OT: spin recovery

[Scirocco-Al" <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com (Scirocco-Al)]

Agreed.  Point the wheels where you want to go and hit the gas.  12 years of
Auto-X can't be wrong.  :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@comcast.net>
To: "Jason" <roclist@accessconsulting.ca>; "Jorel Jackson"
<jorel140@yahoo.com>; "volkswagen scirocco" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 7:40 PM
Subject: RE: OT: spin recovery


Jason, the only problem with what you just suggested is that letting off the
gas during a FWD oversteer condition will *increase* the spin. If anything
you'd want to nail the gas. "When in doubt, power out."

:^)
--
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."

> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Jason
> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 6:35 PM
> To: Jorel Jackson; volkswagen scirocco
> Subject: Re: OT: spin recovery
>
>
> here's what I would have done... not withstanding abs....
>
> ... I understand as the car was comming out of the corner, onto a
> straight,
> lost back end on ice...
>
> let off gas, correct steering wheel into slide, when back end strarts to
> come back, straighten wheel, lightly apply gas....
>
> once straightend out, stop car and check my shorts....
>
> of course if you've overcorrected, repeat inital step, note
> things begin  to
> get harder to control after the inital fish tail....
>
>
> Jason Adams....



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