Cold tyres...
01-29-2006 | 03:21 PM
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It was a combination of cold tyres and road but I still would not have expected to get the car sideways on a dead straight road as I changed up. I was literally dead straight and there is no way that it would have done that in the summer.
01-29-2006 | 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by dreamer,Jan 29 2006, 11:17 PM
Well it was quite difficult trying to do my make up at the same time - in fact i smeared my lipstick as the car span gracefully to a halt 
01-29-2006 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by dreamer,Jan 30 2006, 12:17 AM
Well it was quite difficult trying to do my make up at the same time - in fact i smeared my lipstick as the car span gracefully to a halt
01-29-2006 | 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by grahamb,Jan 29 2006, 10:09 PM
I had a big lateral sway on going from 3rd to 4th at about 80 this afternoon going onto a dual carriageway from the slip road. I think part of it was a strong crosswind, but it put the frighteners on me a fair bit.
Car was definitely light on its feet all afternoon, both on A & B roads and the A34 and M4.
Hopefully just the cold and wind - the S02s are only 3500 miles old or so.
Car was definitely light on its feet all afternoon, both on A & B roads and the A34 and M4.
Hopefully just the cold and wind - the S02s are only 3500 miles old or so.
01-30-2006 | 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by wingnutLP,Jan 29 2006, 11:21 PM
It was a combination of cold tyres and road but I still would not have expected to get the car sideways on a dead straight road as I changed up. I was literally dead straight and there is no way that it would have done that in the summer.
The tyres should be roughly the same temp either side, so the only thing that could cause a sideways move in a straight line is a difference in grip on one side compared to the other.
01-30-2006 | 12:54 AM
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Originally Posted by fluffyninja,Jan 29 2006, 04:30 PM
The other alternative wwhich I've noticed is just how much more slipery it is with salt on the roads
a mate showed me an article in some bike mag and they reckoned the same stretch of road was grippier in the wet in summer than it was in the dry in winter, combination of salt on the road, lower rubber temps and other debris apparently.but I do believe in the law of cold tyres too
this morning i pulled off from the lights behind a 206CC and my back end twitched and wheelspun a bit.. i was giving it virtually nothing
although could've been S2Diesel ™
01-30-2006 | 12:56 AM
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When I drive out of my folks place in the morning I just can't do it without an eeny bit of wheel spin when it's cold - the road isn't salted or gritted, and no ice, and not wet - can only put it down to cold tyres.
But I agree with Ciderboy too - wheel spin is one thing, sideways action something else - but it probably doesn't take much of a difference in grip to provoke the sideways thing (does the LSD compound this?)
But I agree with Ciderboy too - wheel spin is one thing, sideways action something else - but it probably doesn't take much of a difference in grip to provoke the sideways thing (does the LSD compound this?)
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