Driving in the Wet??

[Dragon18]

Ok guys can you guys tell me about the do and donts about driving in the yet with the cars we drive e.g skylines 180sx

i have a tx5 telstar hahah old 87 and it shits me driving in the wet no control loss of traction very quickly hard to brake with out skidding hehe going at a normal speed my cars suspension is stuffed one

and iam scared when i get my 180sx the problems i might have when driving in the yet?

what have you guys learned about it

is there anything you can do to reduce accidents etc in the yet?

Thanks for your help Cheers

[Pva_Glue]

Don't : dont drive in the wet!

Do: drive when it's dry!

seriously

have good tires

Drive slow in wet

watch out for other cars

cheers

Joe

[Zahos]

1. Dont speed

2. Take off slowly (even if this means riding the clutch a tad)

3. Use engine braking as well as your brakes (around corners too)

4. take it easy around corners

5. Don't tailgate

common sense is a must!

[Duncan]

1. Get ABS

2. get sideways.....

[T0nyGTSt]

Turn down boost if you can. Keep it in higher gear than you need. Don't overcorrect.

T.

[Mick Trainer]

Do an advanced driving couse so that you learn greater car control, including breaking techniques. Also as said above nothing other than the driver is as important to your car than good tyres. And I mean good not just new.

Mick.

[RadiuM]

get GOOD tyres... none of this $180 17" crap.

DONT put your foot down around corners, it goes like this.

no boost.. no boost.. BOOST.. SLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE.

its good fun when you want it to be, but when there's other traffic around, kerbs and its unexpected .. :eek:

always drive with caution, just get it into your mind everyone is a retard and anything can happen, especially like the above.

and keep your distance.

Shaun

[blind_elk]

Put a couple extra psi air in the front tyres.

[predator]

It can be great fun, but you have to know when to control it.. and not when there are other cars around - then at least if u f. up its just your car you have to fix up.

I've found if i've ever gone into a braking skid (pretty easy in the wet in any car) or thought i haven't been able to stop before i run up the ass of somebody, generally pumping the brake can work. In other words, don't just slam the brake full down or you'll just keep skidding until the car decides to stop. Brake, then let go, then apply brake again, then let go, etc increasing the foot to the floor each time. Do it rapidly, but not too rapidly and it will make a difference. Eventually you will stop a lot quicker and avoid skidding as the "slam, oh shit" method. It kinda like ABS except if u don't have it (like me) you've just got to do it via foot control Try it sometime on an empty stretch of road.

My tip for the day (and how appropriate considering its been raining in melb today!)

[predator]

btw: if you can feel the car going sideways in the wet (not always obvious) after flooring it a bit too much, just ease up on the accelerator and generally it will straighten itself up.

Don't panic and start trying to fight it with the steering wheel, that will lead to much badness and probably sliding across the road into somebody else.

I've done it at 80km/hr once in an old car...could have led to a bad accident but the only thing that saved me was not panicking and letting the car straighten itself rather than me wrenching the wheel this way and that.

[meggala]

dragon do as mick trainer said do an advanced driving course then you will understand how your car handels

and how to drivie it inthe wet

I love driving my car sideways in the wet

and as predator said if you feel it going sideway ease off the gas.

meggala

[Silver-Arrowz]

Originally posted by Mick Trainer

Do an advanced driving couse so that you learn greater car control, including breaking techniques.  Also as said above nothing other than the driver is as important to your car than good tyres.  And I mean good not just new.

Mick.

:werd:

The best thing anyone can do.

Leave bigger gaps between you and the car in front. Who cares if someone overtakes you. It's all ego.

[carlo]

drive to the conditions..

bigger gap, less speed, good quality tyres, less power to the wheels etc etc.

[fatz]

go hard

very hard

just not near me

[Warpspeed]

Well Dragon, make sure your next car is 4WD and has ABS, as well as good tyres with an open tread design.

A lot of people think 4WD is only for traction in first gear, but there is a lot more to it than that. 4WD offers far more grip in wet and slippery conditions during cornering, braking, and acceleration, at any speed. Also there will be less tyre wear.

Just one little prang can ruin your whole day, and keep you poor for a very long time.

[T0nyGTSt]

Driven a GT-R in the wet?

It's not that much better than a GTS-t given similar amounts of HP.

T.

[Warpspeed]

No I have never driven an ATESSA equipped 4WD in the wet, but I can imagine that with a lot of power available, anything could be made to break traction and be pretty hairy if provoked.

I have owned a WRX and Laser turbo 4WD, and have driven several other (not my own) full time 4WD cars. Driven sensibly, they offer a lot more safety and stability than 2WD (company) cars I have driven.

[hawks]

Originally posted by fatz

go hard

very hard

just not near me

ahh fatz, you are so wise.

[Mick Trainer]

Ok two points.

A well trained driver is better than all but the best ABS systems. When people come to us to do a driving course we will pull the fuss on the ABS and teach them to drive. Without too much work they will beat their braking distance. If they then continue to practice the technique and get conditioned too it they will be able to do it in day to day driving. An example of this was in a recent test day we did with one of the first Falcon's that had ABS we were pulling the car up 9 feet shorter without the ABS than with it. Train yourselves to break. Practice it. Make it automatic and you will be a better driver. Any truly good driver is contantly and actively thinking how to improve their driving.

Secondly I own a GTR with 240rwkw and in the wet I gan give it all it has got in second gear and not break traction (well not very much anyway). Do that in a rwd car. The 4wd does make a massive difference. It is very flatering to your driving making you seem much better than you are.

Mick.

[ed]

as the others have said...drive sensibly...bigger gap between you and car in front...ease it around corners, brake until it locks then back off and brake again...

how about a skid pan day? that should be ok to get used to the car in the wet.

Being scared of the car is better than being over confident with it IMO.