Please don't play around in the rain..

[koncept]

Or you'll get a dead cb7 :'( I wasn't even playing around. I was just getting on a ramp for the interstate and lost traction of my back end

[JoshM]

Glad you're okay enough to post on here. Did you have insurance?



How's the leather? lol

[koncept]

Full covergae and Im thanking God for that too. They said yesterday that its going to be totaled *another tear*. And cut me a check for whats it worth. Right now I have the rental they let me have yesterday

[Luna92]

same here glad your ok. and sorry about the car man.

[koncept]

Right now im collecting the receipts of everything I bought for the car
-AEM Cold air
-KYB Gr2's
-two tires I bought about a month ago(and yet i slid, i knew i should've gotten toyo super stickies lol)

[F20A CB7]

[visualpoet]

It sucks that you lost the car, but you were clearly going too fast for the road and conditions, you CRUMPLED your car and that guard rail in a way that says excessive speed, plus you lost traction with the passive wheels. Very hard to do at reasonable speeds; I've tried. Slow down, man!

[koncept]

I see what you mean. But I honestly wasn't going that fast. The last time I saw the speedometer it said 38mph

[gloryaccordy]

It sucks that you lost the car, but you were clearly going too fast for the road and conditions, you CRUMPLED your car and that guard rail in a way that says excessive speed, plus you lost traction with the passive wheels. Very hard to do at reasonable speeds; I've tried. Slow down, man!

That's BS, I have lost traction in the rear twice not due to excessive speed but to tire blowouts and worn out tires in the rear. Thankfully I wasn't hurt... but with oil slicks it's definitely possible.

ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS keep your better tires on the REAR of your car.

[visualpoet]

That's BS, I have lost traction in the rear twice not due to excessive speed but to tire blowouts and worn out tires in the rear. Thankfully I wasn't hurt... but with oil slicks it's definitely possible.

ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS keep your better tires on the REAR of your car.

Neither of your issues apply here. (I also don't see any other cars wiped out due to an oil slick sitting there) He just bought the tires and he didn't say anything about a blowout. But yeah, bald tires and blow outs can screw you. In a FWD, better tires on the front. ALWAYS. Because that's where ALL your control comes from. I can control the car with the parking brake locked and the rear end sliding around, but bald tires on the front mean not steering in the rain at all.

[gloryaccordy]

Neither of your issues apply here. (I also don't see any other cars wiped out due to an oil slick sitting there) He just bought the tires and he didn't say anything about a blowout. But yeah, bald tires and blow outs can screw you. In a FWD, better tires on the front. ALWAYS. Because that's where ALL your control comes from. I can control the car with the parking brake locked and the rear end sliding around, but bald tires on the front mean not steering in the rain at all.

It's much easier to regain control when you lose traction in the front vs the rear, especially in a FWD car.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...6115642AAOctub

Sorry everyone, but, WRONG WRONG WRONG.

New tires should always be mounted on the rear (YES! THE BACK) of any vehicle. Here is why:

When a vehicle encounters a loss of traction scenario on the front wheels, traction can easily be established by the average driver by.........................................
slowing down

this is easily recoverable
it is called Understeer

When a vehicle encounters a loss of traction scenario on the rear wheels
, the driver cannot compensate, effectively. This is called Oversteer, or "Fishtailing", and is not easily recoverable by the average driver.

Therefore, the tires with the "best" tread should be mounted on the rear axle, to avoid possible life-threatening vehicle control problems
Source(s):
Institute for Automotive Service Excellence
ASE Certified Service Consultant
Motorist Assurance Program (MAP) Uniform Inspection Guidelines
15 years experience diagnosing automobile-related problems
Rubber Manufacturing Association (RMA) Guidelines

[/quote]

Even if you are Tony Montoya, why create a needlessly unsafe situation if you don't have to? New tires always have to go to the back.

[Clean_4th gen]

I'm glad you're OK man! Sorry about the cb! Do you plan on getting another cb?

[Flatline]

It's much easier to regain control when you lose traction in the front vs the rear, especially in a FWD car.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...6115642AAOctub

Even if you are Tony Montoya, why create a needlessly unsafe situation if you don't have to? New tires always have to go to the back.[/QUOTE]


It is recommended for the AVERAGE driver to have the better tires on the rear for this reason.
I have had my worse tires on the rear for the entire time with my CB and have recovered every time.
With a loos of traction in the front you tap the brake and your fine. in the rear,
i shift accordingly to somewhere around 3-4k and push the gas. The front tires have always pulled me straight.

i think the rear brakes are too passive to be effective when you have no traction up front.
in my '87 legend when i had it, i was going around a bend that went up a small hill crossing a part of a small highway.
I went and made the left and pressed the gas to go because of oncoming traffic.
The front tires spun and when i turned the wheels slid and i almost when into the guard rail.
lucky me there was a curb there and that help correct me.

Recommendations say rear, i say don't be so cheap as to leave ANY close to bald tire on your car.
This isn't the case anyway right now. So lets get back to talking about how glad everyone is that we don't have to wonder where he is in a few months.

Cause we are. So let us know what goes on with the insurance and what is going to happen next. Another CB????

[jhoff]

another se bites the dust

[Clean_4th gen]

another se bites the dust

^^^ Damn, that sucks!