Woah, VDC turned off mid-turn and I almost got myself killed
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Speaking of spinning out/ice rink/very scary..
Ive had issues with my 350z losing traction and slidding out when Im not expecting it. I bought a set of nitto 555 mounted on 19" rims and once the tread started getting low (not tooo low) the rear end would give out much easier than normal. I have heard rumors of the 555's sidewalls getting soft with age/use. Not sure how valid that is and how much it would apply to my rear end giving out but I DO know the limits of my car and do push them on a usual basis and it does seem that my limit decreased by a noticable difference. Anyone else experience the same?
Ive had issues with my 350z losing traction and slidding out when Im not expecting it. I bought a set of nitto 555 mounted on 19" rims and once the tread started getting low (not tooo low) the rear end would give out much easier than normal. I have heard rumors of the 555's sidewalls getting soft with age/use. Not sure how valid that is and how much it would apply to my rear end giving out but I DO know the limits of my car and do push them on a usual basis and it does seem that my limit decreased by a noticable difference. Anyone else experience the same?
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Originally Posted by d!abolic
Jesus christ.. in the middle of a "normal" hard turn, VDC suddenly turned off and the car did a 180 and then some. Wow, thank god no one was near me. What the HELL was that? All of a sudden, it now turns off whenever I launch really quickly, etc? What's wrong with it? This seems REALLY dangerous.
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Originally Posted by SOLO-350Z
LOL VDC doesn't turn itself off.
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Originally Posted by d!abolic
What's wrong with it? This seems REALLY dangerous.
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Originally Posted by Zmazing03
If you were on the edge the car should slowly start to go from underneath you.
Either way, after what I've seen with no VDC altogether, it's pretty hard not to blame driver error if one of these babies goes ***-first. That or I have a magic Z which is actually predictable.
Maybe VDC makes the car even less predictable because you are out of contact with some of the car's operation. That's one thing I can't speak for, except that the VDC in my 05 Frontier is wonderful at keeping the back end in line.
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Originally Posted by blknblk
Speaking of spinning out/ice rink/very scary..
Ive had issues with my 350z losing traction and slidding out when Im not expecting it. I bought a set of nitto 555 mounted on 19" rims and once the tread started getting low (not tooo low) the rear end would give out much easier than normal. I have heard rumors of the 555's sidewalls getting soft with age/use. Not sure how valid that is and how much it would apply to my rear end giving out but I DO know the limits of my car and do push them on a usual basis and it does seem that my limit decreased by a noticable difference. Anyone else experience the same?
Ive had issues with my 350z losing traction and slidding out when Im not expecting it. I bought a set of nitto 555 mounted on 19" rims and once the tread started getting low (not tooo low) the rear end would give out much easier than normal. I have heard rumors of the 555's sidewalls getting soft with age/use. Not sure how valid that is and how much it would apply to my rear end giving out but I DO know the limits of my car and do push them on a usual basis and it does seem that my limit decreased by a noticable difference. Anyone else experience the same?
If you're being serious, I'll go ahead and tell you that your tires are horrible. Just do a search, I'm not talking out of my ***.
EDIT: I'll take it one step further and recommend Michelin PS2s or anything by Bridgestone that's ultra-high performance. A lot of people like those tires.
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Tough crowd. Reminds me of myself when I'm watching an Indycar or ALMS race. Driver looses it. "You idiot! Hand over your drive to someone who knows what they're doing!"
Only later do I find out that something broke on the car.
Could be that something broke or malfunctioned here too. Maybe not the VDC turning off. But how about a stuck caliper? Just a thought.
Only later do I find out that something broke on the car.
Could be that something broke or malfunctioned here too. Maybe not the VDC turning off. But how about a stuck caliper? Just a thought.
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Originally Posted by gugle
Tough crowd. Reminds me of myself when I'm watching an Indycar or ALMS race. Driver looses it. "You idiot! Hand over your drive to someone who knows what they're doing!"
Only later do I find out that something broke on the car.
Could be that something broke or malfunctioned here too. Maybe not the VDC turning off. But how about a stuck caliper? Just a thought.
Only later do I find out that something broke on the car.
Could be that something broke or malfunctioned here too. Maybe not the VDC turning off. But how about a stuck caliper? Just a thought.
I don't think this is a hard case to solve.
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Originally Posted by SOLO-350Z
That has got nothing to do with VDC.
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kegsbane.. I know the nitto 555's arent anything special at all. If I had the money id obviously purchase something better. Thanks for the recommendation.! My comment was directed towards the performance decline over time of the 555's. I am fully aware of the limit of my car and how hard I can push it without losing traction or getting into a sticky situation. But when I am all of a sudden finding myself losing traction in situations where im not even worried about losing it I start to question my tires. I have been thru many tires in my life time, some great tires, some not so great, and I have never had this problem. Didnt expect these to be any different but from my experience they are pretty damn crappy and would advise people to be watch themselves during the last 25% tread. BLAh
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Yea, i dont have VDC and never had a problem yet... with bald rears. I sometimes have the rear end glide a tad over during a hard turn but never lose control, and this is my first rwd car. Practice? heh