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The last time I posted the short clips I made in my Clio, some guy posted on YouTube in the comments section that I needed lessons in understeer. - well I do agree that I need pretty much A LOT more driving ’skills’.
I’ve always been hearing about those two terms that walk along together - Oversteer and Understeer, but never cared to really bother about ‘em - obvious :P.
I did manage to get a proper definition about the terms from the guys from Top Gear - which is undoubtedly the best ever, ever, EVER, E.V.E.R car series to be produced, am talking about the new series, the one that started anew around 2002 I think.
Richard Hammond, or Hamster, defines the term just as you would expect from Top Gear, during the 5th episode of the 2nd season, aired in mid-2003, I ripped the part and uploaded it to YouTube this morning, didn’t have anything much to do, since I woke up at 2.30 A.M! duh.
Understeer works like this, you drive down the road, you turn the wheel but the car goes straight on, crashes into a tree…. and you die.
Oversteer works like this, you drive down the same bit of road turn the wheel, but the back of the car turns round like this and you go off the road and crash into a tree….. and you die.
Now oversteer is best, because you don’t see the tree that kills you!
That’s it, it’s just as SIMPLE as that! 
There was also a bit going on about women drivers v/s male ones, I preferred to leave this one out 
there’s already a certain debate going out about the sexes somewhere else ;).
P.S : Anyone spotted the dogs?
It feels good to know that I wasn’t the only one who’s crashed their dad’s car before having the driving license!
I know which spot you’re talking about.
You managed to oversteer in a Front-WD car? :O I don’t know how to use the hand brake yet, well, it’s more that I haven’t got the guts to try it on my cars… so… anyone…? Want to lend me ur car..? (A)
Actually, it is not too hard to over-steer in a FWD and it can be easier than doing it in a RWD. When your rear wheels spin, you have to play with both the clutch and throttle in relation to how long you want to keep the car drifting & avoid spinning out. But in FWD cars, you can brake hard before entering a corner to shift the weight to the front of the car, give a quick sharp steer to the wheel and the back goes out, then you just need to play with the throttle in relation to how long you want to drift. Also, put more air pressure in the rear tires, it will make it easier to slide them out. You do not necessarily need to use the handbrake to make the rear slide unless you do not have enough speed. Also, during the drift you can use the handbrake with quick pulls to keep the rear sliding.
Do all of this with moderation and I suggest trying it out on a wet tarmac, grass field or sand to understand how the balance works. Else you risk damaging your tires. Drifting in rain is the best
You’re actually telling me the complete opposite of what I’ve been reading so far o.O it is mostly accepted that RWD cars are better for oversteering and drifting, but I guess that the way you’ve explained it, it seems logically possible to do the same in a FWD.
I won’t be trying any of these soon, not in my baby Clio anyway! And the Megane is far too heavy for the 1.4L engine on it, it’s slow as hell!
Thanks for the tips (y) I’ll be sure to go through this again when the time comes ;).
Aiyooooooooooo!
Tsk tsk
CARS AGAIN!!!
OHHHHHHH!
Now I see the dogs :p Bad lil dogs!!
don’t you AYOOO!!
If it wasn’t for me and cars, you wouldn’t be going anywhere! I mean.. with me :P.
n SHHH, dogs can have fun too
lol bann lichien la malice
mo ti kontan kan hamster ti compar rear wheel drive ek enn lichien.
james
un peu de tenue!!
1 lisien simplement p diboute lor 1 lot!!
lol, wei mo rapel sa mo koir dan last series ki li ti dir sa!
cars.. umpf
yea yea
shazam!