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Neither Fast or Furious

2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

The thick coating of Armor All plus wet surface minus traction control is a sure ingredient for disaster. As told by author here: http://www.is300.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13317178&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30&sid=80a6bad79ac9b058ec189fc2d8c05287

"It was wet out (yes, I had trac off) and lost the back end in the right hander near my dad's house. I hit the a tree pretty hard with passenger side rear door. Fortunately, I'm OK and nobody else got hurt. It was pretty dark so it was hard to tell how focked the car was.

I know I'll get flamed for asking this, but yesterday I got new tires (S-03). Last night, I washed my car. I armor all'ed the sidewalls and thought since the tires were new I would put armor all over them so the whole tire would be jet fockin' black. It looked hella sweet. You guys don't think this might have caused my wreck, do you? I know Armor All is a little slick but I wonder if there was something else wrong with the tires also, or something?"

Submitted on 09/08/2002

Submitted by: Ilya S.
Reference: Personal account

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Pilchard said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention


Bert said:
Neutral: Honorable Mention
I've known others who pur armor all on tires & crashed- It says NOT to do this on the bottle, I do believe!


Gregory said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
I doubt armor all would last long on tire tread, but I'm sure it doesn't improve traction. And why would anyone turn traction control off? Sounds like a future contender. Could use a better writeup, though.


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