off topic / traction control

[Pat Ford]

panicing, what the instinctive response when something bad happens ? lock the brake ( then a flat/blown irte is totaly scary). I had a 4dr subaru blow a rear tire last year. I didn't even notice a difference in handling in a straight line.
 I blew a tire of my 2dr tracker (lr tire again) and it was VERY scary. I think the driver makes 80% of a difference and the car 20%

Previously, you (justin ivan) wrote:
{ ahh maybe you are right C&D it was. Either way, yeah the test could have had 
{ more scenarios but it is interesting. I wonder what some people are doing 
{ out there on the road? I had a tread separation on a full size conversion 
{ van and I had no trouble controling it, yet just the other week I saw a full 
{ size van upside down on it's roof, and a couple of miles later, a jeep 
{ cherokee on it's side. What the hell are these people doing?
{ 
{ 
{ >From: "Jason R. Haines" <jhaines at lingenfelter.com>
{ >Reply-To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
{ >To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
{ >Subject: Re: off topic / traction control
{ >Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 18:08:45 -0500
{ >
{ >....snip.....
{ > > which did anyone hear that Ford settled another claim with the whole
{ > > Firestone Debate? No $figure was given but the Lady was looking for $100
{ > > million. Also, did anyone see the Motor Trend article where they took an
{ > > explorer, "blew out" (dumped all pressure in <1 sec) the rear drivers 
{ >tire
{ >@
{ > > 70 mph with no hands on the wheel and the truck didn't flip? Thought it
{ >was
{ > > more then interesting
{ >
{ >I think the article you are talking about was in Car & Driver. The previous
{ >month they discussed some of the statistics of the whole tire failure 
{ >issue.
{ >Pretty interesting although I would have liked to have seen the testing 
{ >done
{ >with front tire "blow outs" and a heavily loaded vehicle (and maybe even
{ >some turning occurring when the blow out occurred).
{ >
{ >Jason
{ >
{ >
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