Jul 11, 2006 9:36:17 AM
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RC
Re: How to make an ass out of yourself in a 997 Turbo...
Thank you very much for sharing the experience RC - maybe it's an eye-opener for some guys 
I guess all the Grandpa comments may have come from young guys who are envious not to be your Grandchilds in reality -hence no chance to inherit Grandpa's TT some day
Perhaps one aspect to add: the fat tyres of any P are a pain under these circumstances - any VW Polo with 185 tyres will do better
Fat tyres + relative low weight of the car (compared to a truck
) + greasy or flooded road surface = surfboard.
When it's pouring rain I always see lot of P-cars almost "hiding" at low speed behind big trucks on the Autobahn's slow lane for that reason (the heavy trucks with their fat tyres will push away the water on the street, so that the following P has a better chance to avoid aquaplaning).
And yes, 5 km/h speed margin can make the difference between safe driving and loosing the car in such conditions.
One should always remember that the tyres are the only connection of your car with the road (even for a 1 mn Euro Veyron). The human brain (if used) always should kick in before PSM/TC etc. 
I guess all the Grandpa comments may have come from young guys who are envious not to be your Grandchilds in reality -hence no chance to inherit Grandpa's TT some day
Perhaps one aspect to add: the fat tyres of any P are a pain under these circumstances - any VW Polo with 185 tyres will do better
Fat tyres + relative low weight of the car (compared to a truck
) + greasy or flooded road surface = surfboard.When it's pouring rain I always see lot of P-cars almost "hiding" at low speed behind big trucks on the Autobahn's slow lane for that reason (the heavy trucks with their fat tyres will push away the water on the street, so that the following P has a better chance to avoid aquaplaning).
And yes, 5 km/h speed margin can make the difference between safe driving and loosing the car in such conditions.
One should always remember that the tyres are the only connection of your car with the road (even for a 1 mn Euro Veyron). The human brain (if used
) always should kick in before PSM/TC etc.
) asked me what I learned from this training. I told her that I learned not to be that fast and that I would never ever drive that fast in my car on snow/ice with summer tires. It happens again, some of the younger people look at me like I was telling them I just won the Nobel Prize. 
I continued to explain that the speeds used during the training are too high and that I would NEVER drive that fast on snow/ice with summer tires. This is why I always succeeded the exercises (a lot of people didn't, incl. my wife and her friend but my wife still wasn't bad at all) but at around 5 kph slowlier. The trainer told me to imagine that I would encounter such a situation in my car. Again I told her that this ain't possible because I wouldn't drive with a 997 Turbo and summer tires on a snowy/icey road. NEVER. She gave up.
