Loss of traction

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JS1988
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Post by JS1988 »

Hi

Anybody in the T3 noticed the car losing traction very easily?

Had it a week now and a few times the car has momentarily lost traction over something as little as going over a grid.

Worries me for the winter to be honest.

q3billy
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Post by q3billy »

JS1988 wrote: Thu Dec 13, 2018 8:59 pm Hi

Anybody in the T3 noticed the car losing traction very easily?

Had it a week now and a few times the car has momentarily lost traction over something as little as going over a grid.

Worries me for the winter to be honest.
I've not noticed, what size wheels do you have, I've got 20s
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ProMo-T3
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Post by ProMo-T3 »

Yes.
At first I thought it was because they were brand new tyres and wider than I was used to but it's still happening 3 months later.
I've just learned that I need to slow down on the stretches/parts of road that it normally happens on.
It does worry me about what's going to happen when the roads are icy :?
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hdasmith
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Post by hdasmith »

Have you got the FWD version? I’ve noticed I’ve got to pull away quite gently on mine otherwise the wheels spin up easily. A cattle grid (assuming that’s what you mean) will have relatively low traction, so might be why it happens here?
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