Thread: Hydroplaned in the 190D 5 speed.
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Old 12-01-2015, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by mannys9130 View Post
Elaborate please. If you don't mind.

I thought it was taking feet off gas and brake and steering into the skid. A friend of mine told me he had luck with tapping the brakes in an oversteer and it set him straight again.
At our autocross events they say both feet in because they don't want someone trying a Dale Earnhardt style spin on around maneuver and run over a corner worker.

If my rear starts coming around on the road I will turn into the skid and ease off the gas gradually.

If you find yourself drifting all four wheels sideways its best to just again ease off the gas and wait hoping to find traction again.

Tapping the brakes is not something I'd try in a spin situation but perhaps it might work if you have abs, but again, that would not work unless you hold them down.
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