Hey all-

When I had my 'off road' experience with my Van, I was going up hill at the
time.  I was giving it steady pressure on the gas pedal to try to maintain
traction.  I came to a very gradual curve to the right.  Just before I
entered the curve, the back wheels lost it and moved the whole Van sideways.
It was so fast I didn't have time to react.  It all happened in a
microsecond.  I was driving at around 30mph when this happened.  Lucky for
me the bushes stopped me after I when over the hill...

Malcolm Stebbins wrote:

> I concede that Terry is correct here. So I will officially withdraw by
> suggestion of the hand-brake.  Upon further thought, I guess the van
> would need traction to get the rear wheels back in line and if the rear
> wheels had traction there would be no need for any panic
> manoeuvre.  Sorry to all for my idiot suggestion.  malcolm
>
> On 10 Jan 2002 at 12:55, Terry Kay wrote:
>
> > NUTS !!  Appling the parking brake when the ass end is already coming
> > around, will gaurantee a down hill spiral---and there will be no way
> > of saving it---Your done.