On the subject of "understeer", J. Altman wrote:
> Understeer is a condition where the car doesn't turn as much
> as the steering wheel position would seem to indicate it
> should . . . Oversteer is just the opposite . . . What is
> actually happening is that the slip angles of the front to
> rear tires are changing . . . .
Tom Strange added:
> OVERSTEER ..... When the driver is having fun & scaring the
> hell out of the pasenger.
> UNDERSTEER ..... When the passenger doesn't even realize
> there is a problem & the driver is scaring the hell out of
> himself.
Gee, and I was always under the impression that UNDERSTEER was
where the car goes off the track nose first, and OVERSTEER was
where the car goes off the track backwards . . . .
Jim Hill
Madison WI
100% Neutral Steering TR6 (I wish!)
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