Whats this called?

[[TW]Fox]

When you come out with lines like this.....

Why should I ?

Becuase it's completely irrelevent?

 

[Scania]

Becuase it's completely irrelevent?

No. Its because, of all the posters here, not many deserve a friendly slap in the face whenever the opportunity presents itself.

You my friend, are the exception.

Until next time then..............................

 

[Fido McNasty]

Hot dog anyone ?

 

[insane200]

what car did you have before the omega ?

if it happens again, steer into the skid, dont brake just slowly ease up on the power.

 

[ste_bla]

what car did you have before the omega ?

if it happens again, steer into the skid, dont brake just slowly ease up on the power.

1.8 Vectra auto

 

[BigglesPiP]

He has an Omega, which is rwd :S

Oh right, I though I saw him say he had a FWD car.

Yea, that's called drifting.

 

[Fido McNasty]

Wet road move onto a roundabout and boot it and then you back end seems to want to go around faster than the front and the steering goes light.

Ive tried this on a few roundabouts and T-Junctions (so i know its not just a dodgy road) and it does it a lot. I dont remeber this happening in the last car so the questions are..

1) Whats it called? Oversteer.

2) Could tyres (improve/decrease) this? Yes.

3) Are some cars just prone to it via the design (say suspension?). See rear wheel drive vs front wheel drive, weight distribution, dynamics. Think of it as push drive instead of pull drive.

I'm sure purists love push as does little me, but some deviants prefer to pull.

 

[ste_bla]

May have found out why it happened so much/easily. It seems the rears were sitting on 17psi. Not sure what it is meant to be but at 35 theres no sign of drifting/dying sideways so that's good.

Tyres are "wandi" though never heard of them

 

[ZG002]

Erm that should be the complete oppsite. The softer the tyre normally the more grip it has. The harder the tyre the less grip and more tail happy.

Look in your hand book for tyre pressures. 35psi seems a tad high.

 

[BigglesPiP]

Erm that should be the complete oppsite. The softer the tyre normally the more grip it has. The harder the tyre the less grip and more tail happy.

Look in your hand book for tyre pressures. 35psi seems a tad high.

That's off road, on road you find a tyre will tend to drift more with lower pressures.

 

[ste_bla]

35 a bit high? I thought that was avg for a 1/2 loaded car I'll have to do some googling!

 

[Rain Man]

That's off road, on road you find a tyre will tend to drift more with lower pressures.

what makes you say that? if the tyre has a lower PSI it will have more surface area touching the road compared to a tyre at high PSI.

the car may feel squidgy and unsure of itself at lower psi but it certainly wouldnt drift more

EDIT: 35psi seems ok tbh, my 306 is quoted at 35psi all round in the handbook

 

[BigglesPiP]

what makes you say that? if the tyre has a lower PSI it will have more surface area touching the road compared to a tyre at high PSI.

the car may feel squidgy and unsure of itself at lower psi but it certainly wouldnt drift more

EDIT: 35psi seems ok tbh, my 306 is quoted at 35psi all round in the handbook

Yea, but the side-walls kind of fall over, causing a fake sliding, which leads to a real sliding.

 

[K.C. Leblanc]

Ste, please promise us you'll never drive a TVR without some life insurance.

 

[ste_bla]

Ste, please promise us you'll never drive a TVR without some life insurance.

For you or me?

 

[ZG002]

Yea, but the side-walls kind of fall over, causing a fake sliding, which leads to a real sliding.

Maybe. For drifting you normally up your tyre pressure.

 

[whitecrook]

When I changed from regulary driving a 1.9td to a 2 ltr petrol I had problems just pulling away from wet junctions. Just turned out that I had to learn not to push so hard on the accel pedal. Just a matter of getting used to it.

 

[K.C. Leblanc]

For you or me?

Depends how far away I am.