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10-24-2012, 12:24 AM | #71 | |
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The problem with understeer is that while it's easy for novice drivers to get under control, there's usually not a lot of space left on the road to straighten the wheel and then apply brakes - but I guess if you do it "rally style reflexes" quick enough, then sure. In my normal driving (say FWD car in the rain), if I got understeer in a turn, I'd lift off the gas. Turning the wheel more wont help BUT as you're totally off course, you'd need to turn the wheel more just to get back to your lane. So I lift and turn more until I gain traction - at which point my wheels are pointing the car in the direction I need to go. In racing games, if I'm understeering towards the sand on the outside of a turn after a long straight (and missed my braking point completely), I'll throw the hand brake just to get the car to rotate and attempt to drift through the turn. Then again, I really suck at racing games! Hahaha |
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10-24-2012, 05:30 AM | #72 | |
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My girlfriend bought the car when she was 17 (and by then it was already 10+ years old). And at 23, she still doesn't pay too much attention to her 2010 Corolla. Thank goodness for the free maintenance, otherwise a lot of stuff wouldn't get done, though being in CA, we don't really worry much about those issues. Her best friend still living in MN didn't maintain her car either. Her car was also purchased used, but I remember when riding in it around this time in 2010 (when I went with my girlfriend to visit her friends and family back home), there was already a hole rusted into her exhaust pipe to the point where it sounded like an aftermarket exhaust, since pretty much nothing was going through the muffler. So in both cases, I'm not surprised about what happened to the parts. |
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Having lived in Detroit with huge snow storms for a while now, my e46 M3 was worthless in the snow until putting just good all season tires. I plan on doing the same to my BRZ or maybe dedicated snow tires either way with good tires and a capable driver, RWD cars are fine in snow/ bad weather
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10-27-2012, 06:27 PM | #75 |
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Practicing on Ice
When I was just a youngster we used to practice skidding on the local (small town) outdoor ice rink late at night. It gave me a sense of what skidding and braking on ice was all about. I don't know how TCS would operate in these conditions but I don't live in that small town anymore (where we always knew where the copper was).
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Definitely. I tried having just the back ones a few years ago and it got going just fine...but stopping was a different story.
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10-28-2012, 03:28 AM | #78 |
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I also live in WA state. When I was 15 and had my learners permit, my father MADE me drive in the snow so I can have the experience and be prepared for it when I'm "on my own" with my license. Ever since then, I've had absolutely no problems driving in the rain/snow, But then again, I was also driving an AWD Legacy lol.
I have yet to take the FR-S out in the rain but I know I'll dump clutch a few times just for some kicks. After all, what is RWD good for if not for a little "spirited" driving in the rain? EDIT: I just realized that I wandered into the BRZ section of the forums... oops!
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10-28-2012, 02:25 PM | #79 |
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Portland Here!! Rain damn near from October to June...reason why we are moving next summer to SoCal...Anyhow, the BRZ has done Great in the Wet Stuff...even the Really Heavy rain too...There is nothing about this car that cant handle the rain! Seriously...it's just Rain?? Now Snow?? She is RWD...but so where Model T, Model A, Fleetlines of the 40's, Bel Airs of the 50's, Thunderbirds of the 60's, Newports of the 70's...You see where I'm going with this??? FWD, RWD, AWD...people have doing it for years. I'll be mounting the Nokian Hakka studs come December? Hoping that Farmer's Almanac is right about it being a "Warmer and Drier" winter here in the NW??
Anyhow...Good Luck!!
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No worries, we are all in the same car family 86-BRZ for life!
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Obviously, 4 new tires would be ideal. On my wife's fwd car, the front tires were toast after 25k miles. Rears still could have gone another 20k if kept on the back. Tire shop wouldn't let me just buy 2 front tires. (I could have swapped them at home if I cared to.). Decided just to put on a full fresh set - even though we don't get much rain anyways and the car isn't driven to the limit. The 4 new tires ended up being a good idea, as the car rides and handles better than it did on the OEM rubber. |
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We like seeing the photos from @chanomatik up there in Alaska not afraid of a little inclement weather.
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My FRS is a garage queen.. She has never seen rain and wont and snow is a big NO.. I have a nice big Toyota Tundra for daily driving and winter beating.. My Frs has 600 miles since I bought it 3 months ago lol.
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