ON my way to Elvington this morning - minding my own business on the A64 at a steady 65-70, straight piece of road .... back end decides to let go and 360 in front of other cars - bit of damage to wheels and some brown soiling to my jeans other than that felt fine when I finally got to Elvington for a blast on the airfield . . . feel lucky and un lucky at the same time !
Glad your OK and car is relatively unscathed
tony
Glad you got away with it. Wheels will soon repair.
How though did the back end step out at a steady speed, straight road? Would suggest you have a serious issue somewhere.
Steve
glad you got off with very little damage at that speed.
but i would off throught either something binded up, to make the back end to do that, i know i would be checking the back end
stuart
Did you perhaps lift off the throttle suddenly or otherwise use engine braking ?
I've experienced this before - once.
I've now learned that in a lightweight RWD car, the only way to slow down is with the middle pedal. It really is completely unlike FWD.
The road was a little damp and I think it was either aqua plane or maybe oil - checked it out just to be safe and behaved well at the track day so I
am putting it down to a one off, certainly took me by surprise, did well not to hit anything especially the central reservation .. will be reserving
it now for purely dry days.
will post some pics up in a bit
Boy that was lucky, nearly hit that sign.
Is that Tims old car from South Cave.
yes is tims old car, was very lucky not to hit crash barrier I was in outside lane when it went
Glad it wasn't worse. Would rather hit a crash barrier than hit a sign pole, they will cut a car in half.
Put them away until the spring guys.
Steve
See, I don't really get this. I know that our cars are light and relatively powerful but why are a lot of them so unforgiving / unpredictable in
the damp?
There are lots of other cars out there with similar, or higher, power to weight ratios that don't seem to have these issues.
Hi
It's all down to dampers springs setup and thrust alignment. And the aplication of the right foot in both a downward and upward direction.
Cheers Matt
Anyone thats owned a mk1/2 escort will have at some point had a very similar moment, mine were always lethal in the wet 
they demand respect and your complete attention 
It turns out that the stretch of the road is a bit of an accident black spot due to the surface holding water, and can honestly say I was in steady
driving mode with no excess right foot behaviour.
After the oops I went up to elvington for a track day and it seemed fine, even through the very wet areas on the track, so just a bit of bad luck but
no real damage done, front wishbone slightly bent and damage to wheels but that looks about it ... good excuse to buy some more wheels anyway !!
You did a track-day with bent wishbones?? Braver man than me.
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Originally posted by gingerprince
You did a track-day with bent wishbones?? Braver man than me.