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Originally Posted by miket
I would think understear or overestear could be economical if they stop you from having to either use the brakes and slow way down in the turns or drive the whole time at a less than optimal speed.
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How could it be more economical ?
Understeers means you run off the road or into the oncoming lane unless it's corrected - typically by slowing down anyway.
Oversteer slows you down because of the extra drag caused by sliding sideways - that is, if it doesn't get you off the road to start with.
If you experience either, you've carried too much speed into the corner and could have slowed down well before the corner - say by coasting - or you could have started with a lower speed to begin with.
That'd have been economical.