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**Drysnyaty** · 10-08-2011, 07:11 AM

Thanks mate! yep, slow practice runs on farm roads. I find spots with no blind corners, pretty isolated, no ravines, no property to ruin so there will be no surprises. 40 kph slides, practicing flicks, trying to get comfy with oversteer, I was worried I'd burst the tyres or something. I thoroughly check the tyres and underside of car every after. I feel like getting more durable tyres than faster ones. Maybe summer LT tyres with thread pattern that looks okay on gravel? Problem really is it seems hard to find LT tyres on R13 like 165 or 155 R13.

I'm also practicing in Richard Burn Rally simulator. I've setup one of the cars, a fwd Fiat Punto to handle as close as possible to my Starlet. It is helping a lot in getting me up to speed without wasting gas and wearing out my tyres.

BTW, is a '92-95 Civic hatch okay beginner/very durable rally/practice car? What I like about the Civic is it has 4 wheel independent suspension. My Starlet has rigid beam on the rear and it tends to break loose easily on gravel. I love it on slow corners but it gets scary on fast ones and when braking! I'm thinking of putting a narrower steel wheel on the back like 145's get it sinking down the gravel more.

10-08-2011, 07:11 AM	#3
Drysnyaty Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 569 Senior Member	Thanks mate! yep, slow practice runs on farm roads. I find spots with no blind corners, pretty isolated, no ravines, no property to ruin so there will be no surprises. 40 kph slides, practicing flicks, trying to get comfy with oversteer, I was worried I'd burst the tyres or something. I thoroughly check the tyres and underside of car every after. I feel like getting more durable tyres than faster ones. Maybe summer LT tyres with thread pattern that looks okay on gravel? Problem really is it seems hard to find LT tyres on R13 like 165 or 155 R13. I'm also practicing in Richard Burn Rally simulator. I've setup one of the cars, a fwd Fiat Punto to handle as close as possible to my Starlet. It is helping a lot in getting me up to speed without wasting gas and wearing out my tyres. BTW, is a '92-95 Civic hatch okay beginner/very durable rally/practice car? What I like about the Civic is it has 4 wheel independent suspension. My Starlet has rigid beam on the rear and it tends to break loose easily on gravel. I love it on slow corners but it gets scary on fast ones and when braking! I'm thinking of putting a narrower steel wheel on the back like 145's get it sinking down the gravel more.
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