[Biturbos4] Wet Handling Questions

[Quincy Chiang]

I thought the ESP only re-activates when you apply the brakes, and I wasn't on the brakes when this happened.  Not sure it this changes anything...

But it ESP was the culprit, I now understand why some of the Audi guys dislike ESP!

Quincy


----- Original Message -----
From: Keman <keman at interwolf.net>
Date: Sunday, September 11, 2005 10:52 pm
Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] Wet Handling Questions

> I agree on that, I've had it happen in the past too especially on 
> particularly smooth pavement.
> 
> You were probably feeling one of the rear tires locking up to try 
> and 
> counter understeer. If it felt like the car was being "dragged
> down" for a 
> moment even after the turn straightened out, this was definitely 
> the 
> traction control interfering. Highly annoying ...
> 
> - Keman
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ti Kan" <ti at amb.org>
> To: "Quincy Chiang" <b5quattro at shaw.ca>
> Cc: <biturbos4 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 10:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] Wet Handling Questions
> 
> 
> :> [ vibration shaking in wet corner ]
> : Could very well be ESP and EDL.  I read somewhere that even if 
> you turn 
> off
> : the ESP switch on the console, it is still active at some level. 
> Part of
> : what these systems do is selectively braking at individual 
> wheels via
> : the ABS system, so the vibration could be brake modulation pulses.
> :
> : -Ti
> : -- 
> : Ti Kan
> : http://www.amb.org/ti
> : Vorsprung durch Technik 
> 
>