Team_v's Tig

[donweather]

Jesus.
I may have to go and test this out

Did it on the same stretch of road tonight although nowhere near as much of a bootful but noticed the wheel spin occurred around the 5000-6000rpm mark in 1st....but wasn't that noticeable compared to yesterday given I was only at 1/2-2/3rd throttle.

[team_v]

Did it on the same stretch of road tonight although nowhere near as much of a bootful but noticed the wheel spin occurred around the 5000-6000rpm mark in 1st....but wasn't that noticeable compared to yesterday given I was only at 1/2-2/3rd throttle.

Interesting that it spins at such a high RPM.

I have only had that happen 2 times so far:
- once i drove over a manhole cover while accelerating and the electronic aid stepped in and limited throttle
- the other time i was driving through an intersection and hit a patch of water which made the same result.

None of these have happened on a normal wet road though.

[donweather]

None of these have happened on a normal wet road though.

Perhaps I have **** wet weather tyres??

[team_v]

Perhaps I have **** wet weather tyres??

How many kms and what brand are they?
Hope you are okay in the flood's mate.
I know Michelton is pretty high and hilly but still all the best.

[donweather]

How many kms and what brand are they?
Hope you are okay in the flood's mate.
I know Michelton is pretty high and hilly but still all the best.

21,000k's Continentals....still heaps of tread.

All good here in the floods mate, thanks. If Mitchelton goes under the rest of Brisbane is in serious trouble!!!

[team_v]

21,000k's Continentals....still heaps of tread.

All good here in the floods mate, thanks. If Mitchelton goes under the rest of Brisbane is in serious trouble!!!

Could have been old tyres, are they CS2's?

All is well on my side of town as well.

[chylld]

Just read this thread from start to finish Thanks team_v for regularly updating it.

I think the news has convinced me to spec up a Tiggy rather than a Golf R, which was my original plan. My current ride is a BMW 125i coupe which loses grip even at pedestrian speeds if so much as 1 drop of water hits the road. I'm also tired of the lack of rear doors and the inflexible boot space.

I drove the Tiggy at the VW drive day late last year - think I was at the last one in Sydney. Was impressed by how it went!

One question: would you recommend getting the RNS510 factory-fitted, or doing it yourself? Was there any trickery involved in getting it to play nice with the steering wheel controls? I figure that had a higher chance of working than the Zenec (as good as you make it sound)

[donweather]

Could have been old tyres, are they CS2's?

Cross Contact UHPs

[team_v]

Cross Contact UHPs

This link may help you then:
Consumer reviews for Continental - Conticrosscontact Uhp

Seems the bottom 2 reviewers have complaints about the Cross contact UHP's on their Volvo SUV's.

[donweather]

This link may help you then:
Consumer reviews for Continental - Conticrosscontact Uhp

Seems the bottom 2 reviewers have complaints about the Cross contact UHP's on their Volvo SUV's.

I don't know what these guys are doing in their cars, but I can't believe they're running out of tread pre-20k?

I've done 21k and got at least 4-5mm of tread left.