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Re: Daily gripe: Don't panic

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From: Joseph Huesmann
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 00:00
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In article <36B94066.22EE1BF3@prodigy.net>, Tony Wang wrote:
>I got some advice for people who can't handle this.  Learn how to ski.
>Seriously.  You'll learn how to control yourself when you're sliding on
>the snow, and it will totally help you if you start to slide when
>driving.  You'll learn that if your back end is fishtailing to the left,
>turn the wheel to the right, and guess what?  It'll slide back to the
>right, and so on.  Take your foot off the gas, and you can slowly slalom
>your way to a stop.

Don't you need to turn the wheel to the left if your rear end is heading
that way?  And won't letting up on the gas induce TTO?

Joe
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Subject: Re: Daily gripe: Don't panic
Date: 1999/02/05
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