How to oversteer WAS: Understeer in snow

[Rave Racer]

    Actually I didn't lock the diffs at all when I went out.  But I don't
have Torsen.  I just lowered the pressure in my front tires.

       Rave Racer
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----- Original Message -----
From: Aaron Gibson <crankshaft at adelphia.net>
To: Alexander van Gerbig <Audi_80 at msn.com>; Rave Racer <Ravewar at rogers.com>;
Brad Wilson <dotnetguy at pobox.com>; Audi Quattro <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: How to oversteer WAS: Understeer in snow


Hey,

Did you disable the rear diff-lock cutout? I did mine just before the snow
fell so I could get it slide-ways.  My wife and I went for a joy ride during
the storm and had a nice time spinning in the empty parking lots.

peas,
Aaron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander van Gerbig" <Audi_80 at email.msn.com>
To: "Rave Racer" <Ravewar at rogers.com>; "Brad Wilson" <dotnetguy at pobox.com>;
"Audi Quattro" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: How to oversteer WAS: Understeer in snow


>     I was having plenty of luck last night with oversteering in the
90q20v,
> until I dinked into a parked car.  Since this was my first romp in the
snow
> with the 90q20v I was being very gentle at first.  I could barely get it
> sideways, but once I got a feel for what it took I was pleasantly
surprised
> that it was very easy to throttle modulate the rear end, though it did
have
> a tendency to correct itself straight.  Above 45mph the rear end really
> wanted to track straight unless I pushed really hard in a corner.  I had
> lots of fun in a parking lot swinging around side to side and spinning
> around.  I think my days of going this nuts are over.  I'll be a lot
broker
> and a fair amount more reserved in the 90.  I'm not sure why I ended up
> hitting that other car, but it seems just as if I lost control and then
put
> both feet down to stop the car, then I lost all control and blamo.  Bad
dry
> weather habit I guess, should have totally tried to steer out of it, but I
> think it was inevitable and at least I scrubbed some of the speed.  I did
> have the ABS off for most of the ride, but I was on the way home and
decided
> to put it back on.  I am thinking if I didn't have it I would have been
> better off, at least slowed down more.  Oh well it was an expensive
> mistake...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alexander van Gerbig -- '90 90q20v -- '88 80t (R.I.P)
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