RE: Requiem for a quattro (long)

["Stadmeyer, Francis" <stadmef@pweh.com>]

OK, so what does the collective wisdom of the list suggest for
corrective action in this situation?  I drive to Vermont from Conn.
every Fri nite during ski season.  The one time I had it happen to me, I
just gently coaxed it through the turn using the gas.  Bad idea?  It
worked once - was I just lucky?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Frank Stadmeyer

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>From: 	Mike Hopton[SMTP:mike@genesis-microchip.on.ca]
>Sent: 	Monday, December 08, 1997 12:45 PM
>To: 	pjrose@servtech.com; quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	Re: Requiem for a quattro (long)
>
>
>     Firstly Phil I'm very pleased to hear your okay! Second it takes a lot 
>     of courage to post your experiences to the list, there will hopefully 
>     be other list members that can learn from your experience.
>     
>     I have experienced the effects of "lift throttle steering" in an ur-q 
>     on two occasions. The first time I was lucky, the second time not so. 
>     I would advise all quattro owners who have not done so and drive in 
>     snow to find a long flat stretch of deserted highway with a slippy 
>     surface (snow, ice, standing water whatever). Accelerate hard in a 
>     straight line and then lift off the throttle suddenly, if your happy 
>     with the control of the car do the same thing and clutch at the same 
>     time. Just make sure you have lots of room to control the car. I found 
>     it very difficult to recover from the above situation using 
>     traditional opposite lock steering as the car pendulums. Restoring 
>     traction first by releasing the brake or engaging the clutch is the 
>     first step and this may not be every bodies first reaction. BTDT.
>     
>     4 x 0 = 0
>     
>     Best regards, Mike
>