In a nutshell, bad choice of OEM tire. Lots of threads already started on this subject. Bet the tires are probably responsible for more than 50% of the wrecks I've read about on this forum. Maybe Goodyear should have a recall on them.
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I believe it is because of severe overcompensation when the car is starting to loose it...I daily drive mine for the most part in snow and rain and if the back starts to go it takes only a bit to get it back any more and you are gone baby gone....
I agree also that it's driving too fast for the conditions. I have had the back end slip out getting on the highway and I really wasn't going that fast...just accelerating. I know now that I have to be extra careful when it's raining out especially if it hasn't rained in a while.
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I'm Agree it's more about driving. But comes to my mind , what about when at Sol in heavy rain, does it comes water inside the car?, I've not been in that situation, someone with this experience ?
Mine is a daily driver and I have driven in several down pours, no water problems, even on the poorly draining Capital Beltway. I slowed down to about 50mph and didn't have any issues loosing control.
Any way to file a complaint or petition on the tires and get them replaced? These are the worst tires I have had in the rain in a long time. This is what happens when they get tires from the lowest bidder.
Oh and by the way these tires are freaking expansive to replace. Something tells me that is where they make there money. $300 for a replacement piece of junk.
Just got to keep this car under 60mph on the highway.
In a nutshell, bad choice of OEM tire. Lots of threads already started on this subject. Bet the tires are probably responsible for more than 50% of the wrecks I've read about on this forum. Maybe Goodyear should have a recall on them.
Hmmm .... bet you're wrong.
I'd have say that some were do to not knowing the proper way to handle the car in the given situation.
Knowing HOW to react, not to 'overdrive' during inclement weather, and the proper 'style' of driving given the conditions is critical.
While the RSA's are NOT the best for some situations they were the ALL-Season of choice.
I, like others here, can drive in the snow using different driving techniques than I do when the roads are dry.
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Any way to file a complaint or petition on the tires and get them replaced? These are the worst tires I have had in the rain in a long time. This is what happens when they get tires from the lowest bidder.
Oh and by the way these tires are freaking expansive to replace. Something tells me that is where they make there money. $300 for a replacement piece of junk.
Just got to keep this car under 60mph on the highway.
RSA's $235 each from tirerack and the summer tires (F1 GS2) are on sale for $162. Which makes me wonder, how many loose rear ends in te hrain are running summer treads? Wrong, worng, wrong tire for conditions. HIgher rated Firestones and DUnlops are as low as $158, and for HP Summers, General's are rated higher than teh GYears and only $122 each. The problem was/is that when introduced, only Goodyear made tires in this size and GM and GY have a sort of deal.
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Hmmm .... bet you're wrong.
I'd have say that some were do to not knowing the proper way to handle the car in the given situation.
Knowing HOW to react, not to 'overdrive' during inclement weather, and the proper 'style' of driving given the conditions is critical.
While the RSA's are NOT the best for some situations they were the ALL-Season of choice.
I, like others here, can drive in the snow using different driving techniques than I do when the roads are dry.
Like I wrote above, I seem to recall that in summer of 2005 (when the first 06's rolled out) only Goodyear had an all-season in this size (at under $500 a pop) And now with later years buyers are driving away with summer-only tires and expecting rain performance.
But I digress, since each and every person that has recently crashed will give you a different story than operator error, some citing the diff issue.
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