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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
Are you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.
( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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not necessarily
a lot of RWD cars have lift-off oversteer. Accelerating in a car throws the weight back, which often improves rear end grip in a RWD. Particularly true of things like 911s. Of course, if you hit the accelerator too hard you might make the rears spin, which does bugger up grip.
I guess it depends on how you got your instincts, though - I guess I was lucky in that my first car was RWD.
( , Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:11, 1 reply, 12 years ago)
a lot of RWD cars have lift-off oversteer. Accelerating in a car throws the weight back, which often improves rear end grip in a RWD. Particularly true of things like 911s. Of course, if you hit the accelerator too hard you might make the rears spin, which does bugger up grip.
I guess it depends on how you got your instincts, though - I guess I was lucky in that my first car was RWD.
( , Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:11, 1 reply, 12 years ago)
That's what I mean, if your back end goes in a RWD car
and you lift off on instinct, the weight shifts forward and the back end goes out further, usually resulting in a spin.
( , Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:24, Reply)
and you lift off on instinct, the weight shifts forward and the back end goes out further, usually resulting in a spin.
( , Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:24, Reply)
Or if you mash your foot onto the accelerator thaen the back wheels will spin and you'll spin
so should accelerate or ease off, it's so confusing
( , Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:26, Reply)
so should accelerate or ease off, it's so confusing
( , Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:26, Reply)
sorry, I totally misread the second half of your post for some reason.
yes.
( , Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:28, Reply)
yes.
( , Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:28, Reply)
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