The way that I used to do the 180 degree from reverse ( in snow ) was to:
- get up speed in reverse
- lock up the brakes
- crank the steering wheel
- release the brakes
- when the car gets turning sufficiently ( practice to know when ), lock up
the brakes
- straighten the wheel
- get forward gear
- unlock the brakes
- drive
-----Original Message-----
From ryan marro <ryan_marro at hotmail.com>
To: davidr@sunset.net <davidr@sunset.net>; tboicey@brit.ca <tboicey@brit.ca>
Cc: Spridgets@autox.team.net <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: November 6, 2000 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: Ice And ABS (NO LBC)
>I have a question. Would you still be able to perform cool maneuvers like
>in TV car chases with ABS? Sliding around corners and whipping around from
>reverse (although I think this particular maneuver uses the rear wheel
>emergency brake instead of the foot brake).
>Ryan
>
>
>>From: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
>>Reply-To: "David Riker" <davidr@sunset.net>
>>To: "Trevor Boicey" <tboicey@brit.ca>
>>CC: "Spridgets" <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
>>Subject: Re: Ice And ABS (NO LBC)
>>Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 20:39:59 -0800
>>
>>There is one other situation that ABS is a detriment, although this is
>>wayyy
>>off of the original topic. The situation is similar to snow, and that is
>>off-road 4x4ing down a hill in sand. It is desirable to lock the wheels
to
>>allow a mound of sand to build up in front of the wheel to assist with
>>stopping.
>>David Riker
>>74 Midget
>>63 Falcon
>>70 Torino
>>http://personalweb.sunset.net/~davidr
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Trevor Boicey" <tboicey@brit.ca>
>>To: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@erols.com>
>>Cc: "Spridgets" <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
>>Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 7:11 PM
>>Subject: Re: Ice And ABS (NO LBC)
>>
>>
>> > Nolan Penney wrote:
>> > > MmHm, an amusing thread, with plenty of idiotic claims. Locking all
>>the
>>wheels up
>> > > and fooling the abs, using a wedge of snow to stop the car, etc.
>> >
>> > ...longtime listers will know that I'm usually the first
>> > guy to step in to try to control the spread of these
>> > type of "disabling ABS is safer" urban myths, but... I
>> > have to pipe up for this one, the snow wedge is for real.
>> >
>> > Again, "snow" means a lot of things to a lot of
>> > people. If you live in the south, you probably think
>> > of snow as "1cm of white powder" and you might have a hard
>> > time beleiving that it could ever stop a car.
>> >
>> > However, if you live in the north, and you
>> > hear snow and think of knee deep wet slime, the effect
>> > is not only plausible it's pretty bloody obvious.
>> >
>> > Oh the whole, ABS is a no brainer, I'd take it in any
>> > car overall. Only those "everybody is stupid except
>> > me" types that feel they know better than every major
>> > corporation could think otherwise. But then
>> > again, "thinking otherwise" is seemingly the point
>> > of their lives. (throw the word "pathetic" in there
>> > somewhere if you feel so inclined)
>> >
>> > I mention this more as curiousity than
>> > actually any kind of endorsement for disabling
>> > your ABS. More of a parlour trick than any real thing
>> > to base car decisions on.
>> >
>> > However, as much as I want to say "ABS stops faster
>> > in any situation", the snow wedge is AFAIK the only
>> > "curious exception" to an otherwise lovely rule.
>> >
>> > Simply, it really does work. If you are in deep
>> > snow and do a long controlled slide up to a stop
>> > sign, you can even feel it as the big mound you
>> > have to get over to get going again. If you can
>> > get going again. ;>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
>> > Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
>> > ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
>> > "Look Marge, Maggie lost her baby legs!" - Homer
>
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