I was driving back from LA two days ago and the rain had been going on and off. And to get onto the freeway I had to make a quick right which was a U-Turn (first time making a U-Turn going right since normally its left) and while I was turning I gassed the car a little more and then I started losing traction. It felt like fish tailing in my truck. I was only going like 20MPH too. I got almost 30k miles on my car and my friend blamed it on my tires being balled but when I checked it out it really wasn't. Another friend of mine guessed that the AWD broke (he doesnt know much about cars so yeah).

Does anyone know why this happend? I think it must have been a really slippery road. I dont want this to happen again! At least while i'm just doing a daily drive.

 

wet road + balding tires + gassing it + corner = traction loss.

AWD does not defy the laws of physics.

 

I agree with sonic suby. AWD/4WD dosnt save your but when your agianst laws of physics
Cheers
-Jeff

Ps.- Youre lucky you wernt driving a MR2, then youd be reallly, really screwed

 

30k and still on the stock tires? the re92's are already bad in the rain when it's rain, but then all that wear and tear?? and you had to make a quick turn so i'm guessing that's probably why. tires tread is bad, quick steering and a little bit of gas sends u flying.

 

 

RTFM

 

lol
and you wonder why you lost traction?

 

You just over drove the corner. Rember, up until a couple weeks ago, we had no rain for almost 6 months. A lot of oil and grease is on the road and the first few rain showers make the roads slick.

New tires might help, but the RE92's aren't that bad in the rain.

 

thats funny awd does not defy laws of physics lol

 

i also loss traction. i was going 25 around the corner going up the freeway and end up partically on the sideway/ freeway entrance. lucky that i didn't smack anyone nor car. lucky me.

eric.

 

and my tire isn't bald at all.

yup: wet road + gassing it + corner = traction loss.

AWD does not defy the laws of physics.

eric.

 

So you lost the rear end? That makes you dah driftin mastah!

All I have are MAAAAAAD understeer skillz....

 

Hey Hey Hey i'm just wondering cause its never happend to me before. Well in this car at least. It lasted like 3 seconds. Probably doesnt seem like but yeah. 1........ 2............ 3.............

 

i was going up this wet twisty road and i lost traction. the back end started to come out and when i would floor it then let off the gas, it would come out further, and then i'd hold the gas and my car would point in a different direction than it was travelling. did i break my AWD?

 

Yes. It is broken. Your only choice is to donate your car to charity and use your tax deduction to buy an SRT-4. You don't have to worry about breaking the very delicate awd on those, they are too fast.