AndyS wrote:
Until you're proficient it will
generally get you into more trouble than the recognised
procedure |
I agree - never change gear round a corner! Save all the
messing about with straight line speed for straight
lines.
Heel-n-toeing (i.e. blipping on the downchange
while braking) is normally great for quick down-changes,
but in snow you don't really need that so much.
The key is smoothness, smoothness and more smoothness,
so while getting the lever moving fast between gears is
not priority (in itself) here, tranferring the new
engine load smoothly to the wheels IS. Match the revs
for the new gear and use the clutch gingerly, the clutch
is basically your friend in snow, it lets all the wheels
be completely neutral and just rotate freely. This
leaves ALL the grip for steering, rather than just the
left-overs when the wheel is trying to brake or
accelerate (due to gear change or throttle change).
The analogy is having £10 and the choice of buying
steering or acceleration/deceleration. There is £20 of
each for sale, so for instance you can have 5 of each or
10 of just one. If you try to spend more than £10 you go
bust and something breaks!
'course when it's dry you've got £100's to spend ;)
Love the cars Andy, they look really very nice indeed!
Edited by Globulator