scott wrote:
> 
> It's funny when my car does this, if you leave all the ESP stuff turned
> on and then try to fishtail the car after approx 0.1 seconds of sliding
> you can feel it pull on the brake on just one wheel that gets the car
> back in shape.

Ahh, Audi takes more time, it lets the slide start but then crunches the
car back to line.

BMW?

> My changing-down-on-ice experiments were exactly to see if the ESP
> system could cope with it, but alas it couldn't and I just slid with a
> wiggly back end until it gripped again.  I guess the ESP programmers
> didn't include a function to blip the throttle if it detected engine
> braking was locking the rear wheels :-)

I don't even need to brake with the engine - if I have too much speed
for a corner, keep the throttle steady and turn quickly, car goes
straight ahead and ESP does nothing.

-Aero

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