Big wiggle
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Big wiggle
I was driving back from Manchester this afternoon in the intermittent rain and the car felt fine, not twitching, easy to drive. 
I was earlier than I thought so decided to drop off at my sister's house on the way back for a break. Came off the M6 onto the A14. By this time it had stopped raining a while ago and the roads were dry. Came off the roundabout in 2nd gear. Easy on the throttle around the roundabout. Slowly feeding in the throttle. Just into VTEC for the first time on my journey. I knew it must have rained here earlier so changed up way before the redline, no more than 7,000 rpm, if that. Just as I change gear wooooooowwwwwwww
the bad end wiggles from side to side, huge brown trouser moment. I was waiting for the back end to come around. But no, 
hew: it didn't. I have no idea why it didn't, whether it was the minimal change in steering from me, me easing off the throttle when this happen, or just damn lucky.
Now I wanted to ask people's advice here, cos I don't quite understand why I had such a big wiggle today. The roads appeared dry, but I can't say completely dry as I'm sure it would have rained there earlier. The road was completely straight and my steering wheel was straight when I changed gear. My tyre pressures were perfect, checked before I left for Manchester yesterday. My rear tyres are coming up for replacement soon, I know they are a little less than 3mm, which I know people say the rubber gets quite hard and not as grippy when less than 3mm.
So any answers why the car did this on a straight bit of road? Going around a corner I can understand, but not on a straight road. It reminds me again to be very careful of VTEC and aggressive gear changes in the wet
I was earlier than I thought so decided to drop off at my sister's house on the way back for a break. Came off the M6 onto the A14. By this time it had stopped raining a while ago and the roads were dry. Came off the roundabout in 2nd gear. Easy on the throttle around the roundabout. Slowly feeding in the throttle. Just into VTEC for the first time on my journey. I knew it must have rained here earlier so changed up way before the redline, no more than 7,000 rpm, if that. Just as I change gear wooooooowwwwwwww
the bad end wiggles from side to side, huge brown trouser moment. I was waiting for the back end to come around. But no, hew: it didn't. I have no idea why it didn't, whether it was the minimal change in steering from me, me easing off the throttle when this happen, or just damn lucky. Now I wanted to ask people's advice here, cos I don't quite understand why I had such a big wiggle today. The roads appeared dry, but I can't say completely dry as I'm sure it would have rained there earlier. The road was completely straight and my steering wheel was straight when I changed gear. My tyre pressures were perfect, checked before I left for Manchester yesterday. My rear tyres are coming up for replacement soon, I know they are a little less than 3mm, which I know people say the rubber gets quite hard and not as grippy when less than 3mm.
So any answers why the car did this on a straight bit of road? Going around a corner I can understand, but not on a straight road. It reminds me again to be very careful of VTEC and aggressive gear changes in the wet
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I think the <3mm tread issue relates more to S02s than RE050s, TBH.
You didn't have one of the rear wheels on the white lines, did you? If the road was dry, not sure what would have provoked it unless you REALLY mashed the throttle and it wasn't as dry as it looked....
You didn't have one of the rear wheels on the white lines, did you? If the road was dry, not sure what would have provoked it unless you REALLY mashed the throttle and it wasn't as dry as it looked....
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Originally Posted by AquilaEagle,Sep 30 2006, 09:41 PM
Mighta been S2000 Diesel 
Don't over analyse it Mirren, it happened, it will either be some input you didn't realise or shite on the road.
Don't over analyse it Mirren, it happened, it will either be some input you didn't realise or shite on the road.
Definitely the diesel.I was in the middle of the lane, nowhere near the white line. Even if it was minimally damp I can't understand why it would do such a big wiggle.
Anyway, put it down to experience
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Hmm - all in the physics. 
Reading what you wrote I don't think its that odd.. You said it happend as you were changing gear. So you had weight transfer, removal of torque from the driveline and the potential that you perhaps got off the throttle before you had the clutch in fully. My rule for wet or green roads in to get off the power just as gently as you get on it. Hope that helps.
Reading what you wrote I don't think its that odd.. You said it happend as you were changing gear. So you had weight transfer, removal of torque from the driveline and the potential that you perhaps got off the throttle before you had the clutch in fully. My rule for wet or green roads in to get off the power just as gently as you get on it. Hope that helps.
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Originally Posted by aldfort,Oct 1 2006, 10:25 AM
Reading what you wrote I don't think its that odd.. You said it happend as you were changing gear. So you had weight transfer, removal of torque from the driveline and the potential that you perhaps got off the throttle before you had the clutch in fully.
Plus I think with the high geared steering on the S it's quite easy to introduce a twitch yourself. I go for much slower upchanges in the wet as it doesn't seem to take much to make the back feel unstable.
