Stock Tires - Slips Easily

[torqdork]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

Mine uses gas when I drive it.

There you go, he uses petrol.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by torqdork

Oh, before posting I thought he must be a new owner and remembered climate and road conditions when I lived there.

Nah he pops up every once in a while. Sorrta the Aussie version of SquadRougue sometimes.

[Lonewolf]

In other news, the car has doors...

[Defuser]

Death. Taxes. Prius tires.

[D_Thissen]

Originally Posted by 1GiantTurtle

I use the clutch when i want to start my car and change gears

Originally Posted by Tcoat

There is a clutch?

Well.. That explains all the painful grinding. Ill have to try this clutch thing. Im a firm believer in grind it til you find it

[1GiantTurtle]

Originally Posted by D_Thissen

Well.. That explains all the painful grinding. Ill have to try this clutch thing. Im a firm believer in grind it til you find it

It's amazing I guarantee you won't go back ,

[1GiantTurtle]

Originally Posted by Lonewolf

In other news, the car has doors...

What ???I get in through the windows because racecar

[carma143]

Originally Posted by 1GiantTurtle

What ???I get in through the windows because racecar

^^^^ Tcoat should "Thank" this.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by 1GiantTurtle

What ???I get in through the windows because racecar

Originally Posted by carma143

^^^^ Tcoat should "Thank" this.

[Bristecom]

Yes, the stock tires do not have much grip - especially in wet and cold conditions. You want to be careful about over-correcting when counter steering or you will fish tail and lose control without TC/SC intervention. A technique I use is very quickly just give it a bit of counter steer and return to the center, and if it needs more, repeat until you are back in line. This way, you can have a nice controlled drift. But you also have to be careful with your throttle during this too. You actually want to stay on the the throttle a little as it puts more weight on the rear and balances it and allows the rear diff to work.

But as you found out, even if you are not too good at all of that, the modern electronics will still save you most of the time.

[Hotrodheart]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

There is a clutch?

Whut's a clutch?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Hotrodheart

Whut's a clutch?

Holy crap no wonder people have a hard time learning English!


Apparently a "clutch" is a shit load of things:


1. To grasp and hold tightly: a child clutching a blanket.
2. To seize; snatch: clutched the banana from my hand.
v.intr.1. To attempt to grasp or seize: clutch at a life raft.
2. To engage or disengage a motor vehicle's clutch.

n.1. A hand, claw, talon, or paw in the act of grasping.
2. A tight grasp.
3. often clutches Control or power: caught in the clutches of sin.
4. A device for gripping and holding.
5. a. Any of various devices for engaging and disengaging two working parts of a shaft or of a shaft and a driving mechanism.
b. The apparatus, such as a lever or pedal, that activates one of these devices.

6. A tense, critical situation: came through in the clutch.
7. A clutch bag.

adj. Informal 1. Being or occurring in a tense or critical situation: won the championship by sinking a clutch putt.
2. Tending to be successful in tense or critical situations: The coach relied on her clutch pitcher.

Idiom: clutch at straws

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Hotrodheart

Whut's a clutch?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Hotrodheart

Whut's a clutch?

By the definitions I think this is a clutched clutch!