I also had a scoob, the one thing you shouldn't do (at least in mine) was to back off in a fast turn especially if things got out of shape. It was as simple as, point the wheels where you want to go and keep the power on. Sometimes in a slide you could steer dead ahead and keep the power on and it'd still sort itself out. The guy appears to back off, and apart from the wheels heading ever so slightly in an opposite lock direction I don't see nearly enough lock going on. He must've been gripping the wheel a bit because I always found, when oppo lock was needed, the car practically steered itself anyway!

I know it's easy to sit here and judge, but I'm absolutely convinced I got out of an infinitely worse scrape one time on the B&Q roundabout near St Helens

Yeah, it looks like he keeps the power on and adds a bit of oppo, then gives up and drives directly to the scene of the accident. I like the sounds of the new Scooby RWD coupe btw

On a side note i used to drive round in mine with a full sized Scooby Doo cuddly toy He was bigger than me. I even let him travel with his head out the window sometimes

I also had a scoob, the one thing you shouldn't do (at least in mine) was to back off in a fast turn especially if things got out of shape. It was as simple as, point the wheels where you want to go and keep the power on. Sometimes in a slide you could steer dead ahead and keep the power on and it'd still sort itself out. The guy appears to back off, and apart from the wheels heading ever so slightly in an opposite lock direction I don't see nearly enough lock going on. He must've been gripping the wheel a bit because I always found, when oppo lock was needed, the car practically steered itself anyway!

I know it's easy to sit here and judge, but I'm absolutely convinced I got out of an infinitely worse scrape one time on the B&Q roundabout near St Helens :D

Bang on there i recon, i had a classic sti wagon and think your right on the money with that statement, i would go as far to say if he hadn't shut the throttle so quick he wouldn't have got in that mess to start with.

That's the thing right there isn't it... Instinct tells you to shut the throttle but that's the opposite of what you should do. I once made the mistake of letting a friend of mine take my scooby out. He tanked into a corner a bit too fast, he had the power on a bit but not enough, and I sensed he was about to lift off which would've had us in the scenery for certain. I shouted "POWER!" in full Clarkson style at him and he gassed it, the diffs did the rest. Fortunately!

As I always used to say, once you back off in a 4wd car, the laws of physics take over. It can only work as 4wd when you're on the gas.

Edited 18 September, 201015 yr by SideshowBob

Same with rwd if it starts to break away big, keep it balenced on the throttle and gently apply some oposit lock, cut the throttle and you end up with a huge tank slapper brown trouser moment that you struggle to recover!!!!

who needs 4wd