steering and traction protection

Oh, and Prof...there is no IF when it comes to buying rims. If i get the tires I am getting them on rims which they will stay on. So the if statement becomes...IF I am gonna buy tires AND rims (cause it's all or nothing) then why not buy them somewhere that will store and change them for me for free instead of either having to pay someone to do it or be arsed doing it myself?
 
I've got higher standards for you. Hell, half the people I meet surpass my standards for them by just walking and breathing simultaneously.
 
Professur said:
I've got higher standards for you. Hell, half the people I meet surpass my standards for them by just walking and breathing simultaneously.
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*takes a step*
*stands still*
*takes a breath*
*takes a step*
*stands still*
*takes a breath*

Man, it would take FOREVER to get anywhere!
 
Altron said:
So, did some fun rain drivin' today.

I braked a bit hard because I didn't realize how close I was to a turn, slid a bit, nothing big. I don't need ABS to recover from that.

Then I was in the Mazda for a bit, with my dad driving. He told me that the Mazda had Traction Control, and that since it was raining, we should play with it.

So we're making a left onto this busy road in the rain, and he just guns the motor. We're in second, doing like 40mph, redlining it. The front wheels were spinning, but not as much as I expected. The traction control thing was lighting up and beeping.

So then we're sitting at a light, and my dad yells "Pull it over, bitch!" to some slut who nearly caused an accident.

After that, he floors it again, and takes it to like 70mph, not too much spinning, although I did see the tachometer hit 7k RPMs. Redline is 6.5k.

Then, we decided to test out traction control some more, so as he's taking this tight turn, he floors it, and the light goes on, and the front wheels spin, but it's not too bad. If I did it in my car, I woulda done a full spin. He didn't even front-fishtail.

My dad drives like a madman.
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Did she give him the finger?... I know I would... anyone yells at me when I'm behind the wheel and they get it back in triplicate...:lol:

Who me? Agressive driver... never... I just drive like a guy... gives a few people a nasty surprise when they expect me to drive like most of the middle-aged women around here... I may not be able to walk much, but once I'm in that car I own the road... ;)
 
I'm not sure if she flipped the bird... immediately after we passed her, my dad did this crazy acceleration and got the slushbox to skip four gears.
 
Altron said:
I'm not sure if she flipped the bird... immediately after we passed her, my dad did this crazy acceleration and got the slushbox to skip four gears.
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Yet he thinks SHE shouldn't be on the road...he doesn't really have much room to talk.
 
Aunty Em said:
Ah, the sweet sound of road rage... :eek:
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There's a difference between road rage and hypocricy...I get road rage too...but I don't yell at someone for driving unsafely and then pull a "immediately after we passed her, my dad did this crazy acceleration and got the slushbox to skip four gears."
 
Nixy said:
There's a difference between road rage and hypocricy...I get road rage too...but I don't yell at someone for driving unsafely and then pull a "immediately after we passed her, my dad did this crazy acceleration and got the slushbox to skip four gears."
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My solution to road rage is that I talk to the other drivers. Constantly. People who ride with me think I'm nuts, but then so do the people who don't ride with me so it's all good...
 
chcr said:
My solution to road rage is that I talk to the other drivers. Constantly. People who ride with me think I'm nuts, but then so do the people who don't ride with me so it's all good...
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I talk to them too I just don't use very nice words. I try not to yell at anyone, it's hard to express ones self when one is always yelling. I should count how many times I say "fuck" on my drive into or home from work though...it would be interesting to see.
 
Altron said:
So what if we went from 0-40 in 3 seconds instead of 10?
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Because it was rainy...ever hear of hydroplaning? It's scary shit...happened to me once and I wasn't even driving or accelerating excessively fast...among other nasty things that happen in the rain.
 
And since from a quick little bit of research it seems that the 2005 Mazda6 V6 wagon has a 0-60 time of 7.5 seconds I HIGHLY doubt you hit 40 in 3 seconds...:shrug:
 
Nixy said:
Because it was rainy...ever hear of hydroplaning? It's scary shit...happened to me once and I wasn't even driving or accelerating excessively fast...among other nasty things that happen in the rain.
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I don't buy it, you need to go through the water fast enough to make the car not touch the floor. So yeah, you were driving excessively fast for the road conditions.
 
Luis G said:
I don't buy it, you need to go through the water fast enough to make the car not touch the floor. So yeah, you were driving excessively fast for the road conditions.
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I was on a windy residental street which it's impossible to go any extreme speed on even when it's dry...and rain + driving has always freaked me out...believe me, I wasn't going any extreme speed.
 
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