How to oversteer WAS: Understeer in snow

[Alexander van Gerbig]

    I was having plenty of luck last night with oversteering in the 90q20v,
until I dinked into a parked car.  Since this was my first romp in the snow
with the 90q20v I was being very gentle at first.  I could barely get it
sideways, but once I got a feel for what it took I was pleasantly surprised
that it was very easy to throttle modulate the rear end, though it did have
a tendency to correct itself straight.  Above 45mph the rear end really
wanted to track straight unless I pushed really hard in a corner.  I had
lots of fun in a parking lot swinging around side to side and spinning
around.  I think my days of going this nuts are over.  I'll be a lot broker
and a fair amount more reserved in the 90.  I'm not sure why I ended up
hitting that other car, but it seems just as if I lost control and then put
both feet down to stop the car, then I lost all control and blamo.  Bad dry
weather habit I guess, should have totally tried to steer out of it, but I
think it was inevitable and at least I scrubbed some of the speed.  I did
have the ABS off for most of the ride, but I was on the way home and decided
to put it back on.  I am thinking if I didn't have it I would have been
better off, at least slowed down more.  Oh well it was an expensive
mistake...

Cheers,

Alexander van Gerbig -- '90 90q20v -- '88 80t (R.I.P)

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