anybody had any bad experiences?

fook me, i come close to losing it earlier ive still got brown stuff in me pants was only doing 40 on a dual carriageway too as it was fookin pissing it down and vision was shite......come to a slight dip in the road, next thing i know the back end was was out like id hit pure black ice, luckily enough the days of drifting in the sierra came into play and kept it in line really close, deep ditch and trees either side, probably would of been game over i bet them trees might see some paint later on though



.....right, im off to clean me y-fronts

 

yeah i had some on monday night coming home from work in the golf, i swear its worse when you have stiff suspension

 

Verified.

 

Yeah, Coming down the A1 late at night, was finished from work and had to be home in an hour as I had a date, normally takes an hour 45 to do it too, so you can imagine the speeds I was doing.

Skipping two lanes on the section with no lights, and not knowing when your going to stop planing, is a bit brown panty. Needless to say, lesson learnt

 

Did you go on the date tho?

 

fit narrow tyres job done

 

Yeah

 

and instantly your car looks shite, lovely

 

but you can fit wide ones again in the dry....


you cant if its in a hedge

 

Fit Goodyear Eagle VENTURA and banish the boating tedencies, awsome tyre, not sure if still made though ?
F1's are shit though!
tabetha

 

not as shite as it would if it was wrapped round a tree

 

simple answer really, slow down.

and if its a road u know then u should be fammiliar with its weak points, in this case water liying!

 

Happened to me a few times, went into the back of someone at a roundbaout once because of it! Funnily enough I was in 3 different Fiesta's each time it happened! Feels bloody weird, and scary - not much you can do to stop once you start going!

I had an arguement with my mate once, he made me feel really thick as he said you CANNOT aqua-plane unless you're doing mre than a certain speed - sure he said 55mph!

Obviously never happened to him then........

 

driver error

 

how so?

 

I was doing 55mph when it happend to me actually

 

yeah, you both got points

 

err 3 times.

and dont blame the fezzy as far as i know its not a major well known problem with them!!

 

Yea had it happen to me, i was going out one day doing about 70, hit the water, ass of the van stepped out, turned into the slide and just put my foot down, watched the speedo spool up to about 105 before i managed to straighten out and get grip again. Bit of brown pants mania that day.
Have to say, all the roads on the way home i can tell you exactly where all the puddles of water are and all the dips etc etc

 

in pakistan my cousin was driving. u dont need a license over there. And the cr starting drifting towards the barrier. He didnt even notice. Until my dad gave him instructions on what to do.

no where near as bad as focus cheavvy's

 

lol, 2 different fiesta's and the third actually wasn't me driving.

Honestly never had an accident in all my driving years (touch wood), wasn't braking any harder than usual,wasn't doing 50mph either. Just remember losing control and feeling like I was on ice

 

55mph is rubbish, depends on lots of variables, fwd/rwd/weight/depth of water/ tread depth/tyre make/tyre width etc.
tabetha

 

Quite, hit deep water and you're going to hit a brick wall, not aquaplane

 

done it in the transit the other day, must have been doing about 80 , got use to it now, just dont change direction and normally fine