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Old 05-13-2012, 03:13 PM   #4
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Tires

The one negative thing for me are the tires. They are going to have to go. I actually think they border on being unsafe on anything other than a dry pavement.

As noted above, it's been raining here. Even with nothing turned off, I have already slid the back-end on 3 separate occasions in the 80 miles I've driven it. it happened in corners where there is a layer of water. All it took was a little bit of throttle while in the turn and the back end started to slide out.

Note that none of these events were attempts to do so. The first time I was completely unprepared for it. The car is predictable and pulls right back in, but frankly I'd be concerned about letting someone else drive the car in weather or when there is water on the ground.

I'd be interested in any others that have seen this.

NOTE: Since this seems to be a common assumption, let me assure you I've got plenty of experience with RWD, I'd say about 25 years and 1M+ miles in all types of vehicles with way more power and none of which had TC until the FR-S. The bottom line is the tires really have very little lateral grip. Great for drifting, not so great for commuting.

Update: In each case, I was making an intersection turn from a near dead stop, either left or right, and giving it enough throttle to get the car moving, not driving enthusiastically. Since those events though, I haven't been able to reproduce it.

I'm chalking it up to new tires and new driver at this point. One of the first things they teach you in flight school is being able to admit possible pilot error!

Last edited by Dadhawk; 05-14-2012 at 06:34 PM. Reason: added notes.
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