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From: zrm@prism.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: (Orphan) Re: How to turn a Saab?
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Date: Fri, 14-Jun-85 09:06:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 14 09:06:00 1985
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Nf-From: prism!zrm    Jun 14 09:06:00 1985


Can you say "drop throttle oversteer?"  Sure you can.  The way that
front-wheel-drive cars lose it in corners is when the driver is faced
with too much drift and he lifts off too much too soon to tuck in
the nose too hard. Then the car will swap ends and go off the road
backwards.

This lossage is easy to avoid, and so driving a front-wheel-drive
car at 9/10ths on most roads is easier than driving a comparable
rear wheel drive car.

I, for one, would rather steer the front wheels with the steering
wheel and the back wheels with the throttle.