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Re: oversteerundersteeremptybeer

To: DLMAssoc@aol.com
Subject: Re: oversteerundersteeremptybeer
From: karen hakala & tim hutchisen <hakhutch@megalink.net>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 21:30:35 -0500
Cc: arthurhsmith@compuserve.com, triumphs@autox.team.net
References: <9a86fbb1.247e9883@aol.com>
It was the late Neil Bonnet (Alabama Gang) who coined it best.
Understeer- when the driver sees the wreck
Oversteer-   when the driver can only feel the wreck

Hutch

DLMAssoc@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 5/27/99 8:39:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> arthurhsmith@compuserve.com writes:
>
> <<  oversteer>>>   the rear of your car feels like it wants to slide out on a
>  turn so you reduce the steering angle on the steering wheel.
>
>  understeer>>>   thefront of your car feels like it wants to slide out on a
>  turn so you increase the steering angle on the steering wheel >>
>
> Or, as some famous race car driver (Richard Petty?) put it, "Understeer is
> when the front of the car hits the wall and oversteer is when the back of the
> car hits the wall."
>
> That's made it easier for me to remember.. YMMV
>
> Don Marshall




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