Span the valver

[Waitey]

After getting my new MOMO wheel off winston at york on sunday i went for a little blast. It was wet so i wasnt pushing too hard. All was well on the country roads. Then coming out of melbourne at 50mph round a slight corner i left off the throttle slightly and it broke loose and i couldnt correct it. Ended up ballenced on two wheels in the nearside verge. After alot of raving about i got it out of the verge i decided to limp home. Soon noticed that at about 50 the steering was shaking loads. Finally got home and went to my workshop. I pressure washed what was left of the verge off my car and wheels. I took it for another drive and all was fine. It seems all the mud and grass had unballenced my wheels. Took it back to the workshop and gave it a good look over and luckily everything is fine under it.

Today i went back to melbourne to have alook at the verge.

The hole my car made. Not the best pic in the world you cant see that its about 1.5ft deep.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/ClioValver/Spin002.jpg

Skid mark made by the front wheels

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/ClioValver/Spin003.jpg

The corner its self. As you can see i hit the verge about 90/100ft after the slide started

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/ClioValver/Spin004.jpg

Another angle show where i went off. As you can see my car ended up about 10ft away from the sign so it could have been alot worse.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/ClioValver/Spin006.jpg

This one you can see the slight marks made on the road. From the looks of it the back end was right out into the other lane so it was luck no one way coming the other way.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/ClioValver/Spin008.jpg



Steve

 

[Winston]

sh*t dude!!!! Glad you is ok.....have to watch that back end when its stripped out.

Nice to meet you btw......Enjoy the wheel

 

[fUbAr]

impressive stuff.... lesson learnt? lol

 

[Da]

you play the lottery? lol!

 

[Craig]

aye glad your ok fella and it didnt do much damage

 

[Waitey]

Lesson learnt! lol Lift off oversteer in the wet is not good!

 

[Rick]

Youre lucky to have got away without hitting anything. Youll be more careful from now on anyway

 

[Bubbles]

I think youve had a lucky break... but you should give the car back to me for safe keeping...

hehe only joking babe, Im glad you and the beast are ok..

 

[Ali]

surprised u got overstear... u must hav flicked the steering or something...Least u came out of it ok...

 

[Waitey]

lift off over steer is a problem with valvers in the wet. Its caught quite a few people out.

 

[Ali]

lol, in that case, keep ur foot in next time!

 

[Tom_16v]

Very lucky mate, cant believe you didnt damage anything.

 

[TriO`]

unlucky fella, ive been caught out quite a few times in the wet too...

hadnt really considered that it could be worse beacuse its stripped out, i thought summit was wrong with my setup.
I suppose it makes sense though with it being really light at the back, or would it!?!? maybe it would be slidyer with more weight lol... ive lost myself now

glad you ok anyways

 

[gunnergibson]

mine was stripped and i lifted off and it spun on exit of a roundabout... in the wet/snow.

 

[Adams_16v]

i once spun my old blue 16v doin about 15mph on a busy roundabout in the wet! scary. the bird was stupidly scared.

 

[gunnergibson]

mine was bout 20mph and it sh*t me up!

 

[Waitey]

i was doing 50. Totally sh*ted up lol

 

[TizerB16v]

Glad you and the car are ok fella.

Spun mine a couple of months ago so I know the feeling.

 

[number1]

i had lift of oversteer at 70 in the wet on my private test track first time my old car let go wasnt the last but i was so lucky to go fishtailing down the.. erm track very lucky will keep my foot in next time

Dave

 

[Nafoff]

will have to watch out for this one then, glad your ok

i blame the colour of the wheels.....you will have to give them to me......please........with a cherry...

no.....dam

 

[niksmith]

you should of kept with the drift and slide sideways round the bend and slowley pulling it all back together for a nice ride home

 

[Andy32]

Is that melbourne in cambridgshire?

[Edited by Andy32 on 02 May 2005 at 10:09pm]

 

[XTR2000]

I had exactly the same thing with my Megane Coupe... ended up putting it backwards off a roundabout and through a lampost and sign post..... I missed everything.... apart from the sign post which clipped my front wing and wing mirror..... Most annoying thing was, i went up a gradiant kerb which knackered one of my 6 day old Toyo tyres....

http://www.xtr.nildram.co.uk/Oops/DSC04908.JPGhttp://www.xtr.nildram.co.uk/Oops/DSC04908.JPG

http://www.xtr.nildram.co.uk/Oops/Image13.jpghttp://www.xtr.nildram.co.uk/Oops/Image13.jpg



Yave just gotta be extremely careful in the wet......

 

[Rhino172]

Ive lost my valver twice now. Once in wet luckly managed to controll it slighty and ended up parking it perfectly on someones drive, dont think they we expecting that!!