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Old Sep 29th, 2006, 01:54 PM
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Sweet write-up - thanks

I'm very curious why GPMINI is so poor on wet roads; this is not the first time someones said they're fine in the wet - but this morning again, GPMINI was disappointing; skated sideways on the right hander into route 128, not enough to trigger DSC but enough to get my foot off the pedal. Normally I accelerate hard (my first fun of the day) but not today.
(note for safety concerns - this is a roundabout in the dual lane highway, so lots of space into the other lane and no other car close to me; but I'd still prefer the car to stay in the lane I select!)


Different tires would certainly eliminate the tramlining - the tread on the GP runflats seems aggressively designed to lock into lines in the road!

Ian C. Gloucester, MA, USA (UK expat) driving GPMINI or a non-MINI!
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