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Old 12-08-2012, 03:50 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by wmjinman View Post
Oh, ok. Guess I've never aggressively driven a tail-heavy car, so I wasn't familiar with the back coming out in a corner if you lift off the gas. I can see where it would "upset" the balance though, shifting more weight (and traction) to the front tires, while all that mass in the back is trying to go straight instead of following the path of the rear tires, which suddenly have less traction.
I'm pretty certain that the fella who test drove my CRX was killed by what Freebeard refers to as catastrophic oversteer when the engine blew in a Mercedes he was testing while cornering at the Bridgestone/Firestone Proving Grounds.
If he had been in a 4-wheel power-drift at the time of the engine failure,he would have lost all chance of controlling the car.
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