Everyone ,thats had a bike knows the road slippery,after dry spell,should be mandatory you ride a bike before get a car.Most of the crashes around here arnt 'Kiwis'. But its rare to see people on 4 space savers ,unless they escaped from sth auk!
sr2,
Mar 18, 6:58am
Sounds like you need to get morrisman1to take you for a few hot laps in the wet to show you how to control a sliding front wheel drive!
pnh4,
Mar 18, 7:09am
You cant "throw loops" on a public road which is pretty much what a mass produced fwd car does when it lets go.Its all about correcting the vehicle as quickly as possible to avoid a head-on crash.
sr2,
Mar 18, 8:29am
I must be getting old, Ihaven't a clue what you're talking about.stumbles back to his mobility scooter.
electromic,
Mar 18, 8:35am
Agree, they have poorly maintained vehicles with cheap tyres and don't drive to the conditions. My tyres are $430 ea and I change them every two years regardless of kms. I also change them a few weeks before winter so I have full tread when I need it. I can read the road properly and expect a slippery road afer a dry spell followed by rain.
pnh4,
Mar 18, 8:49am
Exactly-google the word ignorant, & learn your word for the day.
pnh4,
Mar 18, 9:04am
The front wheel (east-west) drive unit assemblies were originally designed for rear engined configuration, similar to MR2s & the like. Instead we got a dorky wheel barrow death trap.
pge,
Mar 18, 9:10am
Precisely what the MVA's I attended over the w/e were -- head-on's.
Luckily, neither fatal, but one was serious enough to close the Waiwera Rd SH17 for five hours.
Yesterday's was a simple case of trying to take a 35KPH corner at 40+.
I agree with the sentiment, Minimum of two years on a m/c before allowed a car -- that way, the numptys would learn to read the road, would learn to read the weather, and would have more empathy with other roadusers.
IF they can't handle a m/c, they can take a bus or taxi, they are a danger to themselves and others.
trader_84,
Mar 18, 9:20am
Only $430 each! Where do you get bargins like that! And every 'du' (Persian for two, bro) years too! You missed something out though . the price of that gold chain hanging off ya nek.
pnh4,
Mar 18, 9:21am
Hitler was thinking when he built the VW for his "icemen company drivers" rear eng all waste & toxins blowing out to the rear. Alot of accidents happen from the invisible fumes one breathes, even more so up hills where trucks & cars pout out more.
sr2,
Mar 18, 11:39am
There is obviously no available course of action for me other than bowing down to your superior knowledge of all things automotive.
pauldw,
Mar 18, 12:19pm
This afternoon SH2 closed just south of Petone, 3 car crash. I thought "not surprised the way they were tailgating and late lane changing in the rain" when I passed that way but it was an elderly woman driving south in the north bound lanes.
sr2,
Mar 18, 1:15pm
I'm interested to hear the rationale behind this one!
gsimpson,
Mar 18, 1:53pm
EW front drive units were around for many years before the MR2
sr2,
Mar 18, 1:58pm
LOL; I think pnh4 is just winding us all up, I'll admit he got me hook line and sinker!
trogedon,
Mar 18, 2:01pm
Driving our boys to school.peoplemover lost it on a corner (50kph zone), went into the fence on the opposite side of the road.
gsimpson,
Mar 18, 2:03pm
Talking of wheel barrow death traps, I wonder what a Reliant Robin is like on a slippery road!
lookoutas,
Mar 18, 4:36pm
Is it so hard!
Jeez - get the cotton-wool out!
pnh4,
Mar 18, 4:41pm
In general a fwd passenger car is only a road holder when its wheelbarrow status is improved or rather the weight bais is balanced (add rear passengers & a boot load). By then however the vehicle is weighing in at 2 ton & a death trap if it goes into a slide. Ever seen a truck slide oof the road theres no stoppin it until a godly like hand intervene's.
NZTools,
Mar 18, 4:47pm
Where do you get this crap from!
pnh4,
Mar 18, 4:49pm
Just being me, i dont talk shit unless im drunk lol.
flack88,
Mar 18, 5:22pm
#47 Ever driven Citroen GTI !handes like its on rails,luvs wet roads!
electromic,
Mar 18, 6:24pm
Nah, no gold, its a rip off at the moment!
pnh4,
Mar 18, 6:52pm
Ebay, like where you get all your bits n bobs, buy direct.
wind.turbine,
Mar 18, 7:16pm
My FWD has a bad habit of sliding while going down a hill once it has rained for the first time after being dry for so long. The first two times it did it , it felt like I had a flat rear tyre. It just starts sliding left and right and there is no stopping it until you get till the bottom. im picking it probably has something to do with it being so light in the back.
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