Storm-Troll
Wednesday 25th October 2006, 21:05
How did this moose evolve?
Moose History 101: Shortly after the XC90 debuted in 2002, Volvo organized several test drive events, where quite a few Volvo fans came out to see and drive the new SUV's on cone slalom courses to experience the advanced Dynamic Stability Traction Control (DSTC). One of the courses was a special slalom, where a professional driver would take a carload of folks, accelerate to a high speed, take his foot off the brake and gas, and crank the wheel hard one direction, then the other (simulating the avoidance of an object in the road, such as a moose). Many other tall vehicles would have certainly become unstable and possibly lost control or even rolled over during such an extreme maneuver, but the Volvo's DSTC took over and kept the SUV in perfect form without a hint of trouble. Volvo was calling this course the "Moose Avoidance Test," a fairly common test, I understand, for places that might actually have mooses running out in front of cars.
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k29/stormhawk7/Misc/volvochargingmoose2.gif
Just ordered two of the above 4 inch viynl stickers to go on the side panels just under the side indicator lamps,,,, should look good with the yellow brakes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:saythat:
Moose History 101: Shortly after the XC90 debuted in 2002, Volvo organized several test drive events, where quite a few Volvo fans came out to see and drive the new SUV's on cone slalom courses to experience the advanced Dynamic Stability Traction Control (DSTC). One of the courses was a special slalom, where a professional driver would take a carload of folks, accelerate to a high speed, take his foot off the brake and gas, and crank the wheel hard one direction, then the other (simulating the avoidance of an object in the road, such as a moose). Many other tall vehicles would have certainly become unstable and possibly lost control or even rolled over during such an extreme maneuver, but the Volvo's DSTC took over and kept the SUV in perfect form without a hint of trouble. Volvo was calling this course the "Moose Avoidance Test," a fairly common test, I understand, for places that might actually have mooses running out in front of cars.
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k29/stormhawk7/Misc/volvochargingmoose2.gif
Just ordered two of the above 4 inch viynl stickers to go on the side panels just under the side indicator lamps,,,, should look good with the yellow brakes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:saythat: