My example is more lighthearted. I offered a ride done the block, in my new 1776/5-speed Type III notchback, to my housemate.
At the stop sign I needed to U-turn in the intersection. I romped on it and 3/4 the way around it was pointed right at a 2' ditch and he had both hands on the dashboard. I backed off and that threw the tail out. All I had to do was go opposite lock to point it back down the street. LOL
But you have to touch the brakes to transfer weight to the front.
Depends on the car. My wife wants a license plate holder for her 911: "Lift throttle oversteer--wanna go for a spin?" More modern cars, or lighter, or ones with better weight distribution, require more provocation to get the tail out.
I'm thinking the rotational momentum is on the spin axis, not the pitch axis, in aeronautical terms. IOW, it will spin without unloading the rear axle.
In other news, I remember a magazine article on handling that described under/oversteer in terms of the roll center height front to rear. Oversteer was high in the rear and low in the front; the wrong way was high in the front and low in the rear.
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More modern cars, or lighter, or ones with better weight distribution, require more provocation to get the tail out.
