traction
 

Is anyone actually getting any traction out there at the moment ?

I live out in the sticks, did the evening school run last night ( 44 mile round trip) in the CSL as the roads were looking dry .

Any attempt of heavy throttle in 2nd and the rear tyres were spinning away / little yellow light flashing like mad . Running Vredestein's

Anyone running with Supersports ?

I won't mention the woeful standard headlights ( although non xenen front end IMHO does look better :thumbs: )

I left the place that does my MOT the other week (he was telling me he also does "M3 CSL" as well :)) and just tickled the throttle in 4th (thinking it was in high enough gear to take at least half throttle) and it snapped 45° sideways - suffice to say it "woke me up" quickly - fuck knows what the car coming the other way must have thought. First time I have experienced cold wet Cups. Suffice to say the MPSSs are going on when I next get it out of the garage.

Ha, ha, same thing happened me last Thursday, MOT day - Skittish little thing! :hahaha:
As it says on the sticker, cups don't like cold, damp, wet and as for snow - no chance! Back into hibernation till the Spring and I think a change of wheels with MPSS is called for, just in case it ventures out again for an oil service. :whistle:

i was out in the rain the other day for the first time on new cups and its a bit scary to say the least, i will say however i had put rain x on the screen before i went out and it is so good at dispersing water you dont think its as wet as it is.(
bloody stupid really)

Its not cup time of the year if your running it daily, used to change out of cups around November time to whatever I was running through winter.

Just put on the Vredesteins Winters for the first time ever, and have normal traction even hitting the pedal with a little force, and the C63 is twice as bad as the CSL was for going sideways in any condition.

Yours recently converted winter tyre user !

Man up boys.

I am spinning the wheels of my m5 with 220 in Germany...

I think on those days where it's a bit damp, the roads have been salted and you get that greasy-looking surface, nothing is really going to grip well. I've now got winter tyres on my car, and it's still pretty slippery in those conditions.

unless you are running winter tyres or hot slicks from blankets a la F1 traction is always going to be an issue in this cold weather.

makes it more fun though ;-)

Stick Cups on and then say the same ;). I have no issues with spinning tyres if it is provoked and expected, but this was the first time I had experienced the reason BMW made that form you had to sign before allowing you to have the car on these tyres LOL.

Born Slippy!
 

Its always this time of year, cant help think that with all the junk thrown down on UK roads theses days: Screen Wash, Diesel particulates, brake fluid, oil, sewage leaks, you name it it seems to end up on the roads (or is it just my town darn sarrff?!!)

Seems to be a bubbly film of this stuff / Ectoplasm released by autumn rains?

Grip - good luck

PP