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Originally Posted by Scion FR-S
Look, this is really simple - let me spell it out for you. "Never far away" DOES NOT EQUAL "steady-state". The first is potential, the second is present. Basic logic and understanding of vocabulary. An example to clarify: "The snow is never far way" means the snow is always nearby, but says nothing about its current presence at the speaker's location; "the snow is steady-state" means it is snowing here and now.
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I hate to break this to you but... a description that a chassis understeers IS a description of its steady-state cornering characteristic.
What else would it be describing, lift-throttle or power-on behavior?
When the author says understeer is never far away, he's saying (1) at the limit of its grip, the chassis will understeer, and (2) the limit is low so you encounter understeer often. Hence, understeer is never far away.
Again, I don't agree with the author, but there's really no other way to read that sentence.