Rain + RX8 + DSC off =
10-23-2003, 01:38 AM
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Originally posted by pepe
= Dangerous... this is how I put my 8 into a gutter... my advice, be very careful!
= Dangerous... this is how I put my 8 into a gutter... my advice, be very careful!
I will be more careful the next time it rains.:D :D
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10-23-2003, 02:01 AM
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So, pepe, does that mean you have curbed your left rear wheel? Me, too, and no spare! Am now living in fear of runaway shopping trolley (next most common damage experience!) 
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10-23-2003, 02:09 AM
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Originally posted by timbo
So, pepe, does that mean you have curbed your left rear wheel? Me, too, and no spare! Am now living in fear of runaway shopping trolley (next most common damage experience!)
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So, pepe, does that mean you have curbed your left rear wheel? Me, too, and no spare! Am now living in fear of runaway shopping trolley (next most common damage experience!)
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Is there a popular and famous right hand corner in Canberra?
10-23-2003, 04:24 AM
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Originally posted by timbo
So, pepe, does that mean you have curbed your left rear wheel? Me, too, and no spare! Am now living in fear of runaway shopping trolley (next most common damage experience!)
Timbo
So, pepe, does that mean you have curbed your left rear wheel? Me, too, and no spare! Am now living in fear of runaway shopping trolley (next most common damage experience!)
Timbo
10-23-2003, 04:26 AM
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Oh, it'll be there, again, next monday... with all the dramas with my car (both Mazda & the repair fiasco) my car has been off the road for about 3.5 weeks out of the 10 I've owned it.
10-23-2003, 05:24 AM
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Originally posted by pepe
= Dangerous... this is how I put my 8 into a gutter... my advice, be very careful!
= Dangerous... this is how I put my 8 into a gutter... my advice, be very careful!
I drive the Lotus Elise once with no ABS no DSC nothing... it sticks like hell and you just need to be skillful and get better suspension mods.
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10-23-2003, 06:32 AM
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Originally posted by Winning
How did you know it was the left rear one? :D :D
How did you know it was the left rear one? :D :D
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10-23-2003, 09:02 AM
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The last time I had an accident when playing with rain, my car ended up just 20 cms from a big furniture shop display window. Car went up the kerb, snap both of the left wheels and suspensions off. No Panel damage though.
:D :D :D
Lesson that I learned; Only play in the rain when it still raining, don't drift and/or counter steer when there is no more rain. When the rain stop, roads condition are very unpredictable, some dry spots are very dangerous as you can have an instant traction.
:D :D :D
Lesson that I learned; Only play in the rain when it still raining, don't drift and/or counter steer when there is no more rain. When the rain stop, roads condition are very unpredictable, some dry spots are very dangerous as you can have an instant traction.
10-23-2003, 02:43 PM
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Originally posted by vfst
in fear of shopping trolleys, tow bars, jealous ******* and please be free to add on to my list.
in fear of shopping trolleys, tow bars, jealous ******* and please be free to add on to my list.
2:Fear of boys in blue (some in pink ) giving me fines or worse cancellation of license .
3:Jealous gorrilas whos girlfriends are perving at my rx8 , and they get testostorone envy.
4:Loosing control when going fast and perving at the ladys here on the goldcoast .
5:Envious of the future rotary drivers in the year 2050 , heck can you imagine the automotive advances then??? Thats assuming that mankind has not destroyed themselves or our planet .
However as i often say ,
TOMMOROW IS PROMISED TO NO ONE . so lets enjoy our lifes and our rx8 today.
10-25-2003, 08:11 PM
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I too have had fun in the rain, even with DSC off the car tends to think the road is dry.
One time though, I had DSC on, and that fact probably saved the car from some serious damage. If I was driving my last car (current shape Celica) I think I would have lost it.
I was driving from Kersbrook in the Adelaide Hills to the Barossa Valley (Williamstown) about 2 weeks after I got the car. It was about 9am on a Sunday morning, and raining heavily. No traffic anywhere and a good winding road. I was enjoying myself immensely.
Then I came to a 45 kph corner (the ones I normally take at 80). The corner was negative camber, and there was a 4 metre band of orange slush streaming across the road. The entire area in that part of the world is mostly clay, so the slush was fine particles of clay pouring across the road in a little orange river.
I hit the corner, the DSC light was going beserk on the dash, and the car dug in and carried me through with no small amount of slide involved. In a lesser car, or with DSC switched off, I imagine I would have slid straight off sideways into a 3 metre tall clay embankment at over 60 kph.
One time though, I had DSC on, and that fact probably saved the car from some serious damage. If I was driving my last car (current shape Celica) I think I would have lost it.
I was driving from Kersbrook in the Adelaide Hills to the Barossa Valley (Williamstown) about 2 weeks after I got the car. It was about 9am on a Sunday morning, and raining heavily. No traffic anywhere and a good winding road. I was enjoying myself immensely.
Then I came to a 45 kph corner (the ones I normally take at 80). The corner was negative camber, and there was a 4 metre band of orange slush streaming across the road. The entire area in that part of the world is mostly clay, so the slush was fine particles of clay pouring across the road in a little orange river.
I hit the corner, the DSC light was going beserk on the dash, and the car dug in and carried me through with no small amount of slide involved. In a lesser car, or with DSC switched off, I imagine I would have slid straight off sideways into a 3 metre tall clay embankment at over 60 kph.
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