Understeer in snow

[Larry C Leung]

It all depends on the technique and the availible traction of the tires.
At VERY high speeds, tires will act on dry pavement just like they do at
slower speeds on rainy, snowy, icy, and loose surfaces. The skills of
high performance driving on one type of surface apply pretty well to
others. THe reason it's easier to get the car loose on loose surfaces is
because the handling limit is much more in reach at speeds that aren't as
scary.
I was just playing with the 200Q in the wet on snowies. It's easy to get
the car loose and hang the tail out in these situations. It would take a
whole lot more speed (and take up a whole lot more ground!) to do the
same in the dry, especially on R-compound tires.

LL - NY

On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 09:16:55 -0800 Bob <mx at snet.net> writes:
>Not sure i agree. I drive completely different under different
>traction conditions... on a tarmac course the car is different
>handling than on gravel stages. You can throttle steer on
>snow/ice/gravel where you wont on pavement etc (at least in my
>stunningly underpowered 4000Q) :)
>Bob
>
>l.leung at juno.com wrote:
>
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>> I agree with Chris. Driving is essentially the same no matter the
>weather, just you must slow down to match the availible traction.
>Understeer in the dry occurs from too high turn entrance speeds,
>understeer in the snow occurs for the same reason, just at a slower
>speed. It would be worth taking agood driving school for those whom
>think that their cars are understeeringin adverse conditions (even
>just pressing hard in the dry), you'll learn and understand a lot on
>what to expect a car to do.
>>
>> LL - NY
>