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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 09:13 AM
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Who does this? I plan on getting one with my rear and driving on the street a decent bit about every weekend its nice out. My dad and my friend says you cant do it but I talked to a few guys down cruise week (a big car show on the east coast) and they drove their m9's with spools to and from the beach. I dont really care about how hard it drives on the street as long as it can with out any risk of breakage and it can still drive on a normal road.
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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 10:18 AM
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I have one in mine it drives fine you only notice it when u do sharp turns and parallel parking sucks
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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 12:25 PM
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I want a spool so bad, but I drive my car too much, I dont think itll be worth it.

From what ive read tire selection has a lot to do with how harsh it is.

So be sure to get advice from people running similiar tires.
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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 01:13 PM
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Im doing it with no power steering. Just puts a bit more wear on your tires when making sharp turns and watching me trying to parallel park was pretty funny, dont reccomend it.
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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 01:47 PM
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If most of your driving is rural or on highways, you'll seldom notice that you have a spool back there. If you do a lot of inner city driving then you may not want a spool. With a spool you have to approach u turns as if you're towing a trailer behind you, as the car will want to understeer and will want to continue to plow forward. Bob
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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 04:02 PM
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Well where I live its pretty rual and when I have to go into Baltimore I take my cobalt. I also think the last time I parallel parked was for my license test lol. Im driving on 28" radials right now I think I am going to stay with the spool.
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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 10:46 PM
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big axles and soft tires.
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 12:39 AM
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pffft...

Turn wheel sharply in direction you want to go. Punch gas real hard. Whip rear end around. U-turns made easy.
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You might bend an axle but that is the worst that is likely to break by driving a spool on the street.
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 10:05 AM
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99 that's what I said lol just whip it around everything
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