poor mans edl, was torsen test redux

[Jeroen Bruintjes]

> > I've often wondered that!! Seeing cross-axled rwd
> > vans on the steep
> > driveway up to my old flat I often thought about
> > suggesting putting on the
> > hand brake to see if they could get moving again, I
> > also got my 90q in the
> > same situation and used the diff locks to get me out
> > but thought later
> > that I could have put the brakes on instead (using a
> > bit of heel and toe
> > technique whilst slipping the clutch) to see if it
> > gave me some traction,
> > anyone on the list actually tried it to see if it
> > works?

Someone suggested the same thing to me. I tried it a couple of
weeks ago, when driving my FWD Coupe up a steep snowwy hill
to my girlfriend's parent's house. Normally, in the snow, you only
reach the top when you're having some momentum. I had to stop
because someone stepped in front of the car. Then  couldn't get it
moving again, so I tried this trick of gently applying the brakes while
one front wheel was slipping.

Didn't work... had to roll back about 20 meters and try again. Guess
I better buy a quattro.
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