Spinning out via oversteer and jack knifing are two completely different things when discussing vehicle dynamics and crashes.
A car DOES NOT jackknife unless it is towing a trailer, in which case the combination can.
A lot of speculation about what jackknife meant in context. Maybe just a Mexican not quite sure about English.
Non-car guys aren’t gonna know oversteer from squat.
Spinning out via oversteer and jack knifing are two completely different things when discussing vehicle dynamics and crashes.
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All modern Mercedes have a system called “ESP” Electronic Stability Program that uses accelerometers to detect and (using independant braking on each wheel through the ABS computer AND computer takeover of throttle input , decreasing throttle or decreasing power in a non-abrupt way, throttle is electronic same as in a Toyota) minimize any oversteer/skid. The ESP system inall the MBZ’s I’ve been in has a manual “off” button.
Someone posted FWD , The newest (cheapest) MBZ is FWD , C Class is RWD.
Thanks for being so specific, but I do know what jackknifing is. I was simply remarking on the ‘witnesses’ use of the word. I think we all knew what he meant, but that doesn’t make his description correct.
Speaking of what happens to vehicles going about 100 mph, here’s an interesting video.
http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/video%3A-i-675-crash-caught-on-tape
Interesting thing about this one is that the guy lived.