"Dad" > wrote in message
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> "uncle_vito" > wrote in message
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>> "Ken" > wrote in message
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>>> No
>>> Not all Vets, but there's enough of 'em
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmeTLcW2TIM
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>> Have a club member with a 2011 ZR-1. He is quite wealthy but was smart
>> enough to buy one that was 2 years old at the time.
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>> I can just see this car getting into trouble, romping on it in a turn.
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>> Would the Stability Control prevent these overcorrections and spins?
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>> Vito
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> I was forced off the road at speed 2 nights ago by a pair of semis head
> on, onto a muddy ditch bank and started sliding to my right. Correction
> didn't work, had to go through the shallow ditch and was able to stay off
> the fence. There was the cross road just ahead of me and I was on it
> before I could react much, just able to brake while on the asphalt and
> stop before I slid on by. ****ed off and covered in mud I got back on the
> road but had to stop shortly after that to get control of my shaking.
>
> To answer your question if the active handling did anything I didn't know
> it and I don't remember seeing any lights come on but I do remember the
> chatter of the ABS. Also can't say the ABS was the AH working or if it was
> because of my hard braking to stop on the side road, just happened to
> fast. Most likely it only took 20 seconds for the entire event but much
> longer for my heart rate to become normal again.
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Glad you are OK, Dad!