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Hi all, need your advice on a dangerous situation which I had encountered twice. My office car park has steep and curving ramps. On two occasions, while I was driving the upward ramp, the car in front of me stopped. When my car moved off from a standstill while on the upward slope, it could not move and the rear wheels kept spinning so much that smoke appeared and there was thick rubber smell. I had to resolve the problem by reversing and moving up again. Fortunately no car was behind my car. I called my regular mechanic and asked whether it was due to tyre problem and he said it may not be the case because I had changed tyres a year ago. He said the ramp surface may be too smooth or as it was a curve, one of the wheels was not in contact with the road. However, I have never seen other cars having the same problem in the same car park. My car is rear wheel drive and I had tried to engage low gear whenever I went up slope in the car park after the first incident but it happened again. Do you think I should change a new set of tyres with better grip? I search online and read that when negotiating an upward slope after a standstill, a better way is to drive up gently instead of gunning it up as sending too much power to the wheels will cause tyre losing traction. Other suggested reducing tyre air pressure for better grip. Any constructive advice is most welcome. Thank you.
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