ahmett
Prominent member
Exactly Isabelle Candisa !Jeez everyone is an expert. Based on something a garage said and a test drive. Where's all this "snaps loose" nonsense come from!
If you do something dumb i.e.deliberately lifting off mid corner without knowing what that does then yes expect it to go light at the back. Maybe the asr will recover it, maybe not. And everyone loves this nonsense about "controlling rwd on the throttle". Have you done that, have you practiced it loads, have you tried it in numerous different cars and conditions, with and without electronic intervention? If not you'll be headed through the nearest hedge backwards (hopefully that's as bad as it gets).
RussH I really wish i had a video of the corner i took when i lost the rear end. I braked well for the corner turned in at a decent speed into the corner, no understeer whatsoever, I make the corner and then suddenly wham the rear was gone! ESP stopped me having a full spin (my foot was on the brake anyway and was only doing 30 mpg or so so would have stopped anyway at a half spin)
It has a very unstable rear end and it breaks away without any warning i made the corner absolutely fine and was neither on the throttle or the brakes when the rear end died, in fact i was about to go on the gas! Now most people would not have gone into the corner 'as hot' as I did, but i easily made the corner without any understeer, as in I took it at an acceptable speed.
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