Opinions please?

Post by **campbell** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:12 am

j33ama wrote:take the exige !

If i am being honest , i dont think the slicks are as bad in the wet as everyone makes out , as long as you arent driving like a maniac they are fine , however the other day this little prick was up my arse in a golf gti ......"i'll show him" i thought ......doing bout 70 in 5th, i droped it into 3rd and done a big swishy swashy right across the road , totally shat my self amost hit another car , let the dooshbag through before nailing it past him on the next straight oh and it was raining

anyway I have had a few scares but only when driving silly .

was dry today , man i love my car

I think this is kind of what I was getting at earlier. Things can happen in the wet that catch you out for just a split-second of misjudgement, and could be catastrophic.

However if Meatball has his Advanced Hot Pursuit Certificate, I'm sure he'd be able to recover a fishtail or two

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:20 am

campbell wrote:
j33ama wrote:
anyway I have had a few scares but only when driving silly .

However if Rosco P. Coltrane has his Advanced Hot Pursuit Certificate, I'm sure he'd be able to recover a fishtail or two

Now, ya see there...thatâ€™s a â€œnaughty, naughty.â€

EliseR · Post by **EliseR** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:57 am

phraze wrote:I don't get all this stress about the wet...mibee all you guys drive much much faster than me normally but i drive our elise on yokohama 048s (i think - whatever is standard on new elise rs...) and i've not had any more trouble in the elise than i have had in our saab 9-3...

i just take it easy, no serious acceleration especially before the apex of the corner, and everything seems to be fine. but then like i say mibee i just drive much more conservatively than everyone else...

I remember that lovely feeling of security....until one fateful morning, on a wet dark corner in straiton....the rest is history (and the car / me could have been too).

G.

EliseR · Post by **EliseR** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:01 am

j33ama wrote:doing bout 70 in 5th, i droped it into 3rd and done a big swishy swashy right across the road , totally shat my self amost hit another car , let the dooshbag through before nailing it past him on the next straight oh and it was raining

Mental Note....never let j33ama borrow car...

meatball · Post by **meatball** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:31 am

steve_weegie wrote:
campbell wrote:
j33ama wrote:
anyway I have had a few scares but only when driving silly .

However if Rosco P. Coltrane has his Advanced Hot Pursuit Certificate, I'm sure he'd be able to recover a fishtail or two

Now, ya see there...thatâ€™s a â€œnaughty, naughty.â€

meatball · Post by **meatball** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:55 am

Gareth wrote: I won't point out meatball's occupation...

Oi.....just some friendly advice for a youthful neighbour!
EliseR's school of learning predicted!

Jamie84 · Post by **Jamie84** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 3:45 pm

EliseR wrote:
j33ama wrote:doing bout 70 in 5th, i droped it into 3rd and done a big swishy swashy right across the road , totally shat my self amost hit another car , let the dooshbag through before nailing it past him on the next straight oh and it was raining
Mental Note....never let j33ama borrow car...

mental note.......never let "elise r" park it

Post by **campbell** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:50 pm

meatball wrote:
steve_weegie wrote:
campbell wrote: However if Rosco P. Coltrane has his Advanced Hot Pursuit Certificate, I'm sure he'd be able to recover a fishtail or two

Now, ya see there...thatâ€™s a â€œnaughty, naughty.â€

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 1:31 am

Nah, i missed that, shame! I blame my father for getting me into cars and the dooks for my driving style

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:27 am

steve_weegie wrote:Nah, i missed that, shame! I blame my father for getting me into cars and the dooks for my driving style

Your driving style is asleep drunk behing the wheel

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:30 am

Missing somthing ken?

Aah, there you go

And for those of you that are interested, yes i am watching the edinbeers thread with an equal degree of intiegue and trepidation

meatball · Post by **meatball** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:04 pm

Eventually went for a compromise.......the elise.....
Was great to drive her again.....(Jinty was too pished), feels totally different to the exige.......
Icey on way up, damp on way back........thankfully no issues.......

Awaits Kennys abuse

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:21 pm

meatball wrote:Eventually went for a compromise.......the elise.....
Was great to drive her again.....(Jinty was too pished), feels totally different to the exige.......
Icey on way up, damp on way back........thankfully no issues.......

Awaits Kennys abuse

With the top off to cure Jinty's hangover

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:41 pm

Yep, jesse all right.

meatball · Post by **meatball** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:04 pm

There's snow up there....so no,, hardtop was on.......