has anyone had there rocco on three wheels

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has anyone had there rocco on three wheels

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hi folks just been looking threw youtube videos and came across this german road test of the 1.4 tsi if you watch the video after two minutes the driver has the rocco up on three wheels has anyone done this it looks fun but also scary :p i know saxos were common for it also is that the 18s wheels on the car cheers .

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i think the mk2 gti perfected this habit and trait, in reality it handled better on three wheels than most of the opposition did on four
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My MK1 used to lift it's inside rear wheel on hard cornering :-)
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think my left rear was just about still touching the ground here.

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Chungster wrote:think my left rear was just about still touching the ground here.
i thought there was nearly one on 3 wheels that day though :eyepop:
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wigit wrote:
Chungster wrote:think my left rear was just about still touching the ground here.
i thought there was nearly one on 3 wheels that day though :eyepop:
there WAS one on 3 wheels.....a stupid Clio :D

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Not sure you can quite tell, but the wheel is off the ground ;)
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i don't know if ive ever had a wheel off the deck but do know my R slides all over the place its not a patch on the old 2.0 tsi GT that was so sure footed, I don't corner fast in the R now as ive totally lost confidence with it
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sciroccorocket wrote:i don't know if ive ever had a wheel off the deck but do know my R slides all over the place its not a patch on the old 2.0 tsi GT that was so sure footed, I don't corner fast in the R now as ive totally lost confidence with it
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learn to drive it properly man...keep ur foot in it! :D

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Two wheels if you let the car run out really wide on the outside of paddock hill bend at brands. The rumble strip is a bit more raised, some cars can run onto it more, the scirocco isnt a fan of it though.
You'd be hard pushed to do it under braking in a scirocco, because the brakes suck. Your more likely to loose feel on the brake pedal and lock up. Aftermarket pads have their limit too.

The most fun thing is being flat out through a corner with ESP off and feeling the back end twitching about.
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