| Re: [GMCnet] My rant on 'FWD cars are wrong' again [message #81211] |
Tue, 20 April 2010 13:39 |
Richard Brown
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When I was stationed in Scotland back in the '70s, FWD cars were more common there than in the US. I had a similar thing happen to me & asked an ice racer friend what I should've done. He said to remember that "Back pushes, front pulls". He took me out on a frozen lake with his car & showed me what he meant. He used the brakes very early in the corners and when the back stepped out he pointed the front wheels in the direction he wanted to go & added power to control the slide. It seemed backwards from what I was used to, but when it happened again during the last ice storm we had here a few years ago I let off the brake & added power & the rear-end skid stopped. It isn't as easy to modulate power with an auto transaxle, but it is doable.Going to a frozen parking lot and practicing is worth the effort.
Richard & Carol Brown
PO Box 941
Lindale, TX. 75771
1974 GMC Eleganza SE (DILLIGAF)
wings77sporty@sbcglobal.net
(903)881-0192
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