Birdman
Active Member
This is the rear-drive W210 saloon. Turning right out of a steep downhill driveway (with gateposts) and parked vehicles on both sides of the narrow road it was impossible to take the turn with available lock. So I backed up a little to take a second 'bite' on the steering. And dammit if the N/S rear tyre didn't spin up as it sat against the lip of the dropped kerb when I tried to reverse. Even with front wheels pointing straight ahead that b****y nearside wheel wouldn't climb the one fat inch of kerb. The O/S wheel just sat quietly on the pavement, knitting. So, my question is, doesn't ESP normally deliver torque to a stationery rear wheel when reversing, or is there something I'm missing here?