RE: understeer/oversteer definition

["John Heath" <JOHNHEATH@worldnet.att.net>]

Understeer, your nose hits the concrete wall.  Oversteer, your tail hits the
concrete wall.  Most production cars understeer slightly as a safer
practice.

John Heath

-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net [mailto:owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net]
On Behalf Of Andrei Kogan
Sent:	Friday, March 12, 1999 1:48 PM
To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
Subject:	understeer/oversteer definition

Hello,
Can someone tell me what the definition of the oversteer/understeer terms
is? How
does understeering/oversteering affects the behavior of a car on turns ,
and also what
does it depend on ( that is, what are the factors determining whether the
car will oversteer/understeer).
What's the normal behavior of a car with proper wheel alignment, and is
there typically a difference in the degree
of the oversteer/understeer between say a mass-market car and  a
race/performance oriented car?

Thanks,Andrei

I have been trying to figure it out from the context for a while, but it
doesn't seem like it will happen.