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SimpleS14 · 08-18-2002, 12:03 AM

Well after meeting up with a couple of guys in VA, we decided to go up to this place in MD where alot of people chill......not so bad.

Anyways it starts to rain a bit and everyone starts to live. So as I'm pulling away from the parking lot and making a left turn to the crosswalk my car starts to spin. Not like my tires are spinning and I not going anywhere spin.....I mean if I stepped on the gas anymore I would have done a 180 spin. I was like "WTF?" I wasn't trying to showoff are anything, and this is the first time my car really spun out of control (well I did manage to control it). What's even worse is while I'm at the stop light and the light changes I start to give it some gas and as I'm moving my tires start spinning and I'm going well under 20mph trying to switch lanes because I'm not trying to spin out in the middle of the street. I finally get some traction as I drive away, but still I never had this happen to me before. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/nervous.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':nervous:'>

Do you guys think I need a L.S.D. ?, because my tires are in good shape and I wasn't using a heavy foot.

adey · 08-18-2002, 01:04 AM

...LSD?  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/eh.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':eh:'>  Heck no... you need better tires; in particular, tires with good (better) wet traction!!

MrMigs · 08-18-2002, 01:39 AM

I agree. I think a lot of cars on the road dont have LSD, yet they grip the road pretty fine during the rain. I dont have LSD in my S14, and I still grip the road pretty well during rainy season. Maybe your tires are too hard or something... maybe your tire pressure is outta wack too. maybe...  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sigh.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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SimpleS14 · 08-18-2002, 01:50 AM

damn now I feel stupid.... <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/blush.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':blush:'>

I just remember my right side is off by 5 psi.....

oh well I guess I don't need LSD...just keep those tires in check

MrMigs · 08-18-2002, 03:08 PM

Wooh! Ten points for meh! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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dave240sx · 08-18-2002, 07:34 PM

Anybody had Kuhmo's on there 240?  I had them for a while and they were horrible in the wet.  Anybody know how the Yokohama's do in wet.

240 2NR · 08-19-2002, 08:11 AM

Really?  So far my 712's have been awesome in the rain.  I couldn't get any wheelspin in heavy rain, though I could have if i really wanted too.  Last night driving home my old dunlop tires were spinning in the middle of second gear on a wet road.  Tires are critical.

GotDriftS14 · 08-19-2002, 08:38 AM

sounds like tires, but hey, that doesnt mean u dont need LSD!  everybody needs LSD!! get one noW!! hehe its so much better than the open diff.... <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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HippoSleek · 08-19-2002, 08:40 AM

Keep in mind that this was some of the first rain we've had in a month or so.  Over that time, the roads get VERY oily in the center.  When the rains finally come, it washes that oil into the tire groove areas - making it waaaay slicker than roads after a normal rain.  It's not you - you just have to be a little more careful. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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I learned this when I used to live in Phoenix - every time it would rain, the roads would be treacherous after XX number of dry days.

08-18-2002, 12:03 AM	#1
SimpleS14 Post Whore! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Philly Age: 42 Posts: 9,185 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: SimpleS14 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Well after meeting up with a couple of guys in VA, we decided to go up to this place in MD where alot of people chill......not so bad. Anyways it starts to rain a bit and everyone starts to live. So as I'm pulling away from the parking lot and making a left turn to the crosswalk my car starts to spin. Not like my tires are spinning and I not going anywhere spin.....I mean if I stepped on the gas anymore I would have done a 180 spin. I was like "WTF?" I wasn't trying to showoff are anything, and this is the first time my car really spun out of control (well I did manage to control it). What's even worse is while I'm at the stop light and the light changes I start to give it some gas and as I'm moving my tires start spinning and I'm going well under 20mph trying to switch lanes because I'm not trying to spin out in the middle of the street. I finally get some traction as I drive away, but still I never had this happen to me before. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/nervous.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':nervous:'> Do you guys think I need a L.S.D. ?, because my tires are in good shape and I wasn't using a heavy foot. __________________ *Goals are dreams with a deadline.* L.H.O.O.Q.

08-18-2002, 01:04 AM	#2
adey Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 3,072 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	...LSD?  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/eh.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':eh:'>  Heck no... you need better tires; in particular, tires with good (better) wet traction!! __________________ Instagram: @SX180HKG

08-18-2002, 01:39 AM	#3
MrMigs Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: San Gabriel, CA Age: 41 Posts: 1,675 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	I agree. I think a lot of cars on the road dont have LSD, yet they grip the road pretty fine during the rain. I dont have LSD in my S14, and I still grip the road pretty well during rainy season. Maybe your tires are too hard or something... maybe your tire pressure is outta wack too. maybe...  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sigh.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> __________________ Drifting is just a compromise between you and your car.

08-18-2002, 01:50 AM	#4
SimpleS14 Post Whore! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Philly Age: 42 Posts: 9,185 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: SimpleS14 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	damn now I feel stupid.... <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/blush.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':blush:'> I just remember my right side is off by 5 psi..... oh well I guess I don't need LSD...just keep those tires in check __________________ *Goals are dreams with a deadline.* L.H.O.O.Q.

08-18-2002, 03:08 PM	#5
MrMigs Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: San Gabriel, CA Age: 41 Posts: 1,675 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Wooh! Ten points for meh! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> __________________ Drifting is just a compromise between you and your car.

08-18-2002, 07:34 PM	#6
dave240sx Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: nashville, TN Posts: 229 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Anybody had Kuhmo's on there 240?  I had them for a while and they were horrible in the wet.  Anybody know how the Yokohama's do in wet. __________________ 91 Fastback --Pilot Shortshifter--

08-19-2002, 08:11 AM	#7
240 2NR Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Denver Posts: 1,131 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Really?  So far my 712's have been awesome in the rain.  I couldn't get any wheelspin in heavy rain, though I could have if i really wanted too.  Last night driving home my old dunlop tires were spinning in the middle of second gear on a wet road.  Tires are critical. __________________ Steve 93 240sx FB currently very clean and for sale

08-19-2002, 08:38 AM	#8
GotDriftS14 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: San Jose Age: 42 Posts: 556 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	sounds like tires, but hey, that doesnt mean u dont need LSD!  everybody needs LSD!! get one noW!! hehe its so much better than the open diff.... <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> __________________

08-19-2002, 08:40 AM	#9
HippoSleek Nissanaholic! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: elsewhere Posts: 2,081 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Keep in mind that this was some of the first rain we've had in a month or so.  Over that time, the roads get VERY oily in the center.  When the rains finally come, it washes that oil into the tire groove areas - making it waaaay slicker than roads after a normal rain.  It's not you - you just have to be a little more careful. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> I learned this when I used to live in Phoenix - every time it would rain, the roads would be treacherous after XX number of dry days.