Who cares about why you spun or whether ABS should have prevented it. You're OK, and that's all that matters. Glad to hear you made through that ordeal with nothing other than maybe a bruised ego.

By the way, congratulations on your ciitizenship!

Juan

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He does.. cuz that's how you learn from the mistakes. If you don't know what you did wrong, chances are you will do it again...

Scarry stuff!! Glad u r ok. I had a similar experience about 15 years ago--it ain't fun, but since you are able to walk away without any physical scars, it ain't all bad!

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Gee V, was this part of the citizenship test? Man, we are getting outta control.


Anyrate, glad u are ok

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Vin,

The purpose of ABS or "anti-locks" is to prevent your wheels from locking..
Once they lock, you have surpassed 100% traction.

The purpose of ABS is to keep you at the threshold of 100% traction without going over it. Either way, your still AT or above 100% so any major steering inputs will put your car at the edge or over of control.

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Glad you had an angel on your shoulder - personally, If I'm about to really get messed up because of some idiot, I'm going to make sure he is a part of what happens and not get off scotfree - that said, when the situation arises, you naturally do the best you can, which often let's the cause of everything get away.

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Thanks for your input guys. While I don't want to dwell on what happend today, I think it is important to learn why it happend. So the quick lesson was much appreciated . Anyway, good night to all of you, and have a great FF !

I am having a hard time checkin out the FF thread until night these days since I am at work . As I am interning this semester , it kinda sucks just having a desk where anyone can drop by anytime.

Wow! Do I want to want it to be Friday so bad that I thought it was or what? Anyway, sorry if the post made no sense. Have a great Almost Friday guys.

When you lifted off the gas you got the dreaded "tank slapper". You must modulate the throttle (ease back) in that case or go to full brake. The reason you went back and forth was because you unloaded the weight of the car from rear to front by snapping off the gas, thus putting all the weight on the nose and inputting the steering. I think you figured that part out. Glad you made it o.k. Remember in rain, you can always add throttle, but it's harder to decrease speed......