accel
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yes, a number of things went bad:@accel, the situation might have been aggravated by an undetectable road condition and/or road properties. You get a little wheel spin going then it starts stepping out on you.
For instance, down here on very humid days sometimes composite pavement type roads will lose their bite and feel greasy. Fine at normal conditions but can surprise you if you start to put any power down. The road outside the plant here is like that. On hot dry days it's sticky but if it's really cold (which compromises the tires) or it's very humid I'll get a little wiggle on the turn out the driveway.
Road conditions are always an x factor anyways, I've run down a road on a perfectly dry day then hit a wet section because of landscape sprinkler, I've also had a step out on an intersection that had a brick section in it, grip on brick is garbage in all conditions. So you gotta watch out for all the variable not just speed.
- reducing radius as I already stated.
- as radius starts reduction, the road actually also goes downhill.
- at the spot where the rear lost traction the pavement switches from asphalt to concrete.
As I saw above coming, I became very gentle with throttle. So those who thought I was recklessly mashing the pedal were wrong.
statistically, - too many things went unexpectedly unexpected.
I am not trying to find an excuse for myself though.
I still believe that the actual "straw" for me personally in that particular situation was overestimation of available traction.
I did not expect rear tires to degrade that much.
I removed both rears from the car for inspection. They are pretty worn (right more that the left one), but still did not reach indicators.
So, again, beware and maintain recommended pressure.
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