[DeTomaso] 930 crashes

[Sean Korb]

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 3:11 PM, <pantdino at aol.com> wrote:

>
> The Karman Ghia didn't have the power to get you into trouble and the
>  faster speed combined with the inertia on the curve explained it all....
>
>
> Actually any rear engined car will switch ends, especially one with swing
> axle rear suspension.  A low powered car takes longer to get up to speed,
> but once there will spin with the best of them.
>
> My first car was a Fiat 850 Sport Coupe and I learned to take corners VERY
> SLOWLY in the rain.
> On dry pavement you could corner pretty fast but whatever you did, lifting
> on the throttle was NOT an option.
>
> And you got into a corner and found a wet patch you were certain to go off
> the road. So all fast driving involved scouting the road first.
>

I never got a chance to move my 850 Spider in the wet, but it was a hoot to
drive!  Just a little urging with the steering wheel and the rear would go
in kind.  I liked to think of it as going "where I wanted to go" rather than
where I steered it.

sean

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Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
'65, '68 Mustangs, '68 Cougar, '78 R100/7, '59 Austin A35, '71 Pantera #1382
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