Wet Weather Driving....

[Pasty]

Anyone noticed how difficult it is to pull away in the wet weather with a Gen 7 Celica? I seem to wheel spin a lot of the time (or if I drop the revs I seem to stall)

Yet when I'm moving the grip seems to be awesome. Best car I driven for rounding corners in the wet.... (next to a 2.0 GLS Sierra which had superb rear wheel drive)......

It could of course just be my :censor: Clutch control.....

[daktari]

Anyone noticed how difficult it is to pull away in the wet weather with a Gen 7 Celica?  I seem to wheel spin a lot of the time (or if I drop the revs I seem to stall)

Yet when I'm moving the grip seems to be awesome.  Best car I driven for rounding corners in the wet.... (next to a 2.0 GLS Sierra which had superb rear wheel drive)......

It could of course just be my  :censor: Clutch control.....

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Just be thankful its not an mr2 :D

Seriously though. Because the car is front wheel drive, when you pull away the momentum transfers the weight off the front wheels and pushes it towards the back of the car. Thus reducing the weight on the front end, and in turn reducing the amount of grip from the tyres. Could be your clutch control as well though. You need to find a balance. :D

[dmjuk]

yeah, i can sympathise mate, especially in scotland where its always rainin, i got beat off the lights by a standard astra because i just couldn't get the power down, didn't long to catch him but. or maybe we both have crap clutch control

[VVTLIProbe]

The tyres are alot to do with this the PZeros on the stock gen 7 are not very good at gripping in the wet, more of a dry tyre, get Toyo Proxes or F1's alot better

[daktari]

The tyres are alot to do with this the PZeros on the stock gen 7 are not very good at gripping in the wet, more of a dry tyre, get Toyo Proxes or F1's alot better

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Definately..... I can vouch for the Toyos. Not tried the Goodyears yet tho, but i`ve heard good things about them.

[Tom.B]

Lol here in Matlock (derbys) the weather was evil. Loads of snow so I was very very worried about going out in my car (previous ones i didnt care they were crappy fessies!)

Thing is I was coping amazingly well with the hillss/snow whereas everyone else (even in 4x4s) were stopping and not doing it. I just took it very steady and managed to get to work and back!!!

The hill I went up and down had 8 cars dumped on it cos they bottled it lol!

[GT4 BOOSTER]

do you still suffer traction loss in the wet daktari from your 4x4 celica in the wet, probably not as much as 2 wheels hey mate ?????

[daktari]

Traction loss????? Whats that?

[GT4 BOOSTER]

lol isn't it great . 2 days to go .

gt4 st205 on my drive - no traction loss for me either.

[daktari]

Wonder what they`re like in the snow? You`ll have to let me know. Reckon you`ll find out before me. Last time it snowed down here was the last ice age i think.

[Youngy]

Got F1's all round on mine - brill tyres!

[Cubic Incubi]

poo fwd. nothing much can be done mate. just put up with spinning starts, though good tyres and suspension will hold their own in the wet. never looked back since going AWD.