Warning mk2 owners!

[Jib]

I thought it would be good to see what the difference is without backseats which was actually quite a big difference in a straight line. Seemed alittle quicker but it was possibaly a phsycological thing.

All was well until i went round a roundabout in the wet. I was taking the rounabout at a cautious pace due to the weather conditions but the back end swung out and i spun a full 180 degrees!

Alot of people have questionned the speed i was going at but i really was taking it steady. There was no warning or twitch, it just spun. My seats are going back in tomorrow!!!!

 

[Brummy]

dont need to lose the rear seats to get the back out. they're twitchy anyway.. I scared the life out of a fella that comes on here occasionally (D8MNS)one night on the way up to my only visit to a B'ham meet.. every island we got to my old 1.4 kicked its ass out like a Drift car.. have done it a few times in the Cupra , too....

 

[Dolly_Gti]

o rite, ive been getting it drifting on purpose lol... and heres me thinking wow it sticks its never going to swop ends

 

[Jib]

It really did catch me out! It didn't give no warning, it just spun out. Didn't even give me chance to correct it.

 

[Brummy]

good for the Cardio-Vascular...

 

[Dolly_Gti]

it must be my cheap 185 easten europeon remoulds holding me to the road lol

 

[andyj]

15mm rear spacers will help sort out the 'loose' back end

 

[Jamin Berry]

Yeh my back end likes swinging with no back seats.

 

[Robsparky]

Havn't had it go on me yet, but the back does feel twitchy. Is 20mm spacers too much?

 

[m0rk]

It really did catch me out! It didn't give no warning, it just spun out. Didn't even give me chance to correct it.

it's not Need for Speed Tokyo Drift mate - that's what happens

I've done it at 55+ on a dual carriageway RAB, **** happens, didn't hit anything

 

[Dolly_Gti]

tokoyo Drift

 

[F2 Stu]

I thought it would be good to see what the difference is without backseats which was actually quite a big difference in a straight line. Seemed alittle quicker but it was possibaly a phsycological thing.

All was well until i went round a roundabout in the wet. I was taking the rounabout at a cautious pace due to the weather conditions but the back end swung out and i spun a full 180 degrees!

Alot of people have questionned the speed i was going at but i really was taking it steady. There was no warning or twitch, it just spun. My seats are going back in tomorrow!!!!

Its only really happened to me when I was driving like a ****......

Steady my arse.

 

[chris27]

hasn't happened in my ibiza yet, and im hoping it doesnt. happened all the time in my old saxo. that spun 180 once when i was creeping around a island

 

[ibiza_95]

mines done it once... didnt manage to get all the way round but it shocked me at first then i just 'd

 

[Mckellar]

what tyres do you have?
what suspension do you have?

2 vital factors as opposed to no back seats.

 

[smash_3000]

mines the other way around, the back end grips and the front end hardly grips, take some corners at only 30 odd and the car looses grip and sometimes the front end slides across the road, really annoying.

 

[Jamin Berry]

mines the other way around, the back end grips and the front end hardly grips, take some corners at only 30 odd and the car looses grip and sometimes the front end slides across the road, really annoying.

Understeer, Lift your right foot up!

Or press your left foot on the brake, that will soon bring the back end round!

 

[Krishen]

My cupra shocked me on a roundabout once and i was doing no more than 25-30mph. Luckily managed to catch it and correct.
Oddly it was in slow motion at the time!

 

[hopkinsgm]

Tyre pressures are a major consideration too. I found running at stock pressures, it would grip and grip and grip but boy, when it let go it went very fast and without much of a warning. Consequently, I tend to run slightly higher pressures than recommended at the back which does mean slightly less ultimate grip but it does make everything a lot more progressive when overstepping the mark. And I reckon that's a far nicer way for a car to behave...

 

[Dolly_Gti]

well i did a sprint meet today and i know it understeers normally, but sweet jesus lol i was using all the track and some of the grass! but even on the ragged edge the back never felt like it was about to come round.. sure it was skipping and sliding and up on 3 wheels but the understeer was much more an issue.