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Originally Posted by ashtray
Neutral - just so you and all other front wheel drivers out there understand what happened - oversteer. Mid turn, a FWD car will understeer if you hit the gas - this causes the car to turn wide and is as easy to recover from as getting back off the gas.
In RWD giving it gas mid turn results in oversteer. This means the back of the car swings around fast. The proper technique is to turn the wheel INTO the skid - which in a right hand turn means turning the wheel to the left. Lifting off the gas alone doesn't get you out of trouble.
In ANY car, you always point the wheels in the direction you want to go.
People should learn how RWD works in a safe controlled environment before trying it on the roads.
There was an accident last week where a new Mustang GT did the same thing - turned traction control off and nailed the gas. At 85mph he hit a tree.
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What I learned is that knowledge cannot replace experience. I've seen tons of videos of people drifting from the inside of the car, read up on driving technique, etc. The suddenness and intensity of that oversteer caught me completely off guard. I've experienced and recovered from snap oversteer in my CRX. That was not even close to the feeling of RWD oversteer. I got my butt handed to me faster than I knew how to process.
So yeah, like you said, learn the car in a safe environment. All the books in the world can't replace time behind the wheel.