Fun in the Snow!
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Wow, even -1 sized? Looks like it's going to take some 165's or 4 wheel donuts to get this car to sink to the pavement. 
The Rover will look pretty wicked with those tires!
As for the summer tires....yeah I made that mistake two years ago by being to lazy to take my 295/35/18 (265/35 up front) Yokohama AVS Sport's off my old Mustang. Sucked. I had the entire rear wheels sitting on nothing but a piece of compacted snow literally the size of the contact patch.
When tirerack says "Max performance summer" that != snowflake lover.
The Rover will look pretty wicked with those tires!
As for the summer tires....yeah I made that mistake two years ago by being to lazy to take my 295/35/18 (265/35 up front) Yokohama AVS Sport's off my old Mustang. Sucked. I had the entire rear wheels sitting on nothing but a piece of compacted snow literally the size of the contact patch.
When tirerack says "Max performance summer" that != snowflake lover.
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Originally Posted by CKit,Nov 30 2007, 12:35 AM
I thought about it, but you really need someone outside the car to take vids. Or else it'll be kind of boring.
And the wife is working tonight.
Cameraphone picture of the aftermath:
And the wife is working tonight.
Cameraphone picture of the aftermath:
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Originally Posted by MikeyCB,Nov 30 2007, 01:42 PM
Your neighbors must LOVE you. First you come "tearing down the street waaaaay to fast" now you're doing donuts on your court
When I moved to Calgary from the States (back when Canada got snow), I couldn't find the road in front of the house because it was sidewalk-sidwalk ice sheet that stayed until April. Taught me a lot about driving RWD, and driving on people's lawns...
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Originally Posted by MikeyCB,Nov 30 2007, 01:42 PM
Your neighbors must LOVE you. First you come "tearing down the street waaaaay to fast" now you're doing donuts on your court
When a drunken, shirtless guy comes over and asks me to stop doing donuts I'll cease and desist that too.
It's funny because it was so slippery that they were quiet, low rpm donuts. It only took about 4k rpms to do that...
Traction control would assist starting around 3k rpms.
And I tried a little "tail out" with the Rover today (the back tires are inexplicably more worn than the fronts) and even with full ABS VSA on that truck, you could still get it sideways if your fists are made of ham.
Excited for the snow tomorrow and the tires next week!
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Originally Posted by RED MX5,Nov 30 2007, 04:39 PM
Ckit, does the RLTC also slow down some of the cars responses in the same way when the roads are clear and dry?
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Originally Posted by CKit,Nov 30 2007, 09:25 PM
No, it's imperceptible in the dry. But I was running Sport Cups so there wasn't any slip to trigger the TC. When dry, I also upped the minimum rpm setting to 5k rpm so it'd only kick in if there was an unexpected total break in traction like gravel or leaves....
As our resident RLTC advocate, I'm hoping you'll have the S out on a safe, distant-wall track in the spring/summer to see how they do together?
Reason I ask is I could see my car heading into the fun-drive-only category of your S. Although your S seems to be picking up EXTRA driving seasons in its age...
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Originally Posted by MikeyCB,Dec 1 2007, 01:57 AM
Seeing the Cups and the TC would be interesting because I suspect the Cups really HOLD until they let go completely, little in between. Wonder if the the TC would've created a middle ground.
Ckit, so you think the RLTC can "stretch" the break-a-way point out a little?
Your earlier comment about slowing things down makes it seem that this may indeed be the case.
In a way that's what I'd expect, though I'd never really thought about it before in exactly that way.
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