by "Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
Published 11/09/2017 at 20:39
by "Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
Published 11/09/2017 at 20:39
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My very technical diagram below:
basically a gold Porsche Cayenne went full sideways through the corner coming right at me. I locked up to full ABS mode and was able to come to a complete stop and we were about 10 feet apart when he came to a stop. I could see the whites of his eyes.
I was going about 15 and it took me about 25-30 feet to stop by my skid marks.
I’m guessing he was going a bit fast and was relying on fancy all wheel drive. I was unable to verify if the parch had snow tires too, that would also explain the long slide towards my poor Mazda.
"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
11/09/2017 at 20:45, STARS: 2
Did I miss part of the story? Why is there a “dead people” label? What aren’t you telling us?!
Full marks for the diagram
"deekster_caddy" (deekster_caddy)
11/09/2017 at 20:45, STARS: 2
I never get tired of saying this, but all the AWD in the world won’t help you turn or stop on snow and ice. Snow tires for all!!! (And slow the f down on your sporty cayenne summer tires!)
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/09/2017 at 20:45, STARS: 0
Cemetery!
"vondon302" (vondon302)
11/09/2017 at 20:46, STARS: 2
Yikes!
Dead people?
"E90M3" (e90m3)
11/09/2017 at 20:48, STARS: 2
Came dangerously close to this!
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/09/2017 at 20:48, STARS: 1
Yep. I’d say there is an 80% chance that cayenne was on some Z rated perellies.
"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
11/09/2017 at 20:48, STARS: 2
Just wanted to be sure you didn’t bury the lede
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/09/2017 at 21:01, STARS: 1
Dead and buried in the ground with neat landscaping all around.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/09/2017 at 21:03, STARS: 0
I would be devestated if my mazda 3 was totaled. There aren’t many rust free 11 year old Mazda 3's out there with 70k on the odo.
"E90M3" (e90m3)
11/09/2017 at 21:14, STARS: 0
I can imagine, good luck replacing that unicorn.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/09/2017 at 21:17, STARS: 0
Never though of my car as a unicorn, what a great time to be alive.
"E90M3" (e90m3)
11/09/2017 at 21:19, STARS: 2
I mean, how many rust free Mazda 3s are out there to begin with?
"I have another burner, try to guess it!" (ihaveanotherburner)
11/09/2017 at 21:21, STARS: 1
Plenty here in Texas
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
11/09/2017 at 21:27, STARS: 1
NANI??!!!! KANSEI DORIFTO??!!
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/09/2017 at 21:29, STARS: 0
My car lived in California until 2012 so it’s only had 5 winters to start decomposing.
"SpeedSix" (speedsix)
11/09/2017 at 21:49, STARS: 0
It seems that most winter tires have higher sidewalls, so anyone running rubber bands is, at best, on all-seasons.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/09/2017 at 22:04, STARS: 0
They actually make very low profile winter tires:
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
11/09/2017 at 23:29, STARS: 1
theres a guy in the pca club who got a 3 month old 2003 turbo for a song. Woman bought it in sept, put 2k on it till december, took a corner and did 2 loops on summer tires in 10F. she told her husband she wanted it gone by christmas
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/10/2017 at 12:58, STARS: 0
Can someone please buy me a Cayenne?
"deekster_caddy" (deekster_caddy)
11/10/2017 at 15:42, STARS: 0
You can definitely get snow tires in some pretty aggressive sizes, they make them to match the OEM sizes for most vehicles. That said, it’s much better overall to have a smaller rim and more sidewall to absorb potholes and whatnot, so if you can fit a smaller rim over the brakes and are getting a second set of wheels for your snows, the sidewall is helpful.
"SpeedSix" (speedsix)
11/10/2017 at 15:46, STARS: 0
Well thanks, had no idea - many cars in Ontario in winter don’t bother with fancyness, and seem to just run black steelies on snow tires with thick sidewalls. I’d always thought of cars using the OEM wheels for the trim level would be on all-seasons since many ordinary people seem not to bother with sourcing another set of OEMs - glad to learn.
"SpeedSix" (speedsix)
11/10/2017 at 15:47, STARS: 1
The cars I have experience with all have decent sidewalls, so I’m not looking forwards to buying new in the future - that, and all the touchscreens.