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yorkie_chris · 08-10-07, 02:05 PM

Coming accross a roundabout today, didn't see or smell anything out of the ordinary, except a bit of rubber on the road and though that it was just from boy racers.
Roundabout was clear so downshifted just before I went onto it, and oh dear the back ends all over the place, I'm fairly used to this but this time it just carried on sliding around, even with the revs and speed matched.
Just about got round it but ended up right at the edge of my lane about 2 foot away from a white van man, and was about 15' up the road before the back end caught grip again.

No idea what caused this, the road was dry, my downshift wasn't aggressive, didn't put power down etc.
Diesel? Polished tarmac?

08-10-07, 02:05 PM	#1
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	*Ahhhrg! ~@$% $& Slippy stuff!** Coming accross a roundabout today, didn't see or smell anything out of the ordinary, except a bit of rubber on the road and though that it was just from boy racers. Roundabout was clear so downshifted just before I went onto it, and oh dear the back ends all over the place, I'm fairly used to this but this time it just carried on sliding around, even with the revs and speed matched. Just about got round it but ended up right at the edge of my lane about 2 foot away from a white van man, and was about 15' up the road before the back end caught grip again. No idea what caused this, the road was dry, my downshift wasn't aggressive, didn't put power down etc. Diesel? Polished tarmac? __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat