Re: Manny, Moe and Jack are...

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:08:42 -0400, rammm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Leon van
Dommelen) wrote:

Actually, it sounds a lot more like you don't have a clue what you're doing
driving. How old were the tires? Were the pressures correct? How heavy was the
rain? Was there standing water? Are you intimate with that ramp where you spun?
Was there a good reason for you to be driving too fast for conditions you rarely
see in a car in which you had no experience under those conditions?

Without aquaplaning, it's pretty damned hard to spin a Miata on the street.

Beg to differ. I did it several times on wet but no standing water roads
in Tallahassee on the tires that came with Bozo. And I was not pushing them
since I knew they were no good in the wet.

I don't recall whether you have said that you bought your cars new or used, so I
have no knowledge of the age or condition of the tires you inherited. But, IMO,
even most new cars come with crap tires; I tend to replace them with my own
selections immediately.

But we're not talking Bertil Roos wet skid pad here. Once you have established
the limits of your tires' wet traction, and conditions are not near the freezing
mark, a good driver should be able to avoid spinning. Get thee to a wet
autocross.

-- Larry
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