Continental Dws Issues

mrE92 · 02-10-2012, 07:07 PM

I'm currently on 18" DWS with about 3000k on them and today I hydroplaned to almost my death.

Not sure what was going on because it never happened before on the toll road (2-lanes). Have not experienced hydroplaning before with these tires on wet conditions but today was very unusual. I began to loose traction and felt slippage going on the toll road for about a quater mile, and finally my car just went out of control. Luckily I was able to stablize myself after about 30 secs of fish tailing trying to avoid ramming off the bridge-and luckily no 18-wheelers were behind me and I came out with no damage.

I heard great reviews on these tires and I never had a problem. This was a light rain not even as hard as other ones I've been in. Nevertheless, I was even loosing traction on the feeder road after I exited. I find it odd that for a toll road to have a long stretch of roadway susceptible to hydoplanning?

Any thoughts? Speed was 55-60mph.

Supra98 · 02-10-2012, 07:22 PM

That unfortunate but good you came out okay. Those tires are actually rated really well in wet conditions (9 out of 10). If you were loosing traction and the road was that wet best thing to do is to slow down.

Random ?: Why do you have all season tires in Houston?

mrE92 · 02-10-2012, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Supra98

That unfortunate but good you came out okay. Those tires are actually rated really well in wet conditions (9 out of 10). If you were loosing traction and the road was that wet best thing to do is to slow down.

Random ?: Why do you have all season tires in Houston?

Yeah, at the end of day- I came home in one piece. All season tires are because I believe it was the best pick economically for thread wear. I put about 25k highway miles a year. I had to sacrifice performance for more thread wear =/

E90SoFlo · 02-10-2012, 10:15 PM

I have them in S Florida as well. 540 tread life ftw.

CombatNinja · 02-11-2012, 12:14 AM

Dear forum users:

Please stop typing "thread" when you mean to use "tread". Tires do not have threads.

Regards,
Me

OhHaiN54 · 02-11-2012, 02:30 PM

Yea what he said ^

elbman · 02-11-2012, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by CombatNinja

Dear forum users:

Please stop typing "thread" when you mean to use "tread". Tires do not have threads.

Regards,
Me

What are the inner belts made of?

sashcraft09 · 02-12-2012, 01:45 PM

Inner belts have nothing to do with the tread....

CamelBiscuit · 02-12-2012, 03:07 PM

That's crazy! There might have been something on the road. I cruise at 110 mph in the rain in the winter on an open autobahn (in a honda prelude) and completely planted with my crap Fulda German tires over here. Even on the back roads at 100 kph. I did hydroplane on the ring though in an M3 in the rain because that place gets real slick. How old are your tires. Maybe they are just dry rotted and nasty. That hot weather can do it. My tires would dry rot all the time in Arizona and made for some bad wet driving. When it happened were you hard on the gas?

CamelBiscuit · 02-12-2012, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CombatNinja

Dear forum users:

Please stop typing "thread" when you mean to use "tread". Tires do not have threads.

Regards,
Me

If I type thread are you gonna spank me?

flip4335 · 02-12-2012, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by HaveQuick

If I type thread are you gonna spank me?

Careful...grammar nazi's trolling...LOL

Oh, and can I watch?

Tom K. · 02-12-2012, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by mrE92

I'm currently on 18" DWS with about 3000k on them and today I hydroplaned to almost my death.

I heard great reviews on these tires and I never had a problem. This was a light rain not even as hard as other ones I've been in.

A light rain can mask oil on the road where a heavier downpour would probably wash it off.

FWIW, the DWS tires on my 128i did very well yesterday in a sudden snow squall with wet roads and an outside temp of 33o F. The only way I could break traction was by flooring the accelerator in 2nd on a tight corner (experimentally in a non-traffic area) and the DTC easily handled that.

Tom

mrE92 · 02-12-2012, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom K.

A light rain can mask oil on the road where a heavier downpour would probably wash it off.

FWIW, the DWS tires on my 128i did very well yesterday in a sudden snow squall with wet roads and an outside temp of 33o F. The only way I could break traction was by flooring the accelerator in 2nd on a tight corner (experimentally in a non-traffic area) and the DTC easily handled that.

Tom

Update,

I found out that my rear tires are down the the wearbar. Nice! when I just bought them back in July 2011. Not sure what the heck is going on with the TREADlife because the rears only had about 15k mostly highway non aggressive miles since I got them.

Here are the alignment specs that I had done about 2 months after I installed them on. I read alot of postings on here that the toe and/or cambers have something to do with the TREADwear?

cssnms · 02-12-2012, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by mrE92

I'm currently on 18" DWS with about 3000k on them and today I hydroplaned to almost my death.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrE92

Update,

Not sure what the heck is going on with the TREADlife because the rears only had about 15k mostly highway non aggressive miles since I got them.

mrE92 · 02-12-2012, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by cssnms

Clarification
3k miles on front tires because they got replaced due to blowouts
Rear is 15k miles because they still the same ones since July

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mrE92 New Member 3 Rep 21 Posts Drives: 2011 E92 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Houston iTrader: (0)	Continental Dws Issues I'm currently on 18" DWS with about 3000k on them and today I hydroplaned to almost my death. Not sure what was going on because it never happened before on the toll road (2-lanes). Have not experienced hydroplaning before with these tires on wet conditions but today was very unusual. I began to loose traction and felt slippage going on the toll road for about a quater mile, and finally my car just went out of control. Luckily I was able to stablize myself after about 30 secs of fish tailing trying to avoid ramming off the bridge-and luckily no 18-wheelers were behind me and I came out with no damage. I heard great reviews on these tires and I never had a problem. This was a light rain not even as hard as other ones I've been in. Nevertheless, I was even loosing traction on the feeder road after I exited. I find it odd that for a toll road to have a long stretch of roadway susceptible to hydoplanning? Any thoughts? Speed was 55-60mph.
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Supra98 Private First Class 1 Rep 141 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ohio iTrader: (1)	That unfortunate but good you came out okay. Those tires are actually rated really well in wet conditions (9 out of 10). If you were loosing traction and the road was that wet best thing to do is to slow down. Random ?: Why do you have all season tires in Houston?
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E90SoFlo Banned 196 Rep 2,669 Posts Drives: E90 335i Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Naples, FL iTrader: (9)	I have them in S Florida as well. 540 tread life ftw.
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CamelBiscuit Banned 18 Rep 632 Posts Drives: 11 E92 335i Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: 702 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2011 E92 335i [10.00]	That's crazy! There might have been something on the road. I cruise at 110 mph in the rain in the winter on an open autobahn (in a honda prelude) and completely planted with my crap Fulda German tires over here. Even on the back roads at 100 kph. I did hydroplane on the ring though in an M3 in the rain because that place gets real slick. How old are your tires. Maybe they are just dry rotted and nasty. That hot weather can do it. My tires would dry rot all the time in Arizona and made for some bad wet driving. When it happened were you hard on the gas?
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