I Lost Traction... How??
11-17-2003, 12:58 PM
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I Lost Traction... How??
I was driving back from LA two days ago and the rain had been going on and off. And to get onto the freeway I had to make a quick right which was a U-Turn (first time making a U-Turn going right since normally its left) and while I was turning I gassed the car a little more and then I started losing traction. It felt like fish tailing in my truck. I was only going like 20MPH too. I got almost 30k miles on my car and my friend blamed it on my tires being balled but when I checked it out it really wasn't. Another friend of mine guessed that the AWD broke (he doesnt know much about cars so yeah).
Does anyone know why this happend? I think it must have been a really slippery road. I dont want this to happen again! At least while i'm just doing a daily drive.
Does anyone know why this happend? I think it must have been a really slippery road. I dont want this to happen again! At least while i'm just doing a daily drive.
11-17-2003, 01:33 PM
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I agree with sonic suby. AWD/4WD dosnt save your but when your agianst laws of physics
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Ps.- Youre lucky you wernt driving a MR2, then youd be reallly, really screwed
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Ps.- Youre lucky you wernt driving a MR2, then youd be reallly, really screwed
11-17-2003, 02:39 PM
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30k and still on the stock tires? the re92's are already bad in the rain when it's rain, but then all that wear and tear?? and you had to make a quick turn so i'm guessing that's probably why. tires tread is bad, quick steering and a little bit of gas sends u flying.
11-17-2003, 05:13 PM
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You just over drove the corner. Rember, up until a couple weeks ago, we had no rain for almost 6 months. A lot of oil and grease is on the road and the first few rain showers make the roads slick.
New tires might help, but the RE92's aren't that bad in the rain.
New tires might help, but the RE92's aren't that bad in the rain.
11-17-2003, 06:26 PM
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Originally posted by sonicsuby
wet road + balding tires + gassing it + corner = traction loss.
AWD does not defy the laws of physics.
wet road + balding tires + gassing it + corner = traction loss.
AWD does not defy the laws of physics.
11-17-2003, 06:38 PM
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Re: I Lost Traction... How??
Originally posted by Azjon
I was driving back from LA two days ago and the rain had been going on and off. And to get onto the freeway I had to make a quick right which was a U-Turn (first time making a U-Turn going right since normally its left) and while I was turning I gassed the car a little more and then I started losing traction. It felt like fish tailing in my truck. I was only going like 20MPH too. I got almost 30k miles on my car and my friend blamed it on my tires being balled but when I checked it out it really wasn't. Another friend of mine guessed that the AWD broke (he doesnt know much about cars so yeah).
Does anyone know why this happend? I think it must have been a really slippery road. I dont want this to happen again! At least while i'm just doing a daily drive.
I was driving back from LA two days ago and the rain had been going on and off. And to get onto the freeway I had to make a quick right which was a U-Turn (first time making a U-Turn going right since normally its left) and while I was turning I gassed the car a little more and then I started losing traction. It felt like fish tailing in my truck. I was only going like 20MPH too. I got almost 30k miles on my car and my friend blamed it on my tires being balled but when I checked it out it really wasn't. Another friend of mine guessed that the AWD broke (he doesnt know much about cars so yeah).
Does anyone know why this happend? I think it must have been a really slippery road. I dont want this to happen again! At least while i'm just doing a daily drive.
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11-17-2003, 06:40 PM
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and my tire isn't bald at all.
yup: wet road + gassing it + corner = traction loss.
AWD does not defy the laws of physics.
eric.
yup: wet road + gassing it + corner = traction loss.
AWD does not defy the laws of physics.
eric.
11-18-2003, 04:18 AM
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Originally posted by Daredevil
lol
and you wonder why you lost traction?
lol
and you wonder why you lost traction?
11-18-2003, 10:41 AM
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i was going up this wet twisty road and i lost traction. the back end started to come out and when i would floor it then let off the gas, it would come out further, and then i'd hold the gas and my car would point in a different direction than it was travelling. did i break my AWD?
11-18-2003, 11:04 AM
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Originally posted by odyss3y
did i break my AWD?
did i break my AWD?