Ciao everyone, here it's Marchettino and there's only one way to face a snowfall, with a RWD!
I was losing hope, it's March and finally the snow has arrived, my first snow with the S2000
and so I took advantage to find out how's it like to drive in low grip conditions.
Since when I fitted winter tires, I never had the occasion, it's been a weird season with the forecast
If you remember, when I changed tires I fitted two different tires for the front and back, finally I found the same tires in the front, the Michelin Pilot Alpin
a tire of the Pilot family, so designed mainly for sport cars so they're winter tires that offer lots of traction but also performance.
The more we go up, the better the situation gets to test the dynamic of the S2000, there's -3 degrees
and so by testing these tires, I remind you tires are the only element that connect the car with the road
so don't save on tires and never think to fit winter tires just on the axle that unleashes the power,
it's so wrong but there's so many people that do that, just like many people that go on the mountain on SUVs with summer tires because they're like
" I can go everywhere with AWD ", nope if you don't have the tire that allows you to unleash the power and move on low grip situations, it's all useless
electronics, AWD and all the devices that are supposed to help.
Road is wet, snow is just on the side of the road and so far with traction control off, the Pilot Alpin work well
With the VTEC kick in around 5500rpm, it's easy to handle the power in these conditions by avoiding to make the rear slide
Our friend, the engine check light is always there, sadly I haven't found yet the right my08 lambda sensor
another important upgrade I did is the convergence and correction of the angles of the suspensions because as many of you noticed,
when the car was going straight, the steering wasn't properly allined, convergence had to be done.
Day after day I'm surprised at how the ex-owner was treating this car so badly.
Little hit of the throttle
and then it's an easy job to keep it sideways!
even by playing with the mass of the car you can keep it sideways!
Many ask " Marco, did you do any driving course to drive like this? " - Yes, sometimes I do and I highly recommend you
because driving courses, especially those on the snow or rain, they're helpful to learn to keep control of your mind and the car
in these situations when you suddenly lose control and you have to countersteer and keep control of the situation not to hurt yourself.
Situation is getting interesting, the more I get higher, the road is more filled of snow.
In this current situation of wet road, the car has lots of traction and I'm still with TC off,
3rd gear at 4000rpm, VTEC ain't famous for the low revs torque but still, with a little throttle the car is sideways!
it's so easy to control, I got to drive it in the rain and I can tell you it's rough and nervous because with a short wheel base
you have to be very quick with the reactions with the steering when the car's about to slide
now I get why many people get hurt with this car, short wheel base make it nervous.
Little throttle!
I could get to the top like this, with little throttle and always sideways!
I can easily keep 3rd and play with the mass and the throttle to keep it sideways!
Sadly, lots of people tend to save when it comes to tires, I won't stop to say they're one of the most important parts you have on the car.
I waited this moment for so long!
To have fun with the S2K in the snow!
There's those who wait for the snow to come out with the Impreza, EVO.. I do that in the S2K!
After all, even a RWD can move easily.. you just need proper tires!
Let's be brave!
This one has fallen!
Let's turn the AC on because I'm freezing!
I think this will be the last video with the S2K in stealth look,
in the next video you'll see a radical change!
Interior is wet.. who cares!
Listen to the VTEC shout!
We're going down, road ain't snowy anymore.. amazing!
I think it's time to raise the top and the AC, let's avoid to get pneumonia to drive roofless with -3° in the mountains!
Next video will be interesting, I can't wait to see the new spec of the S2K!
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