I am sorry for your loss and thankful you were not hurt.

I hate to sound like a broken record, but tires are the best preventive safety feature. Tires protect you and your car, even before VDC or other computer systems.

Not your fault you were on stock tires. Every accident is different, and yours could have been caused by multiple factors.

But i would bet, if you had a better set of tires the accident wouldn't have happened.

I cannot wait to get my 19s wrapped in Proxes. I hear the dry tractions is close to the SO3 but the wet traction is better.

I also recommend the Mich Pilot Sport, i had those on my previous car and it was a great performance tire + wet traction tire, but horrid in snow.

 

I heard it wa the other way around...the Toyos had equal dry grip with a smoother ride to boot, btu the SO3s were still the wet traction king.

Yes yes racebuy, the BF Goodwrich (sp) GF attack or whatever the hell are the best dry traction tires out there.

 

You might be right. I always get that confused. But ANYTHING, even tires from my native country, Hangook Tires (http://www.hankooktireusa.com/) is better than the stock SO3.

Can't wait. I gotta get another set of Proxes to fit my stock Rays wheels.

 

I have to say something about the stock tires. Despite what many people have put up about driving in cold weather, I have to disagree somewhat. I've now driven the Z in temperatures as low as 8 degrees. The roads here in CT obviously have some residual sand/salt on them, but it's not too bad. I will absolutely not take it out if there is any chance of snow, and I agree that cold and wet roads are a bad combination. So, basically, I've limited my cold weather driving to (relatively) clean dry roads. Some comments on my driving style. Most of the time, I'm pretty conservative. I start slowly and shift by about 3500, and I only depress the pedal a little bit. Occasionally, I get carried away and give it a little gas, driving the Z as it's meant to be driven.

Driving conservatively (ie. not like a maniac) on dry roads with warm tires is completely within the realm of possibility, even at very low temperatures. I think people get into trouble when they push it. Now, I know the Z isn't a car to be grannied, but sometimes conditions dictate driving technique. Maybe I'm pushing my luck driving at 8 degrees, but the Z absolutely can be driven on stock tires at low temps. You just have to take it a little easy.

If the above verbal diarrhea makes no sense, it's because it's 4 AM, I haven't slept since 5AM, about 23 hours ago, and the ER keeps bothering me with stupid sh*t. I'm tempted to flush my beeper down the toilet, but I've already done that once and twice would make them suspicious. There's still one guy with appendicitis down there and I'm supposed to be in the OR for booked cases in about 3 hours. Yes, I love my job, just not always at 4 AM.

 

Yeah, i know how the car responds to certain conditions, and if I happen to reach the limit (ususally dont uness its one of my "joy rides"), I make sure to not temp that specific limit again during that drive. Just be smart about it. When you find a clear, dry, empty road, then have some serious fun....thats why you got the car.

 

Good observation, as I've noticed most driving with pressures around 33 psi because that is what it shows in the picture ( in the manual).

If you put 33 lbs in your tire on an 80 degree day after driving it to the service station, at 42 degrees (the temp. last night around 10 pm) that translates to about 28 psi. That is low, but not dangerously low.

Of course, if it has been dangerously low for any amount of time before the slide, he would have noticed the Low Tire Pressure warning light on the dash.

 

Yeah, what Andrew said ---------V