isLoTz

hmmmm..

i was planning to make a U turn in a traffic light section but i noticed that there's no sign saying you can make a U turn, but as a far as i knoe that you can still do it so i made a u-turn and it was raining..by the time i made a u-turn my 8 spin..360 i guess..i dont really knoe what happened to my 8 and i dont even remember if i hit the gas too much or is it just my 8 had a problem??

i almost crashed btw..my friend droving 350z saw me and it was hella scary..


and now everytime im make a left/right turn..doubts in my head about what happened to me

risky business

who knows, do a u turn slower next time :P

glad the 8 and you are okay

dozer

iTrader: (3)

LMFAO! his 8 had a problem! HA!

easy on the gas, just cus we have low torque doesnt mean you have to STOMP on the gas in the rain

L337fpc

iTrader: (4)

the good news is that u and ur car are ok.

I'd lay off the gas....

risky business

-also go get some practice time of sliding in the rain, that way if this ever happens again you will know how to react, it will just be instinct.

DarkLord7854

Haha.. done that before, went sideways into the sidewalk.. good times

Just don't push the gas pedal that much

isLoTz

yeah good thing me and my 8 r juz fine

but its on my head now about what happened to me

good thing also coz no passenger besides me

dshiznit1489

Damn, whats up with all the 8's losing it in the rain lately?

DarkLord7854

Take it as a lesson learned, you're now a more careful driver from it

zoom44

probably oil on the road surface because of the rain- unless you have no tread on your tires?

http://www.newscientist.com/article/...ad-deaths.html

whats funny is we have all know that forever but this guy is credited with "finding the link " in 2003

dshiznit1489

Wow, good find zoom.

isLoTz

i know it was terrible
i almost hit the curve that time
thank god no reckless driver pass me..whew

tread on my tires?

Renesis07

iTrader: (1)

lol, careful with all the torque we have, itll do that to ya

isLoTz

thanks

i will be careful now

shiet happens,right?lol

Renesis07

iTrader: (1)

yea it does, its happened to the best of us dont worry

isLoTz

i bet..
im just new
got my 8 last year of december, its a good thing to get advice from y'all ^_-
i need more info about my 8 :D and i think my head hurts already..lol

Socket7

Yup, that's exactly what rear wheel drive cars do. You can even do that on dry pavement. Good clean fun until you stuff your rear end into a curb.

Sounds like you were driving with a defective wing nut (yourself). Go easy on the gas and it won't happen.

I've always maintained that the 8 has more then enough power to get you into trouble in short order. I'm glad you escaped without damage.


A lot of people seem to think you can drive the same in the rain as you can on dry pavement. It just doesn't work that way. You have much less grip. You need to drive more conservatively because you can hit a puddle and hydroplane pretty easily. I nearly had my back end come out from behind me driving to lunch the other day. Luckily, I wasn't pushing the car hard at all, so I was on my way with little more then the uncomfortable feeling of my rear tires moving sideways for a moment, followed by the flash of my traction control light.

Never drive in the rain on bald tires. Recipe for disaster. Always leave a greater stopping distance then you would in dry weather, and don't try and make that corner at 30. Your 8 says you can do it. The laws of physics say otherwise.

isLoTz

thanks for the tips

im hoping it wont gonna happen again not only for me but for all of us

love your 8

Ross_Dawg

iTrader: (2)

You shouldn't be scared of the rain, you should welcome it

Fun times...

ken-x8

Always scary when a friend sees you screw up. They'll never let you forget it. Eventually you'll have nightmares about gatherings where he'll fill the conversation with "Let me tell you about the time..."

You should be scared.

Ken

zoom44

yes how much tread is left on your tires- here do this

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=51

or get one of these

http://www.amazon.com/Milton-S448-Tr.../dp/B0002STSQM

and report back to us with how much tire you have left.

of course you could also just go to a tire shop and have them check it.

isLoTz

yeah you are right..whew
i was scared though especially now..

about my tread??i think i got a uneven wear..
it seems that my tires is 4/32 depth and 6/32

not normal?

tubingchamp

iTrader: (3)

Rofl, reminds me of about a month after I got my 8. Was reading up on the interwebs about "how to drift".. Found a good corner with no traffic and clear visibility, went at it at about 40 km/h in 2nd gear, hit the clutch got the revs up turned the wheel and DURR, oh, you need to COUNTERSTEER? Chirpppp did a 180, car stalled out about 2 inches from the curb, perfectly parallel to it.. I was scared at the time, but now that I think back about how stupid I was, I laugh every time.. :D

White_Shadows

I'm with the practice rain driving. Just like snow. Gotta be careful, but you should also know how to react. Go into a huge empty parking lot next time it rains and just have fun in first gear. Learn how the car reacts, what happens when you add or subtract throttle in those situations and you should be good.

isLoTz

that's a hard thing to do..sounds like drifting..
lol