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Old 08-13-2012, 10:47 PM   #75
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Originally Posted by Allch Chcar View Post
Don't stomp the accelerator, ever. Even at relatively low speeds it can snap oversteer. And it will snap oversteer if you stomp the gas while turning. Always smoothly accelerate/decelerate.
that's not what snap oversteer is, that is power oversteer.

snap oversteer comes from lifting off the accelerator and the weight transfers to the front of the car, causing the rear to lose traction


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Is RWD that scary? I find FWDs far scarier, the car stops steering when you lose traction.
hell yeah! I remember two winters ago when I was driving my Civic (first FWD car I ever owned) and I hit a small patch of ice. I tried to turn and the car just went straight!
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