quattro fatal accident

[cobram at juno.com]

"Mullen, Shaun" <mullens at phillynews.com> writes:
 
> driver accelerated onto wet leaves at a fairly brisk but not terribly
high 
> rate of speed.  The car began to go out of control.  The driver
probably 
> over compensated.  The quattro slid into a median guard rail and
flipped 

Everyone on this list owes it to themselves, especially if you THINK
you're a good driver, to slide around an empty parking lot covered in a
few inches of snow (any such slippery surface would do, although I'd
check ice depth before trying it on a frozen lake)  with their Quattro. 
It's a definite eye opener, especially while turning into the skid and
trying to accelerate out, which works so well if you're used to the FWD
44 models....  
When I aquired the '90 200TQA I tried the slide manuevers I had pretty
much hammered down in the V8Q, only to come to the realization that if I
followed the same procedures in this car that I did in the V8Q in a
real-world situation, either I or the car wouldn't be going home.  
It helps to put out some traffic cones and pretend they are the
curb/guardrail/tree/school bus stop.  

BCNU,
Cobram at Juno.Com
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Flats/1469/

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