spun out of control

[nikn]

looks like its time to practice some drifting...

[Gairloch]

Originally Posted by davefrommd

I was stopped at a light to make a left turn in the rain. I gave it to much gas and the back end slid out some. I was able to correct the turn and have been extra cautious on wet roads since then. My tires are fairly new.

I take it you have a turbo? What kind of tires did you get?

Originally Posted by nikn

looks like its time to practice some drifting...

Since there's not a heck of a lot available in the way of training for drifting, autox is a much better option. Especially since the skills you will gain in autox will actually pertain to handling a car on the street. Going out to find some empty place and whipping the car around can help you get an idea of where it will break loose but actually having an instructor telling you what to expect and how to deal with it is exponentially better.

[328FTW]

My car steps out all the time in the rain if I use too much throttle. I just had to learn to stop being a moron in the rain before I wrapped the car round a pole. And grip isn't necessarily totally reliant on tyre size, compound plays a huge part. If you leave a tyre untouched for a couple years and then start using it again it will be useless and hard, I have a friend with 17 inch tyres that are huge and they are worse than the 185 14's he took off, like wise the 205's on the back of my aw11 are far worse (by far) than the 195's on my rally sprint car. Nice and soft is good.