[s-cars] Moose-Test (NAC)

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

Tom, et al:
I can see this developing into a technical discussion
of ABS and such now, but I'm gonna put in my 2 cents
anyhow.
I was on a blast after finishing up at work late one
night and thank the good Lord I had big reds on at the
time, because a family of deer was apparently going
for a stroll right around Turn 7 (about a mile from my
house) as I came over the crest.  Needless to say, I
slammed on them, the S-03's gripped for all they're
worth (and we all know how much they are worth...or at
least sold for) and brought the car down from speed
just in time for me to perform an autocross of sorts
between Mom, Dad and Junior Deer.
Yes, it was stupid.
Did I tone down my street driving at all?
Of course not.
Thank you for Quattro.

Joey Clampbreaker.  :-)
--- tblack <Tblack5 at cogeco.ca> wrote:
> Moose generally do not stand still when confronted
> by a car; therefor it is
> not recommended to do an avoiding action like
> swerving as your manic
> instructor did. As I understand it the correct
> procedure is to NOT swerve
> and to slam on the brakes harder than you ever did
> and hope you miss it.
> Likewise for any animal confrontation.
> Just my$0.02.
> Tom Black
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jimk at spotgraphicsinc.com>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 3:03 PM
> Subject: [s-cars] Moose-Test (NAC)
>
>
> > On Sunday my wife and I attended the Volvo XC90
> ride-and-drive event in
> > Alameda, CA.  My wife is pregnant and has
> convinced herself that a
> > medium-size SUV with a 3rd row seat may be the
> thing to get.  (I'm
> > thinking a second S6 Avant, but whatever).  The
> car (truck) was pretty
> > cool and well presented.  The highlight of the
> thing had to be the
> > "Moose-test demonstration".  Volvo is making a
> pretty big deal about how
> > this SUV is pretty hard to roll, what with its
> gyro, DSC, and all kinds
> > of other electronic aids.
> >
> > Before we drove the thing ourselves my wife and I
> got in a Volvo with a
> > professional driver for the "Moose-Test".  We were
> in the first gorup to
> > go on this ride.  The dude actually dropped the
> throttle, chirped the
> > tires in front of a crowd of people and their
> kids, got it to 65 mph,
> > aimed the car at a life-size Moose dummy and then
> did the most violent
> > accident avoidance maneuver I have ever seen or
> hope to see again while
> > leaving his foot on the gas.  It didn't help that
> there was another
> > Volvo right in front of us and we saw how far the
> thing tipped and got
> > sideways a few seconds before we did the same
> thing.  The thing was
> > amazing though, the driver never took his foot off
> the gas and you could
> > feel the car braking and accelerating and
> straightening the thing out.
> > Allison almost barfed and looked a bit queasy for
> the next half-hour.
> > Man, it was sort of frightening, but definitely an
> e-ticket ride, the
> > worst part was having to anticipate it, unlike an
> actual emergency
> > event.  I would be VERY scared to try that in any
> of our cars on purpose
> > without seeing someone else try it in their car
> first.  The whole time I
> > was wondering if we had actually tipped over,
> would I be offered a new
> > SUV for free?  The funniest part was seeing a dad
> and three little kids
> > do it, the 2 boys came out of the car hollering
> and very excited, the
> > little girl just clung to her daddy and he looked
> kind of pale.
> >
> > Jim K.
> > 95.5 S6 Avant
> > 93 S4
> > 90 CQ
> > 01 V40
> > 90 740TW
> > Wanna buy a car?  Let's make a deal.
> >
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