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| posted on 1/2/05 at 10:19 PM |
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yup, if a slide becomes a spin, best to stand on the brakes to prevent it biting back as it grips up. trouble is, you are normally instinctively
applying steady gas and opposite lock when it begins to slide - even if it becomes unrecoverable it is not natural (instinct) to stand on the brakes.
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greggors84
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| posted on 1/2/05 at 10:48 PM |
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My little 106 Rallye is awful in the wet. In the dry in can outgrip most things, but in the wet its just too stiff. Only today I got it sideways on
the roundabout in front of my work. As soon as it understeers you just have to back off a tiny bit and the back end comes round, the first time it
happened it scared the hell out of me, but now i can provoke it and if i get back on the throttle a tiny bit it is a lot more controllable and doesnt
just feel like im sliding on ice.
It took a while to be able to get over the initial reaction to back off completely though. Now in the wet i take it very easy and only on roundabouts
i know and use everyday i will try and get the back out.
Its all because of the stiffer arbs and the torsion beam at the back.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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Alez
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| posted on 9/2/05 at 02:58 PM |
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I just read the news that you had this accident a while ago and wanted to tell you I'm so sorry about it, specially since I had a very similar
accident on the road which destroyed my first Locost (Jon's).
I can remember very well the first time I got into a Locost / first time I got into a BEC, I felt things difficult to describe, I was very very
impressed by your car, fell in love with these cars, felt scared to death (you took me for a blast with no reg ), became obsessed until I bought
one. It was a very intense period in my life which started that very evening I first met you and your Locost, and I thank you for all that.
Really sorry Jasper, and really happy to read you are fine. Also happy to hear you are getting your money back through insurance (just as I did): At
least you had decided to sell it so it's not so bad.
"You fool!!!" (literal quote from some post of when I had my crash ).
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britishtrident
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| posted on 9/2/05 at 08:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by greggors84
My little 106 Rallye is awful in the wet. In the dry in can outgrip most things, but in the wet its just too stiff. Only today I got it sideways on
the roundabout in front of my work. As soon as it understeers you just have to back off a tiny bit and the back end comes round, the first time it
happened it scared the hell out of me, but now i can provoke it and if i get back on the throttle a tiny bit it is a lot more controllable and doesnt
just feel like im sliding on ice.
It took a while to be able to get over the initial reaction to back off completely though. Now in the wet i take it very easy and only on roundabouts
i know and use everyday i will try and get the back out.
Its all because of the stiffer arbs and the torsion beam at the back.
Tyre choice makes a much bigger difference in the wet than in the dry --- in the wet Goodyear and Dunlop seem to out perform anything else by a
country mile.
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Peteff
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| posted on 10/2/05 at 12:41 AM |
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My little 106 Rallye is awful in the wet
It's front wheel drive though so it doesn't really compare. Just let go of the steering wheel and it'll straighten itself up.
Problems start when you flail the wheel round trying to catch it and go too far so you then go too far the other way. Little steering wheels
don't always make it easier either I've found. They do look cool though
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Kitlooney1000
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| posted on 11/2/05 at 08:15 PM |
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Sorry to hear Jasper, Glad you are ok. Look forwards to getting back on the road.
Just like riding a bike
Doesnt matter what Sh*t life throws at you, there is always some other poor bugger worse off!!!!!
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Jasper
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| posted on 12/2/05 at 10:46 AM |
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Cheers mate. The car sold on Ebay the other day, which was great. Unfortunately I've got to put all the money I've got for it into my new
house - so there wont be any car building for a long while now 
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Hellfire
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| posted on 12/2/05 at 01:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jasper
Cheers mate. The car sold on Ebay the other day, which was great. Unfortunately I've got to put all the money I've got for it into my new
house - so there wont be any car building for a long while now
Until the 'bug' REALLY bites at least... good luck!
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