Haha I know the one, but nah it was in burwood coming onto the eastern from elgar road city-bound. Quote: Maybe you got magic drift tires. maybe your meant to be the next drift king, sent from God :P ...another comedian seriously though, get a job. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

maybe your in the matrix... the car isnt going sideways but the whole world is moving sideways to your car remember.... bend your mind not the spoon

If this were the matrix I wouldn't have to worry about writing off my car though, I could just download another one lol. That and I could dodge bullets, which would be pretty cool.

It being stock would be a fair contribution to it slinging you around in the wet... My twin bro had a bog stock sl with NEW 185 14's and my calais had lowered springs and shocks, aftermarket swaybar and new bushes with very old and bald 225 15's, and his was like a duck trying to land on a frozen lake compared to the calais!!!

lol i dont see the problem i wud love my car to swing a powerskate at 40kms haha

LOL^^^ I wish i had 'powerskate' on a toggle switch... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Get a safety check if you reckon you cannot control car at 40 kay, either that or hand in your licence, I thought my hack was a death trap and it turned out to be a lower ball joint flicking the front out in corners, fun at 80 kay.

I've had crappy rear tyres on my first Calais. Going around a slight sweeping left hand bend in the highway during some rain - barely any input from the accellerator and the rear end started to come out on me... scary at 100kph! Ended up flicking around across cars/trucks and into the median strip. No damage at least! (lucky as hell!). Went straight from there to a tyre shop for new tyres! lol. I've also had a bad ball joint to the point where you would start turning a corner and the car will all of a sudden turn in a whole lot sharper - could be very dangerous if you were caught off guard! never caused anything like f*cked rear tyres in the rain though.

dont waste your time trying to fix it yourself, you dont muck around if is that bad, take it to a pro!!

Quote: Originally Posted by vldoser dont waste your time trying to fix it yourself, you dont muck around if is that bad, take it to a pro!! Everything on my cars get done professionally... no need to worry about that. Thanks for the thoughts guys.

There are 4 numbers on the outside of the tyre that tell what month and what year the tyres were made. eg (0406) was made APRIL 2006. I used to have relativly crap tyres on that used to not grip at all and there were made in (0203) :O get up real close and have a look they should be on most tyres

never had any problems with my vl or vn, nice light cars with decent suspension, maybe go to one of those driver defence things or find a carpark/padock and throw ur car around so u no how it will react? Quote: Originally Posted by vltrb-0 if you have a mini spool they can and only in the wet never had that problem with a spool ever.

I've been throwing cars around in paddocks since I was 9... The problem isnt the reaction, the problem is that it shouldn't have done it in the first place... I should never have had to react. I had never had any problems with my previous VL either, this one seems to be problematic. Any way new tyres are on the cards, and its booked in tuesday to pedders to see if there is any fault in the suspension/steering.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tomo never had any problems with my vl or vn, nice light cars with decent suspension, maybe go to one of those driver defence things or find a carpark/padock and vls and vns possibly have the worst suspension of any car on the road!

Quote: Originally Posted by airbagsVL vls and vns possibly have the worst suspension of any car on the road! i mean decent as in not 20years old and done 300 000km

Nope, they are still rat shit

There is a hill to get into my estate. In the wet you know you need to be going fast enough around the corner that you have the momentum to get up the hill with the back wheels spinning all the way up. But to get the momentum you have to battle the understeer as you turn the corner. It becomes a rather interesting battle to make it look professional while scaring the jesus out of the people you are hurtling toward at 40 an hour. Can't wait to get 8 inches of tyre on the ground. Had a mate try to tell me that the less rubber on the road the better in the wet because they cut through the water easier. I feel that theory only works with a couple of inches of water flowing over the road. Somebody please tell me I was correct in wishing him good luck next time it rained while laughing at him?

Quote: Had a mate try to tell me that the less rubber on the road the better in the wet because they cut through the water easier. I feel that theory only works with a couple of inches of water flowing over the road. Somebody please tell me I was correct in wishing him good luck next time it rained while laughing at him? Hahaha, his theory has its points.. but maybe he has been watching too much ice rallying... lol The more surface area of the tyre on the road is going to give you more traction.. tyres are grooved to channel water away, so that that rubber can keep in contact with the road surface.. as long as you are not hitting standing water with so much pace that you aquaplane on it.. you can take advantage of more rubber in contact with the road... Getting back on topic tho... is ur car auto ?? and does it kickdown a gear at the very point in which you say it goes sideways on you ?? Any kind of downshift or upshift while cornering in a car with a decent shifting auto will more often than not help set the back out.... something to look into if you've possibly overlooked this area.. my bros vs open wheeler only hooks out sideways hardcore when turning left.... but we always put the boot in to give it a hand cause its pretty fun... maybe lefties for you are another area where u just have to be a little more careful.. :P either way.. sounds like fun.. i thought people WANTED to go sideways Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

lol at that other post, tell your friend to be quiet, on the street more rubber is better. Yeah the car's auto but it didn't kick down because I was hardly accelerating. I took it to pedders during the week and it needs a lot of work on the front end... namely: -Ball joints. -Lower control arm bushes. -Radius bushes. -Ppper bushes. -New powersteering rack. -New shock absorbers. 15 inch interceptors with new 225's are on their way. That should just about solve the problem for now.

Quote: Originally Posted by exchaser Hahaha, his theory has its points.. but maybe he has been watching too much ice rallying... lol The more surface area of the tyre on the road is going to give you more traction.. tyres are grooved to channel water away, so that that rubber can keep in contact with the road surface.. as long as you are not hitting standing water with so much pace that you aquaplane on it.. you can take advantage of more rubber in contact with the road... Yeah, this guy is a complete idiot. Works for a prominent mechanic in Brisbane on Daddy's coat tails. A very very silly boy.