conditions any tyre will break loose easily. When you are driving a car with FR layout, an LSD and no traction control gizmos, you simply cannot ever beast the throttle through a turn without anticipating the rear end getting loose. If you go around flooring it with total complacency then that was the beginning of a one way street to failure.
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Vtec kicked in though
 
S2KIP said:
I have no doubt that the main cause was a combination of cold AD08R's, a greasy road and most likely a lack of my ability behind the wheels. There has been speculation that there may be fuel spillage on the roundabout as it's a main one but I don't know, and I don't really care - the result is the same.

I do care about the car, however I think it's more of a case that I was prepared to let the car go, I'd started the motions of either optimistically selling it as it was with an inflated price, or eventually stripping and selling to replace with another Evo.

Copy/paste from S2KI.

Yes, it's mine. I find it amusing that some people feel the need to troll me by posting inaccuracies about the car, its insurance status and the circumstances of the accident both on CTRO and on the S2000 page on Facebook.

For clarification:
1) I am not running Parada Spec 2's, I'm running AD08R's.
2) It was not a straight piece of road, it was coming off a roundabout on a left hand bend. I had too much throttle on and the back went before I could feel anything. I hit the armco will full right hand lock on, the car then spun around on the road before settling in the ditch/bramble.
3) The modifications are all declared, and I've been reassured by Greenlight that I will receive the value of the car plus the cost to replace the modifications.
4) It probably was a lack of driver skill that was the cause. Or it was oil. Who knows? I don't particularly care, it's happened and the end result is the same.
5) Driver and passenger are fine. [sarcasm]It's lovely to see the usual keyboard warriors on Facebook are concerned about this.[/sarcasm]
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If its any consolation I was driving on the opposite carriageway (towards the round about) not two weeks back and saw a supra in the verge very close to where you were. Glad it has all worked out and everyone is safe.
 
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