Re: learning with quattro

[eyvind.spangen@ha-nett.no (Eyvind Spangen)]

On Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:05:55 +1200, you wrote:


>no question imho, i'd put the sprogs in a old, safe rwd car with limited
>engine power, take them down a few back roads and teach them myself.
>the rational is that oversteer is the least controllable of a vehicles
>dynamics and control and anticipation of this should be learned early,
>but without the power to make this sort of thing dangerous.  certainly i
>learned in an old british cambridge sh*t-box with rwd and about 60hp
>from an a-series 1.6 that probably came straight out of the grant tank.
>there weren't many gravel roads where i grew up, but those that were
>there, i found, and learned the hard way.  my parents took comfort in
>the amount of metal contained in these cars and that most people could
>run faster than the car could go.  that and the old man let me know in
>no uncertain terms that if i'd had a drink and got into the car, the car
>was going to disappear, along with a fair bit of my skin...

Hehe.. I did the same when I was learning winter driving - I drove an
old Volvo with about 90 hp... It oversteered when you looked at the
accelerator pedal in a turn.. :-) Sure I teached it, I think it is
safe to drive such a car (RWD) in a closed area. That way, you'll be
able to handle oversteer/understeer much better than if you never had
such experiences.

ES