Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site weitek.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!decwrl!spar!turtlevax!weitek!neal From: neal@weitek.UUCP (Neal Bedard) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: How to turn a FWD car (from Bob Bondurant) Message-ID: <225@weitek.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Jun-85 01:14:21 EDT Article-I.D.: weitek.225 Posted: Thu Jun 13 01:14:21 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Jun-85 06:38:24 EDT References: <13200026@hpfcla.UUCP> <435@tymix.UUCP> <20@ucbcad.UUCP> <55@denelvx.UUCP> Organization: Weitek Corp. Sunnyvale Ca. Lines: 20 In article <55@denelvx.UUCP>, geoff@denelvx.UUCP (Geoff Baum) writes: > > According to "Bob Bondurant on High Performance Driving," if you are > > in trouble, NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER touch the brakes. > > What are we talking about here? What does "if you are in trouble" mean? > > [lots o' omitted text] > > ...rule will not apply. I wonder how he would feel about being quoted out of > context. The subject of the article was `How to to turn a FWD car'. Being `in trouble' means AT THE LIMIT OF ADHESION. I don't think anyone misunderstood these two salient details in the original article (Geoff excepted.) The context was clear enough for me, anyway. -Neal B. -- "mynd you, m00se bytes kann be pretti nasti" UUCP: {ucbvax!dual!turtlevax,ihnp4!resonex,decwrl!amdcad!cae780}!weitek!neal}