Re: Traction Control & ESP availability?

In article <ov7ir1pegn4uaqpes2a2ml8e1lk2tinaeg@xxxxxxx>, Terry Pinnell
says...
> I had a scary moment last Wednesday on a snowy stretch of the A140.
> Although doing only about 35 mph in a well-spread convoy, I suddenly
> lost control of my 1996 BMW 328SE Auto. Skidded wildly for a few
> seconds, when I reckon I was at one stage almost broadside on to
> oncoming traffic, but happily recovered.
>
> Chatting with my two nephews later, one a Mercedes dealer manager, the
> other a Lotus engineer, they said I wouldn't have had the problem in
> any modern car, as "even the cheapest have traction control, and the
> high end models have the more feature, ESP."
>
> Is that true please?

No. Quite obviously you can't drive. Traction Control won't help you
out of it and neither will ESP.

I drove a 20 year old car on cart springs with technology FAR older
than yours in the snow this last week yet managed to keep control quite
easily.


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Conor

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After all, if they hadn't funded the IRA for 30 years, we wouldn't know
what terror was.
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  • Re: ot: locking wheel nut key
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