I did! I thought it was a tank slapper. I take the point (as you mentioned, from the USA) that it could be tyres - pristine 15 year old garage queen tyres are great for a concorso, but little else. With that in mind, I just swapped out the Aston tyres (10 years old and plenty of tread).
Well FWIW I think a couple on there mentioned the traction control..that would be my goto. The bloke has a car and bike collection has had the 360 for 10 years and drives his cars,I'd be very surprised it's tyres.
Stolen from another website, allegedly. "The CS allegedly has the original 20yr old OEM tyres on it. As soon as he accelerated moderately hard the rears spun up and he lost control, ending up on the opposite side of the road under the ute. Very fortunate nobody was injured.
Ok thanx. He's owned it for 10 years,pretty slack servicing then....and one his insurance may ping him for big time.
I've tried modern 70 series tyres from Michelin, Pirelli and others. Pirelli Scorpions are the best and beautifully progressive and predictable at the limit. edit I haven't tried the remade Pirelli CN72's. I'd love to hear from anyone who has.
I didn't give any tyre brief to Marc..it was all his own doing though I may have made mention of it during diffgate.
Most of the Pirelli tyres we get in Aus are made in China. Michelin is eastern Europe or Turkey. The Chinese Pirelli Scorpions are great and absorb vigorous driving with ease. The new Mexican-made Goodriches that the Corvette came with delaminated on the first GG.
Most people don't know anything about car control or invest any time in training, let alone practice. This accident is the result.
It is a strange looking prang. None of the wild fishtailing you'd expect from silly accelerating. It just kind of heads to the right and he's on the brakes almost before it happens.
The car initially stepped out to the left because of the road camber. Then the diff locked up and now both wheels are pushing him towards the oncoming car, so he panicked and braked. He should have left his foot on the accelerator and counter steered, while looking down the road and not at the ute. You go where you look. Or, buy new tyres every 5 years.
Finally had some news. Apparently my car is arriving in Melbourne next Saturday (13th). Then it goes through customs and gets sent here, so depending on how long that takes it's possible I'll have it by the end of the month. Hoorah! You have to laugh though. Not a peep from Lotus (whom are supposed to let you know when your car is being built). I only know this new info because I sent yet another message to the dealer yesterday... Lotus really are pretty hopeless when it comes to customer service, but I'm confident the car will be good. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Apparently a friend of a friend’s Lotus has sat waiting for customs for two months now….. Sent from my iPhone using FerrariChat
