2 incidents in 1 week!
12-14-2005, 01:20 AM
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Originally Posted by S2KPDQ,Dec 14 2005, 10:28 AM
When I read posts like this I think I'm driving a different car.
I drive a MY01, so have the original suspension running the 'UK preferred' settings and use SO2's.
I don't have anything like the problems others seem to have with the car being as unpredictable and scary as some of the posts indicate.
My car will quite happily accept maximum acceleration through the gears in the cold and damp with no issues and is rock steady on the motorway with no twitchiness.
Of course it demands respect, but no more so than any other powerful rear-drive sports car in my experience.
Hmmmmmmm...........
Andy
Pigeon-toed rear wheels indeed!
The OEM settings make it much more adjustable.
TBH,
I agree and do despair when I read posts like the foregoing.
If you spin on the public highway, you should be given a 50bhp RWD Escort/Viva/PoS, until you learn how to drive it safely.
12-14-2005, 01:22 AM
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I rag the tits off mine every day on twisty backroads and dual carriageways, which even have ROUNDABOUTS sprinkled around as well! 
Yes, the tail will kick out on violent acceleration from a standstill, but I can't imagine how you could possibly spin the whole car! All you do is feather the throttle back a bit.
Any car with more than 50bhp will spin its wheels in this weather, but I don't think the S is any different.
Yes, the tail will kick out on violent acceleration from a standstill, but I can't imagine how you could possibly spin the whole car! All you do is feather the throttle back a bit.
Any car with more than 50bhp will spin its wheels in this weather, but I don't think the S is any different.
12-14-2005, 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Nick Graves,Dec 14 2005, 10:20 AM
You is a poof!
Pigeon-toed rear wheels indeed!
The OEM settings make it much more adjustable.
TBH,
I agree and do despair when I read posts like the foregoing.
If you spin on the public highway, you should be given a 50bhp RWD Escort/Viva/PoS, until you learn how to drive it safely.
Pigeon-toed rear wheels indeed!
The OEM settings make it much more adjustable.
TBH,
I agree and do despair when I read posts like the foregoing.
If you spin on the public highway, you should be given a 50bhp RWD Escort/Viva/PoS, until you learn how to drive it safely.
Not wishing to sound harsh (but most on here have been thus far!), even on my sh1tbox Kumhos (and last year when the Bridgies were worn to the bone) I can accelerate full bore from a standing start in wet/cold conditions without any probs. True, the rears will spin in second if it's really cold and you VTEC it, but it's never once gone shapeless. I DID spin it a few weekends ago (see winter driving thread somewhere on here) but
12-14-2005, 03:53 AM
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Interesting to read this thread. As a new owner and the S2000 being the first RWD car I've owned I was expecting my car to be lethal in the wet.
I drove it last weekend in the ice and slime that seems to have appeared and the car was fine. If I used VTEC it was only gently until the revs had built up and the car gave me so much feedback you could feel if it was likely to slide.
I took every slow speed (where appropriate) oportunity to provoke the rear to see how much grip there was and there were no brown trouser moments.
I still have a huge amount of respect for the car and was very careful with bends at anything over 50mph.
Smooth driving seems to suit the car well. I've ridden a supermoto for several years throughout the winter and I've learned a hell of a lot about reading the road and it's grip levels. I'd think this has helped a lot as I'm certainly no Michael Schumacher
I drove it last weekend in the ice and slime that seems to have appeared and the car was fine. If I used VTEC it was only gently until the revs had built up and the car gave me so much feedback you could feel if it was likely to slide.
I took every slow speed (where appropriate) oportunity to provoke the rear to see how much grip there was and there were no brown trouser moments.
I still have a huge amount of respect for the car and was very careful with bends at anything over 50mph.
Smooth driving seems to suit the car well. I've ridden a supermoto for several years throughout the winter and I've learned a hell of a lot about reading the road and it's grip levels. I'd think this has helped a lot as I'm certainly no Michael Schumacher
12-14-2005, 04:09 AM
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[QUOTE=dave99,Dec 14 2005, 11:05 AM] On the Lotus training day you accelerate on a run way and take a sharp left at any thing from 60-80 mph, anyway it was raining on the day I was there and on the straight leading up to the sharp left the S was fish tailing in 2nd in VTEC. However it wasn
12-14-2005, 04:20 AM
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Just as a matter of interest did this happen on cold tyres about half a mile from your house!!?? My guess is yes!
Spinning on a bend yeah no problem but in a straight line must have taken some serious revs and it was said when changing into second. In all seriousness the clutch must have been dumped straight up or fed in with silly revs! .......bit of a waste for a 205Gti!! ;-)
oh and a sharp bend at 60mph should be fine in the S in the dry. One word constantly mentioned...............SMOOTHNESS!!
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Edd
Spinning on a bend yeah no problem but in a straight line must have taken some serious revs and it was said when changing into second. In all seriousness the clutch must have been dumped straight up or fed in with silly revs! .......bit of a waste for a 205Gti!! ;-)
oh and a sharp bend at 60mph should be fine in the S in the dry. One word constantly mentioned...............SMOOTHNESS!!
;-)
Edd
12-14-2005, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Rawhide,Dec 14 2005, 01:53 PM
Smooth driving seems to suit the car well. I've ridden a supermoto for several years throughout the winter and I've learned a hell of a lot about reading the road and it's grip levels. I'd think this has helped a lot as I'm certainly no Michael Schumacher
Funny how the ex/bikers seem to have little difficulty with the car.
400BHP in a 1,000kg TVR would really be something to bleat about.
12-14-2005, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by alex.stanley,Dec 13 2005, 11:46 PM
That's a bit harsh! But yes, the S does need ample spoonfuls of respect
12-14-2005, 09:49 AM
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After a few years of ownership you will become at one with understanding the car.
If you progressively apply power in a non snappy way you can control the rear end very easily.
People that nail it in the wet/cold/s2k diesel and have no real understanding of how it should feel are gagging for a good, heavy smash.
Those that know the car are not invincible but just know the car. The chance of a crash with that type of person is very low.
...and yes...I did 10k in it before that comment about it being stuck in the garage is made
If you progressively apply power in a non snappy way you can control the rear end very easily.
People that nail it in the wet/cold/s2k diesel and have no real understanding of how it should feel are gagging for a good, heavy smash.
Those that know the car are not invincible but just know the car. The chance of a crash with that type of person is very low.
...and yes...I did 10k in it before that comment about it being stuck in the garage is made