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lol.. you missed some again! Will be at nunawading heading down to the peninsula

It's the hand car wash on whitehorse road/maroonda hwy although I think blackburn might be more accurate. And yes it's good! While I was driving after it rained for a couple of minutes (spewin), was too stubborn to put my windscreen wipers on and create a line mark so I left them off (visibilty surprisingly wasn't a problem). Once the rain stopped it dried perfectly without a mark!!! Then I drove it down my gravel driveway an hour later :blush:

ps, love driving out of those places after they have shined your wheels, feels like ice skates :P

Ah ok gotcha!

Yeah hate that, after washing your car, it rains, Melbourne does that to you.

One time I washed my wheels and wet for a drive to dry them off, the rained! FUUCCK!

Haha!

So what your saying is you like wet tyres and go for a bit of a "drift" :laugh:

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looooollll yes I guess that's why I got this car hey :blush:

My car came with really shit tyres that are still on it... I don't understand why someone would pay $$$ for goot tyres when losing traction is oh so much more fun :laugh:

looooollll yes I guess that's why I got this car hey :laugh:

My car came with really shit tyres that are still on it... I don't understand why someone would pay $$$ for goot tyres when losing traction is oh so much more fun :P

:blush:

we'll see what you say when you do an emergency stop in the wet and end up sliding into a car...

It's all relative... if you have shit tyres you need to be more careful. If you have good tyres you can push them harder therefore not needing as much precaution. There's still a choice, it just means I drive more subdued that someone with good tyres if I want to keep traction.

Rekin: Again, all relative. I drive the Ring road home and to work every day, I see plenty of accidents and I have never come close to sliding into a car, even in the wet. It would be the same with good tyres. As long as you know they are shit you can then drive according to their quality. With bad quality tyres my following distance is extended. I've emergency stopped enough on a bike in the wet to know the ultimate "Holy F**k!" situation which included losing the front end (somehow I didn't drop it), it certainly makes you aware of braking distances in all vehicles.

I know what you must be thinking and I would probably think the same about someone that said what I said if I didn't know them. If you can take all of the above into consideration I hope you understand that I don't play with fire without knowing how to control it. Will keep you posted though. If I do end up someones arse I will definitely let you know and appologise as I can definitely accept that my experience and knowledge has a long way to go. :(

^^ Hah!

Just take it easy.

When time comes for a tyre change, it will do you good to get a decent set.

Looks like another car wash meet is coming up - http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Ap...-c-t312892.html

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