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spin recovery



These things I have done successfully in three
different Sciroccos. Using the ABS brakes and steering
I've done as well. I used the second method to avoid
hitting a car which lunged out in front of me. It
worked, and admittingly may not have been the best
thing to do. Ice has yet to put me in a ditch. Falling
asleep at the wheel and goofing off on gravel/dirt
roads is another story. You sound like you you've done
some rally racing?

--- "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@comcast.net>
wrote:
> There's been a lot of good advice addressed to this
> subject. The simplest
> and easiest way to stay out of trouble when sliding
> on ice is to not use the
> brakes *at all*. Do *not* downshift, either. Simply
> increase the steering
> angle and hope that the car turns. But, be ready to
> back off the steering
> angle when traction is regained or you may initiate
> a spin.
> 
> If the car is understeering badly and you have run
> off room at the side of
> the road, point the front wheels straight then apply
> the brakes smoothly. If
> you have no run off room at all, you should maintain
> the angle of the
> steering wheel and hope that the front grabs enough
> to steer around the
> corner.
> 
> Then, however, the slip condition may turn into
> oversteer... Suppose that
> the car begins to steadily oversteer. IGNORE the
> brakes. Using them (ABS or
> otherwise) will immediately worsen the problem. Turn
> in the direction that
> the tail is traveling. If you're feeling confident
> and driving a FWD car,
> hit the gas a little bit to pull the front end
> around and transfer some grip
> to the sliding rear end.
> 
> Very importantly, once you begin to correct the skid
> and BEFORE the car
> straightens out completely, you should move the
> steering wheel back to the
> center position. Otherwise, the fishtailing will
> begin, and will get worse
> as you overcorrect again and again. Steering, brake,
> and gas applications
> should be very smooth, fairly slow paced, and
> minimal in force. Be abrupt or
> really fast at it and you'll break whatever meager
> traction existed in the
> first place.
> 
> HTH
> --
> Scott F. Williams
> NJ Scirocco nut
> '99 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS
> Mazda 323 GTX turbo "assaulted" vehicle
> Golf GTI 16v "rollycar"
> ClubVAC: "Roads found. Drivers wanted."
> 
> 
> 
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=====
Jorel Jackson
web site:  http://www.home.earthlink.net/~jomoj/
1987 16V Scirocco
2000 Neon ES
Ranger XLT

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