<VV> "Thrill-handling Corvair" at the limit - memories of Joey Chitwood

[Charlie]

Correct, oversteer is a problem (for sloppy drivers), because you get more
than you give, so to speak, making it more exciting than most drivers can
handle, causing trouble.

Was it Seth that said that no new cars handle badly?  Is that because they
all (at least the FWD ones) understeer, which is "safer" because they don't
cause the car to spin out which could cause the car to go off the outside of
the curve?

Oversteer can more often cause the car to spin out, and possibly go onto the
inside of the curve (and with underinflated rear tires to "tuck-under" and
flip over)?

A Corvair can go where you point it by just "steering less" before it goes
into drift mode (steering left to go right" mode), whereas FWD cars can get
to where you "can't steer enough" to stay on the road?

Thrill driving is not just for Joey Chitwood anymore - take your Corvair to
the limit!

Charlie

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Sethracer at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:33 AM
To: Dave Keillor
Cc: Vair Views
Subject: <VV> "thrill-handling Corvair"

Like Ol "Doc Hudson" said: "Turn left to go wrong!"

-Seth

Sent from my iPad

On Jan 23, 2013, at 8:19 AM, Dave Keillor <dkeillor at tconcepts.com> wrote:

> Like every Corvair I've driven, mine oversteers at the limit.  Back in the
> day when go-fast-in-a-straight-line muscle cars thought they ruled the
> roads, I enjoyed putting them in the weeds (literally).  There were a
> number of curves when I knew the limits and could put my car on the edge
of
> a four wheel drift that took a bit of reverse-lock steering to keep it
from
> going around.  More than one muscle car trying to keep up understeered its
> way into the weeds.
> 
> Dave Keillor