Holy fish tails!

[Psilonaught]

Is it just me or do we all need to start remembering how our beasts handle in cooler, wet weather after the glorious summer we had had...

Overtook a bimmer man yesterday and gave it a tad too much noise peddle, one hell of a poo inducing fish tail...

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Is it just me or do we all need to start remembering how our beasts handle in cooler, wet weather after the glorious summer we had had...

Overtook a bimmer man yesterday and gave it a tad too much noise peddle, one hell of a poo inducing fish tail...

Time for Winter tyres soon.

 

[ash59fifty-uk]

What tyres are you running? I have MPS4S on my C and they’re pretty decent so far

 

[CarlPea]

What tyres are you running? I have MPS4S on my C and they’re pretty decent so far

I was just about to ask the same thing. Goodyear Eagle F1 ASY3 on mine and so far so good.

 

[Psilonaught]

rears are continental contisport 5ps

 

[Neiltodd]

I was just about to ask the same thing. Goodyear Eagle F1 ASY3 on mine and so far so good.

Same on mine and seem pretty good

 

[Yex]

I've just had a Quaife rear diff fitted and it makes a lot of difference on slippery surfaces

 

[Alex]

Fish tailing with traction control active?

 

[Gazwould]

Had this on the S14 happened about five times when venturing on the other carriageway to overtake , the adverse camber of the road ment that any negative camber on the back wheels ment only the insides of the tyres had traction .

The result was a four times pendulum fish tail before it straightened up .

Short shifting is better for initial traction .

 

[kid-jensen]

It's the roads!

Long periods of dry weather leaves the surface with tyre debris, diesel oil and other contaminants that just sit there waiting for a shower to create an ice-rink-like surface..
A couple of "proper" showers of rain and the majority of contaminants are washed down the drains and grip is restored.

so, take it easy during the first shower after a dry spell and you'll keep the body panels the way Mercedes intended.

 

[Psilonaught]

Fish tailing with traction control active?

Yep, fully on.

 

[MrRight]

I had a very sudden rear end pop out at only 30ish mph a couple of weeks ago , okay the veey bad country road was waterlogged on the edges and I had it in a lower gear at around 2.5k revs and accelerating in sport mode (not sport handling mode) . rear end swung suddenly and then I corrected but the traction control also did too so all was good except my little toddler shouted out in surprise lol
I've got Michelin alpin PA4 winters on order for when it gets colder as the c63s is my daily

 

[SMed08]

ESP in my E55 is pretty good at stopping this to be honest. I've only really had 1 or 2 moments like this, and I drive almost year round with semi-slick R888R's or Nankang AR1s, even in December/Jan.

But ESP kicked and saved it long before I even got sideways.

 

[MrRight]

Semi slicks!
The traction control is simply brilliant on the w205 c63. I think in this scenario though, where there was a lot of standing water underneath just the left side wheels and not the right side, and i was accelerating in lower gears , i think there was just way too much torque being applied and the left rear wheel had literally zero grip. Even if i didnt intervene, the car i'm sure saved itself in any case. In feb when i got the car, it was always comfort mode and smooth accelerating. I even drove in the snow with the MPSS summer tyres and all was well. How 4 months of amazing warm and dry weather can change a person's driving habits... My goal in life these days is to slide the rear end at every opportunity (the wagon has great balance!) and i guess i'll have to learn how to drive sensibly over the next month.

 

[kid-jensen]

Probably time someone quoted the immortal John Surtees line "the throttle goes both ways!".....