Part 1 of Reflections : Realising true potential of a driver and its tyres

This was what I came to realise when the 1st day of my last 4 day began. Here's the intro again. Ok done with the intro and let me head on to the first part..

I recieved call from my aunt stating that my mom has been admitted at the hospital. Apa lagi??? I zoom down of course riught after getting approval for my annual. It was raining, but still I have to go down...and so I my journey commenced...It was smooth in the beginning, but of course there was some reckless driving as I was rushing. Who gives a damn about my own life, when the life that made me is struggling itself...

And so I thought I was reckless, but no too long after, I realised that it wasn't my recklesness..In fact I was quite moderate that day. I recalled how my car was reliable, regardless of rain or dry...with the tyres losing its patterns...it still had a good grip...Especially during wet seasons, the car still was able to provide maximum safety. And that was the times when I was really reckless...To learn more about my recklessness, read here (Rivalry at Downhill...My 1st ever race)..All that and I felt secured with the car...

But now, after the car been revived for ride,it has loads of deficiencies especially with concern of the grips.....It started when I was tackling a 'S' corner...It was raining alright and I was slower than usual, but what happened opened my eyes...the car skidded of course...Somehow I managed to tackle the whole 'S' corner as if a drift expert and managed to get out alive..The best part was that I didnt feel an inch of tense ...In fact I handled the situation well, cus right after exiting the 'S' corner I just maintained my calmness and drove away without giving it much thoughjt...I only recalled back what happened when I met my mom at hospital and got a relief to know that she was ok...Very much similar to initial D anime when Takumi takes on the EG6...He just wanna win, and so he did not realising the damage he did to the car during his path to victory... Talk about a Wira which can drift...It sure hell must have been cool moment...I wish I could have seen it, but the problem was that I was the driver after all....Sigh...

Anyway, my journeys in KL has been rush hour most of the times under rainy condition, and the car did gave a way every now and then...But I am still alive to blog about it..thats another relief I guess...

So what did I learn???

1) Nope it wasn't the car, but it was the tyres...Continental tyres are designed for mountain casual drive and cost saver as the patterns decays away much slower compared to any other tyres I could recall...But when it is the question of safety, reliability and balanced performance on both wet and dry surface, I guess there are other much better tyres available...

2) My skills have vastly improved.

3) The car kept me alive many a times at odd situations by responding according to my control without giving way

4) The screeching sound the tyre makes boosts the excitement especially when I managed to come out of a difficult situation with ease...

And the true tone of reality keeps on getting better...