RE: Spider Bite

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Dr. Phil writes:
>I _think_ I've got close to the U-O-U effect described.  I went right to
>the limit on a long right-hander and tried the throttle steering trick
>I use on the Type 85 Torsen.  The car's reaction was weird - it was a
>kind of soft wallow between U-O-U that really felt is if there was no
>set direction to the behaviour.  I had to lift and then brake because
>of other traffic, but it was an interesting (and new) experience.

Scott, seizes the moment (or is that has a seizure this moment:), and finds 
Unka Bart not in the barn, but at the wheel in spirit.  

Be careful exploring that limit Phil.  IME, doing it in traffic could have 
some dire consequences.  Sounds like you got the baby version of the bite 
(recoverable), the full grown version makes you wish you were all by yourself 
with plenty of runoff.  Also, IME, taking your foot off ISN'T the answer at 
all, keeping your feet in is (read:  you were lucky you didn't spin out in 
front of the oncoming traffic) - one on the gas one on the brake seems to 
have the higher probability of "control".

I join Jeff in appreciation of the openess to the enlightenment, Phil (double 
for me, since in one of my former challenges, I asked that 'when' it happened 
to you, you posted - true to the word).  Good luck exploring this phenomenon, 
now that we have you believing, we don't want you taking yourself out of the 
debate all together.

:)
Your stunned ascribed brown recluse....

Scott Justusson