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Thread ID: 87766 2008-03-03 07:49:00 New tyres, front or back? lakewoodlady (103) PC World Chat
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645931 2008-03-26 23:31:00 (find him on this page (images.google.com 3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3D firefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN))
Some great photos on that page!
Greg (193)
645932 2008-03-27 00:05:00 On the street...just be smarter than the average idiot and you might survive.

Right, the public road traffic isn't a race track.
Crow1985 (6683)
645933 2008-03-27 03:11:00 Obviously somebody thinks all drivers should be driving their tires and vehicle on the ragged edge of control.

Immature and irrational. :knuckle-dragger:

Not really that immature. Who says people loose control just being idiots (implied)? I remember when I had first gotten my car, and I was getting used to the dynamics on this thing and how differently it was compared to my dads corolla, didn't have to do anything rash to find out very quickly this difference (of course in winter time).
Deathwish (143)
645934 2008-03-27 12:25:00 my mum has a 2.5L v-something bmw, with traction control, abs, etc etc

sitting in the passenger seat, i can feel the traction control struggling to keep the car in check. she doesn't even realise how much power she's demanding by flooring the gas everywhere. similar story for the brakes, which she loves to stab at right in the apex of a curve. scary stuff.
motorbyclist (188)
645935 2008-03-27 20:28:00 my mum has a 2.5L v-something bmw, with traction control, abs, etc etc

sitting in the passenger seat, i can feel the traction control struggling to keep the car in check. she doesn't even realise how much power she's demanding by flooring the gas everywhere. similar story for the brakes, which she loves to stab at right in the apex of a curve. scary stuff.
Whats her fuel consumtion like. ????
:)
Trev (427)
645936 2008-03-27 21:03:00 Why???
:)
because you can't drive for long without experiencing either .

on country roads its just an everyday normal part of driving . no different to driving around Auckland streets just after its rained .
even open road its not uncommon to get thrown sideways a bit due to bumps on the road or blown around by the wind .

like motorbyclist mum, ignorance is bliss .

you need to practice for those moments where you need to control slides etc .
you never know when you have to drive off the road to avoid being hit head on by some idiot .
a good example was a family member driving my ute got head by a truck's load, lost all steering and the car following the truck had to dive down the grass at 80-100km/h . she did an excellent job of high speed grass driving to avoid the carnage . don't know who she was but she needs an award for having some excellent driving skills . she did very well not to be hit by the trucks load or my ute and not spin out on the grass .
tweak'e (69)
645937 2008-03-27 21:12:00 Previous post should be consumption.
Sorry if I upset anyone. :lol:
:)
Trev (427)
645938 2008-03-29 02:27:00 Whats her fuel consumtion like. ????
:)

she doesn't know... i imagine it's horrendous

she also likes to park for 10 minutes in pay & display spaces and rather than pay $4, she'll run the risk of a $12 fine. one day i was alerted to her borrowing my car by both a full gas tank (cheers mum!) and an $80 parking fine in the glovebox:groan:



you need to practice for those moments where you need to control slides etc.
it doesn't help that people insist on buying "cars" that can't actually manuvuer(sp?) at speed (nz.youtube.com)

(totally agree with that post too)
motorbyclist (188)
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