understeer-oversteer

[Andrew Duane USG]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Robert Deis say:

> On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Robert L Rotax wrote:
> > Would someone please explain understeer and oversteer to me. I have an 
> > idea but would like to know more.
> 
> Understeer is a tendancy for the car to continue straight when you give
> steering input.  In essence, the steering response is *less* than the
> steering command- hence "under."
> 
> Oversteer is the tendancy for the back end to kick out becasue of steering
> input.  In essence, the steering response is *greater* than the steering
> command- hence "over."

Or, as they say:

Understeer is when you hit the guardrail with your hood (bonnet)
Oversteer is when you hit the guardrail with your trunk (boot)

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