Need help choosing fun used car for $8000 Update: I bought it! Picture inside!

[Ferzerp]

With good tires on I rarely trigger TC with my MS3, rain or snow. Ice is a different story.

Until the spring comes and I can put my other tires back on, I can make the TC indicator flicker at will

I miss the warm weather!

 

[halik]

Until the spring comes and I can put my other tires back on, I can make the TC indicator flicker at will

I miss the warm weather!

I've got 215mm blizaks on the back of the M3 - can't do anything remotely spirited from standstill

 

[JCH13]

Until the spring comes and I can put my other tires back on, I can make the TC indicator flicker at will

I miss the warm weather!

That's... scary... what tires are you using? I generally opt for winter-sport tires rather than straight winter tires (present tires excluded, got a great deal) because of their good dry grip.

 

[jlee]

The LSD will make it more tail happy, I'd skip it for now.



Traction control will help in some cases, but it can't defy the laws of physics. Good tires will be a much better investment IMHO. With good tires on I rarely trigger TC with my MS3, rain or snow. Ice is a different story.

That's funny.., could've sworn the last time I drove your car in winter, I had TC active through 3rd gear and I was shifting early. :ninja:

 

[JCH13]

That's funny.., could've sworn the last time I drove your car in winter, I had TC active through 3rd gear and I was shifting early. :ninja:

IIRC you weren't being 'nice' to the throttle by any stretch of the imagination it is still a FWD car with too much power and winter tires... WOT will spin tires in 1st-3rd gear with winters on, and 1st-2nd with summer tires. :awe:

The tires don't typically break loose with normal driving, or even 'brisk' driving (by my definition).

 

[jlee]

IIRC you weren't being 'nice' to the throttle by any stretch of the imagination it is still a FWD car with too much power and winter tires... WOT will spin tires in 1st-3rd gear with winters on, and 1st-2nd with summer tires. :awe:

I do believe that's what Ferzerp meant when he said "flicker at will."

 

[Ferzerp]

That's... scary... what tires are you using? I generally opt for winter-sport tires rather than straight winter tires (present tires excluded, got a great deal) because of their good dry grip.

Blizzak LM-60 (245/45R20). But hey, 410-440 whp (that seems to be the stock range, though I doubt the values above 430), so what do you expect?

I have 2 sets of staggered (width) goodyear eagle F1's for the summer, and they are much, much better for grip obviously (though they seem to be only 5k-10k mile tires, sadly).

 

[JCH13]

:awe:

That'd do it.

 

[skyking]

I'm seeing a wrecking yard parts swap to fix that. I doubt anything else is bent.

 

[Ferzerp]

:awe:

That'd do it.

especially with the beautiful torque curve of that engine. (middle plot on this page. http://www.redlinedodge.com/2011/01/18/here-john-you-can-drive-but-we’re-gonna-need-your-dyno/ )

 

[exar333]

I've got 215mm blizaks on the back of the M3 - can't do anything remotely spirited from standstill

In the winter, it is all about having fun while you are already moving. Sliding is fun too!

 

[Ferzerp]

That's the problem with powerful cars. You might start to occasionally do a little slide on purpose (who needs winter for that?)

Not that I would ever do that, mind you....