[quote author=FRAWLS link=topic=12042.msg146141#msg146141 date=1232395853]
Yeh the hail stones cut the face off me. It was unbelievably miserable out there but you have to take to bad weather with the good. I got sun burnt at Last years rally of the lakes. It so much better fun driving around between the stages when the sun's out and long walk ins are are a chance for a good chat too. Thankfully the walk ins in Galway were really short.
I had a lucky escape alright. A combo of fat (245) tyres with worn threads, standing slush and probably too much speed for the atrocious conditions made driving conditions incredibly dangerous. I've never aquaplaned in a straight line before, well not for more than a few feet. This was a full on sideways slide for about 100m. Its hard to tell it all happened so fast and yet it was like slowmotion when it was happening.
I have been in a serious accident before when my sister rolled her Renault 5 on ice and we were lucky to get out alive. My slide on the Moate bypass was like deja vue. I was sure I was going to hit the barrier and write her off but I had a few big slide on a soaking afternoon trackday with the ISDC in Mondello way back in 2001 in my first Imprezza. I just remembered that you have to stay calm and don't be aggressive with the steering wheel. Thankfully I got away with it. I will have to get new tyres as soon as I can afford them. I'm definitely going to get GY Eagle F1's as nothing touches them in the wet, which is where it matters the most.
Frawls
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You should try uniroyal rainsports 2 Frawls, I have a set and they are excellent..don't get the exposure of the good years but they excellent in all conditions...couldn't fault them..I came from poteznas and they are much better..9mm of thread dept when new...lof @ the customer reviews on any site you find anyone faulting them.. I hit standing water on the N4 just outside mullingar one night at about a ton..big concrete barrier about 2 foot away from me..I know excatly have you feel still get a judder now thinking about it..I don't know how i didnt spin.. awd saved me as I dont think i would of had the skill to recover in a rwd or fwd