Iam really glad I was driving a TT and not a GT2. On my way home from Orlando today, around the Fort Drum area, the weather started getting really bad, it was raining really hard , I accelerated from 100MPH to about 130MPH before a turn on the road , as i tried to take the turn my car started slidding when i applied the brakes slightly and for a second i thought i was going to lose it . I decided to accelerate slightly while straightning the sterring and the car fell back in line. I guess you can make a turbo drift after all , all you have to do is find a good puddle of water. Thank God for 4 wheel drive. Has this happened to anyone else.

 

I don't know if anyone else is brave enough to go 130 in a driving rain storm... much less handle it if it gets squirrley!

 

Glad you made it! PSM or not, wet or dry, a turbo will drift around a bend/turn at 100 mph+. Knock on wood, I too know this from experience.

 

since i got the new Moton suspension i had taken a turn like that on a dry road with no problem at over 130MPH . Roger told me it will handle turns on the track at over 150MPH with no problem , i guess he meant on dry pavement.

 

OK, I'll bite.

Why in the world would you accelerate to 130 mph in the driving rain...approaching a turn?

 

If you knew me, you would understand . I always try to push to the limit , the more I come in tune with my car the higher that limit gets. I belive if it wasn't for the solid suspension in my car , i would have lost it.

 

I used to have a 930 turbo. If you tried that with the 930 you would have been dead. The "problem" with the newer P cars is that they lull you into a sense of invincibility. Older Turbos required more concentration with the appropriate amount of Zen to keep you from swapping ends.

I guess computers have made Darwin's theory less relative to driving P cars -- not sure if that is good or bad....................

 

You obviously haven't met Xico!

 

I understand skinny tires always work well in the rain.

 

No....I still wouldn't undrstand.

 

Take it from me, if you meet him and talk to him you would understand.

 

Take it from me, no I wouldn't.

 

hmmm...I'm not sure if "brave" is quite the word you are looking for here.

and what does this mean??

I don't understand "it will handle turns on the track at over 150MPH" Do you mean all corners at all tracks? just some corners, or one specific banked NASCAR corner? It malkes a big differece...The speed you can carry through any turn is dependent on many factors like the radius and camber of the turn, the size of your contact patch and the coefficent of friction at each corner...as you found out entering this corner too fast without enough grip. But to make a vague statement like that is meaningless without saying what corner, etc... I think if you want to drive like this you might want to get some more track time under your belt its a much safer way to enjoy the limits of your car.

dave w

 

I usually find it wise to keep it under 100 in the rain...call me crazy!!!

 

The TT is definitely not invincible. I approached a 25mph turn once at 70. Right rear stepped off to the gravel shoulder for an inch or so. I thought the PSM and AWD would keep it in line. It didn't. The car pushed and broadsided into the rail. 20ft below is a creek. None of the airbags popped open despite the impact. PSM didn't come on in time. The rail saved me.

Don't push the limit of your life on public roads. Ain't worth it.

I drive much more intelligently these days. Slow in and fast out at all turns. It's easier to catch it on the way out than on the way in.