clio spinning

[VWSaxon]

this might sound gay to you guys, and it could just be my imagination, and wet roads, but ive spun the clio about 5 times now. 3 times on roundabouts, and another coming round the corner and tapped the brakes, not so much of a spin there, more of the back end steppin out.

i used to have a saloon before, maybe i havent adjusted yet? or is there something wrong?

its a 1.4 16v 2003 plate

 

[quickshift]

new tyres ??? haha or take it slowly

 

[perrie]

no just slow down at this time of year

 

[Englebert]

You can't drive?

 

[ASW86]

Calm down a bit and don't go around a roundabout like a nutcase! Surely you must know the limits of the car if you've had it a while..or get some decent tyres.

 

[tommyboy]

no just slow dawn at this time of year

most likely :evil:

 

[Dash]

Any reports of tanker spills in your area?

 

[quickshift]

^^^^^^^^^ come on dash tankers/ oil spill/driver error i think the jury decideds 9 to 1 in favour of driver error

 

[Djw John]

You can't drive?

Sounds about right tbh.

Ive spun twice in 6 years of erm, 'enthusiastic' driving

 

[Rip3z]

Never touch the brakes while turning.

 

[Ollie82.]

Pains me to say it but Rip3z has a point.
Braking and gearshifting mid turn is a schoolboy error....and in the wet is just asking for trouble.

Sounds like you are too hot into roundabouts and corners and then lift off oversteering your tail into trouble.
Slow down! You'll live longer...especially this time of year.

 

[edde]

Sounds like you just need to learn how to drive the car fully first braking whilst going round the bend is the first problem plus your most likly lifting off the front of the car dives. Weight transfers to the front the rear don't have any grip and it come out on you.

 

[Dash]

^^^^^^^^^ come on dash tankers/ oil spill/driver error i think the jury decideds 9 to 1 in favour of driver error

She's a lady. I was being nice.

 

[John D]

Was it you I saw spin out on a roundabout in Reading on Saturday morning?

Twas a girl in a dark coloured Clio. Looked embarrased!

 

[al]

Just take it steady, i've only span once in 4 years of driving........unfortunately it was into a wall.

 

[Rhod.L15]

Sounds like another case of the dreaded "Lift-off Oversteer"!

 

[philmots]

Just dont drive fast, no need!

 

[Ja5on]

dont touch brakes while turning.

is the car lowered?

 

[fizzy_drink]

I've lost the back-end a few times... and always caught it (apart from once on an airfield-day).

All mainly due to tired rear-dampers & tyres.

 

[White16valver]

check your rear tyres are the correct pressure and have a decent amount of tread!

 

[VWSaxon]

yes all points to me driving fast, but im a mature married adult with 2 kids. i dont drive like an idiot one bit

so saying that is incorrect. also it wasnt a "school boy" error in braking around a corner, there was cows crossing the road!

jall im saying is that from driving it the same as the saloon it reacts alot differntly

spin was the wrong word, i mean like loose th eback end a little, never actually span the car round

 

[Justin182]

Im guessing you may not be too familiar with weight distribution (thats not meant to sound patronising)

Transfering weight to the front of a clio while cornering is bound to end in spinnage.

Brake before the corner, enter at appropiate speed, keep it steady and then power as you begin to exit the corner.

Spinning 5 times un-intentionaly is not good !! lol

 

[Ja5on]

i maybe way off in the wrong direction, if the cars lowered, u may need the brake bias changed, sounds silly i know.

i lowerer my old car and after wards it had a big tendancd to try swap ends under breaking. what i found out was that because the car had been lowered the ecu thought the car was fully loaded so it flung all the break bias to the back. so a quick reset of every thing, problem solved.

 

[Justin182]

Ok... I retract a bit of my statement now lol

Although the weight transfer is still relevent...... the clio is not heavy and the back is especially light. The rear of a saloon is not so and therefore less chance of lift-off-oversteer in your previous car imo.

 

[KDF]

foot... throttle... less...

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Lift off oversteer imo

 

[VWSaxon]

Ok... I retract a bit of my statement now lol

thank you, much appreciated! i pretty much always have the kids with me, so i would never drive like an idiot and en danger my children

sounds to me like i havent adjusted yet, from what your all saying. cheers for your replies :approve:

 

[philmots]

Yeh but to get even a little bit of slip you have to be going faster than 'normal'

 

[VWSaxon]

but i dont consider myself to be a fast driver, this is why i have put this thread up, just to see if anyone else has it

dear me some of you need to chill out a bit. your all so touchy!

 

[al]

The roads are s**t at the moment anyway and most councills don't bother resurfacing roads at the proper intervals these days.

 

[Ollie82.]

You have a point there.

Apologies for jumping on the bandwagon. Typical case of judging a book by its cover there. (or just the content of your first post!)
Happens all too often on these pages so sorry about that.

And i always pride myself on being one of the chilled out ones around here as well!

D'oh!

 

[Ollie82.]

but i dont consider myself to be a fast driver, this is why i have put this thread up, just to see if anyone else has it

dear me some of you need to chill out a bit. your all so touchy!

You have a point there.

Apologies for jumping on the bandwagon. Typical case of judging a book by its cover there. (or just the content of your first post!)
Happens all too often on these pages so sorry about that.

And i always pride myself on being one of the chilled out ones around here as well!

D'oh!

 

[Ollie82.]

D'oh....double postage

 

[VWSaxon]

cheers buddy, means more to me that you posted it twice

 

[Ollie82.]

Yeah it means i look like a prize numpt....nevermind!

 

[bmh.01]

I'll echo what everyone else has said, but also check your rear tyres. When I only had F1s on the front it was a complete drift machine the second a bit of water hit the tarmac, F1s all round and its solid as a rock. Unfortunately I had to come undone once to teach me a lesson, very similar to what happened to Al but I only hit a curb at (what I assume was) much lower speed.

 

[Justin182]

Thats the trouble with forums.... can only judge people by whats written.

Now youve replied a few times, i take back any insinuation about naivety or driving silly as you say you have kids in the car, and that you meant lossing a bit of grip at the backend. I thought you meant completely spin the car round lol.

Would check the pressure in the tyre and is prob a case of getting used to the clio and not a big saloon.

TBH, i have found myself loosing the backend a bit over xmas while cornering normally so might just be the roads just now... very greasy !!

 

[heathbrowning]

would you like some driving lessons?

 

[Rip3z]

Are you fit?

 

[Munson]

Stop driving like a spastic?