Lost the back this morning

[mr-white]

It was cold and damp, just left my house and was going round a roundabout, doing no more than 20mph and the back slide out. Luckily there was no one else near me as I slide into the outside lane and then back in when I tried to correct it.

Now I'm trying to work out how it happened

[jason900]

Welcome to the world of the Mustang, great fun when you try and hang the arse out but not so when its unintentional. Was the traction control on and how heavy was the right foot?

[acr_nick]

As you say cold and damp, tyres not warm no traction and a wayward back end.

[RobbieM-Evo]

Your not the first or the last person this will happen to. Ford needs to re-think the tyres these are supplied with. My E92 M3 with slightly more HP than the Stang behaved very well on MPSS, you can get the back out when trying in M-Dynamic Mode but never caught me out like you and others have mentioned. Solution is to line lock/burnout/track the hell out of these tyres then swap em. Pleased you or your car was not damaged though.

[mr-white]

I still had it in race mode, now it's back in normal mode. I was barely accelerating as I've been really cautious corning.

[DeltaTango]

Take it to a supermarket car park very early one morning when it's cold and get used to it. Of course the back is going to step out in this weather with all that torque if you've only got the electronic nannies partially engaged.

Above all, enjoy it!

[supertouring]

I was caught out a few time when I first got me E46 M3, I was just a passenger in both cases.

Now I am used to the car it does not seem to happen, but I have been doing some drifting days at Oulton Park just to get used to what happens when it does decide to go.

[Tony91]

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/mustand...
What like this

[Stig]

mr-white said:

I still had it in race mode, now it's back in normal mode. I was barely accelerating as I've been really cautious corning.

P-Zero's, cold weather and race mode - not a good combo!

Until the weather warms up considerably, or you have ninja reflexes and Vaughan Gittens Jr drift skills, leave it in a safer driving mode

That or fit some colder tyres. Uniroyal Rainsport 3's are perfect at this time of year.

[Fartgalen]

I don't know how the traction behaves on the new Mustang, but on my 2012 it lets you spin for a second or so before straightening things up. Has made for a couple of exciting overtakes in the wet But this is an 'on' or 'off' antispin.

[irocfan]

if they're the same p-zero nero's that came on the S197 you're likely better off with blocks of concrete. Utter, utter dog ste

[t400ble]

mr-white said:

I still had it in race mode, now it's back in normal mode. I was barely accelerating as I've been really cautious corning.

Why was it in race mode? Bit odd

[jimboy2]

Doesn't it reset itself back to normal modes when you 1st switch the engine on? So you put it in race mode in the cold and wet??

[mr-white]

It doesn't reset at start up

[slowhand99]

mr-white said:

It was cold and damp, just left my house and was going round a roundabout, doing no more than 20mph and the back slide out. Luckily there was no one else near me as I slide into the outside lane and then back in when I tried to correct it.

Now I'm trying to work out how it happened

If you are in the south east there was freezing fog yesterday morning. Didn't feel that cold but there was plenty of ice about.

[rb5er]

Pirellis are crap imo.

[Sheepshanks]

Could have been diesel on the road.

[mr-white]

I'm in Herts

I had driven around the same roundabout days before in the wet and it didn't lose grip

[Fartgalen]

irocfan said:

if they're the same p-zero nero's that came on the S197 you're likely better off with blocks of concrete. Utter, utter dog ste

You're not wrong.

[fellatthefirst]

I'm pretty sure mine resets when you start it up. In fact i'm 99.9% sure it does because back in Jan i had it in snow/wet mode most days and i remember having to put it back into that mode each time i started her up. If you have it in race mode i'm not surprised the back end came out, the car becomes VERY alive in sport + or race mode. If your mode isn't resetting you might want to speak to your garage?

If it's cold and wet stick it in snow/wet mode and it really dumbs down the acceleration so will keep you in good shape on those corners and roundabouts.