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LarryB · 10-14-2003, 08:56 AM

Certainly agree with Randy. Get a good feeling for the limits in a safe setting. When it breaks it really is more of a sudden snap . Knowing the limits make it much easier to catch. The pendulum effect is a good way of thinking of at the limits... when I use to kick the tail out on a regular basis it would swing 3-4 times (lessening each time) before it would settle in. In a poor traction condition snap oversteer will happen at a very low threshold, you really need to drive like your on thin ice, this is where alot of people get into real trouble.

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LarryB Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NorCal Posts: 3,112	Certainly agree with Randy. Get a good feeling for the limits in a safe setting. When it breaks it really is more of a sudden snap . Knowing the limits make it much easier to catch. The pendulum effect is a good way of thinking of at the limits... when I use to kick the tail out on a regular basis it would swing 3-4 times (lessening each time) before it would settle in. In a poor traction condition snap oversteer will happen at a very low threshold, you really need to drive like your on thin ice, this is where alot of people get into real trouble. Last edited by LarryB : 10-14-2003 at 08:58 AM.