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Old 08-14-2002, 05:51 PM
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almost fell in the ditch

I was on my way to the court house, in bum fuq egypt, when it started thunder storming. I couldn't see 10 feet in front of me. I slowed down to 55 in a 65 zone. Becase of the heavy **** subs and the huge box in the trunk, my car looks like it has been lowered in the back. So the front looks like a freaking CJ-5 jeep.

Anyway i completely lost traction three times, and almost ended up in the ditch once. Did that happen because the car is raised in the front, because of the 300+ pounds of **** in the trunk??

It scared the crap put of me ...I am lowering it soon.
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Old 08-14-2002, 08:09 PM
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I cant see how that subbox is that heavy. I mean I had my box back there before with the lowered car and it wasnt that bad. Maybe dropped an extra 1/4". Something else seems wrong.

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Old 08-14-2002, 09:12 PM
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I know what he's sayin, when i load up my trunk (im a college student) the car handles very different. It will push towards understeer when off the brakes or on the gas, but when you apply the brakes, it straightens out and turns in nice. Weird...
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Old 08-15-2002, 04:52 AM
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Re: almost fell in the ditch

Do you still have the stock Poteza RE92s on the car? If so, they are ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE on wet pavement!!

Glad you didn't wreck!

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Old 08-15-2002, 07:48 AM
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If it was those stock Poteza RE92s they really do drive like crap in the rain and it make it worst you were carrying a heavy load.
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