MPSC tires & cold weather
01-17-2007 | 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by AlanN
I'm with you Nordy.
I run MPSC's on my 996RS on dry tracks all summer.
As soon as the weather starts to get cold (or if it rains) they come off of the car.
Yes you can "use" them in bad weather, but you CANNOT "drive" them.
NOBLEGT3 I would love to have been at that event to watch, you are obviously a driving God.
I am regularly on track with many excellent drivers and don't know one of them that would by choice use the MSPC's in the conditions you describe but hey, we are a bunch of whining driving pussies over here after all
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01-17-2007 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by AlanN
"use" being the operative word here I think 
01-17-2007 | 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by NOBLEGT3
absolutely, but they are useable and the pace was not dog slow. they work fine , especially new. obviously im making the extreme case. To tear them off when the weather gets a little cold or to worry and fret about street driving with them is just silly....
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01-17-2007 | 11:13 AM
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I may be one of the idiots but if you have enough $$$ to buy one of these cars and track it, you should have enough sense and money to buy and use different wheels/tires for different conditions - track, street, winter. Do you wear only one pair shoes for everything - gala, marathon, gym, shoveling snow?
01-17-2007 | 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Nordschleife
Must be a lot of 'just silly' people over here. Quite obviously we are lacking in car control skills.
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quite obviously.....car control skills arent handed out broadly. just attend any track day or race event to witness that
01-17-2007 | 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by eclou
I may be one of the idiots but if you have enough $$$ to buy one of these cars and track it, you should have enough sense and money to buy and use different wheels/tires for different conditions - track, street, winter. Do you wear only one pair shoes for everything - gala, marathon, gym, shoveling snow?
If there is any snow then forget it!
01-17-2007 | 12:07 PM
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Personally, I've leased my GT3, and I don't feel like dropping 4G's on new Wheels and Tires. My preference therefore is take the "hit" in the cold weather and enjoy the warm weather with the same wheels that came with the car. But I will drive it all winter (except snow) with the OEM tires.
01-17-2007 | 12:55 PM
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R+C learned too late he could have been a pro - he is an amateur.
and I think somebody just called him a Nancy Boy - he looks forward to having a joke with HH about that.
He loved the line 'car control skills aren't handed out broadly'. Please don't tell S+C's friends, they will never let him drive for them again.
There will now be a short intermission for hollow laughter
R+C
and I think somebody just called him a Nancy Boy - he looks forward to having a joke with HH about that.
He loved the line 'car control skills aren't handed out broadly'. Please don't tell S+C's friends, they will never let him drive for them again.
There will now be a short intermission for hollow laughter
R+C
01-17-2007 | 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Nordschleife
R+C learned too late he could have been a pro - he is an amateur.
and I think somebody just called him a Nancy Boy - he looks forward to having a joke with HH about that.
He loved the line 'car control skills aren't handed out broadly'. Please don't tell S+C's friends, they will never let him drive for them again.
There will now be a short intermission for hollow laughter
R+C
and I think somebody just called him a Nancy Boy - he looks forward to having a joke with HH about that.
He loved the line 'car control skills aren't handed out broadly'. Please don't tell S+C's friends, they will never let him drive for them again.
There will now be a short intermission for hollow laughter
R+C
and now in english without the start trek code speak please
HH is huge homo? Hairy hump? Hot handjob? Hurley Haywood??
01-17-2007 | 09:32 PM
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My experience with MPSC on cold weather has been dramatic. Not enough grip to feel safe, the car skates too much.
The PS2 has been good, even on cold rainy days, but they're not the best choice.
Ideally, one should carry a set of winter tires, a set of summer tires, a set of dry track tires, a set of wet track tires, a set of autocross tires.
There are just too many reasons not to use MPSC on the street, unless you live in Europe where a car can be driven above 55 mph legally.
The PS2 has been good, even on cold rainy days, but they're not the best choice.
Ideally, one should carry a set of winter tires, a set of summer tires, a set of dry track tires, a set of wet track tires, a set of autocross tires.
There are just too many reasons not to use MPSC on the street, unless you live in Europe where a car can be driven above 55 mph legally.