Originally Posted by white_n_slow
And as for the screeching tires... I dunno about you guys, but every driver I've ever seen abusing his tires (making a lot of noise) has gotten chit times. I dunno what kind of tires are *supposed* to be squealing, but in my experience, a screeching tire is a sliding tire.
Abusing tires and making noise are two different things. Have any good Subie driver's in your area? The fast ones make a ton of noise.
A screeching tire is a sliding tire. Load any tire in a turn and it'll be a sliding one. Tire slide and tire deformation result in slip angle, so any tire with a slip angle has some degree of slide. What's important though is not to think of tire noise as an indicator of the limit of adhesion.