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...Mr Bognor wrote:I had my first real moment where the back end lost traction last night
Its my first RWD and on a straight road using 3rd the back end lost traction and had to catch it
Thinking about it the road was not wet but more damp with the cold weather we have had and I should have thought about this
Scary tho and even more respect for the car now
Alan
.. but given the cold temperatures they won't be working particularly well even when the road is bone dry. Below 7°C summer tyre compounds don't grip very well, hence why an increasing number of people in the UK are using winter tyres when the weather gets cold like this. I can feel the slipperiness on both my cars when they're on normal summer tyres (Falken 452s on the SW20 and UniRoyal RainExperts on my E46). Swapping to my Goodyear Ultragrip 8s givens a night-and-day improvement on the BMW... the MR2 is just driven less and treated with more even respect given even decent summer tyres become ditchfinders at this time of year.Mr Bognor wrote:I had my first real moment where the back end lost traction last night
I was caught out the same as you,the road only seemed damp but was very slippery!../ cold conditions its very easy throttle I guess (even when weather is dry). 
+1 But you just need to factor in the loss of grip due to temperature. Just because it's dry doesn't mean your tyres will provide the same grip in the winter as the summer!^^^ Yup The last winter I had the car I had those tyres on, so much better than anything else I'd used. Good you caught it,most over correct. Get some car control sessions under your belt and it won't phase you. 'might' of lit the back tyres up (wet and cold) coming out of a roundabout nearby 
+ heavy right foot x wet road = loss of grip/sideways action Had the rears lit up a couple of times in the last few days. Styled one out in the centre of town today lol.Skywalker wrote:If it scares you then it usually means the car was out of your control.
The turbo loves this cold air! Feed me Seymour!
Skywalker wrote:If it scares you then it usually means the car was out of your control.
The turbo loves this cold air! Feed me Seymour!
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