after hearing stories like yours with blow-outs (and maybe I was somewhat lucky) I appreciate whatever the saab engineers did right in that car... there was a saab ballet video where they drove a c900 over a nail strip at highway speed + it drives over it like nothing was wrong... that's exactly how it felt! I agree though, hitting the brakes suddenly is about the worst thing one can do with a blown out wheel (or hydroplaning or similar loss of traction, especially asymmetric loss of traction)! Another similar situation is driving onto the dirt shoulder to avoid a head on collision... it's the people who hit the brakes (or do anything too suddenly) who end up flipped over in the ditch! James... Posts in this Thread:
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