-aaronc222+Apr 24, 2004 - 4:26 PM

The Michelin Pilots that came on my 97GT were terrible in the rain after they got a little wear, it really did feel unsafe in wet turns even at lower speeds, The stock 7th gen 16"wheels and Yokohama A680 tires are MUCH better in the wet, but dont handle as good in the dry. I'm now looking at either Continental Conti-Extreme or Cooper Zeon 2XS for all-around everyday driving. anyone have experience with either of these?

-aaronc222+Apr 24, 2004 - 4:26 PM

-bufferdan+Apr 24, 2004 - 1:31 PM

-aaronc222+Apr 24, 2004 - 7:13 PM

Kwanza you are wrong mate, you can get them out with a flick. I wouldn't exactly call it drift, more like a slide >> but you can do it.


Bufferdan I think you are crazy. The understeer in our cars is awesome, I know within a mm of how far i can push before i lose it. I am always getting a bit of front slide happening through the wet hill drives, you just need to know when to accelerate.

What you are talking about will NOT happen if you don't have your foot on the gas. And only when you are in a certain zone when your wheels are excessively turned and you are going a certain speed (accelerating at about 25 kph). You are talking about spinning your front wheel (inside) or wheels in the wet which then causes understeer... it's usually the inside one because bodyroll will lift it up... this happens because you have carried too much speed into the corner and are oversteering to get out of it.

New Wet/Dry Tires

This post has been edited by macavely: Apr 24, 2004 - 10:13 PM

-KAMiX+Apr 25, 2004 - 2:19 AM

thread was too long to read through but i don't know if anyone has mentioned that all frontwheel drive cars have bad understeering problems...if your coming around a turn with a f- drive car to fast when its slick the car will start sliding the direction the car is facing the rear wheels won't slide but the fronts will go straight instead of the direction they are pointing in because of the momentum of the car...and uhhhh why is it that you were taking a turn that fast when it was slick out? were not in nascar...and we don't have pit crews lol not trying to be a dlck but when its slick out you can take fast turns espeacially in a front wheel drive car

-KAMiX+Apr 25, 2004 - 2:19 AM

-bufferdan+Apr 24, 2004 - 12:59 AM