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On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:21:59 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote:

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:16:14 +0100, Don Pearce used
to say...

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 17:04:14 GMT, (Stewart
Pinkerton) wrote:

Well hard luck, because with a noseheavy road car like the S4 (and my
A6), you *inevitably* get lots of understeer on the limit. The
electronics do cheat a lot, but ultimately you canna' change the laws
o' physics, Cap'n...............
--
But it is still chuckable - and of course there is the handbrake.

They took the fun out of driving when front wheel drive became popular.
Nowt so satisfying as drifting it around a bend on opposite lock. Good
pose too :)

True - I did my early driving in Mk I Escort rally cars around the
forests. I have to say though that with a car like the S4, exploring
the limits on public roads is not good for the nerves.

d

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Don Pearce wrote:


True - I did my early driving in Mk I Escort rally cars around the
forests. I have to say though that with a car like the S4, exploring
the limits on public roads is not good for the nerves.


Obviously not a company car then :-)

Roger.

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In article ,
Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
If you back off in a high-speed corner, you
*should* spin a well-balanced car.....................

Not so - that's a function of poor weight distribution and or poor
suspension design. The natural reaction for any body is to continue in a
straight line.

You don't understand the dynamics of cornering.

Or you don't understand the dynamics of a well balanced road car. Twitchy
handling may be fine for the track or a bit of fun, but is a no-no for
everyday use. As Audi found out...

--
*Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have *

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

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On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:21:59 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote:

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:16:14 +0100, Don Pearce used
to say...

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 17:04:14 GMT, (Stewart
Pinkerton) wrote:

Well hard luck, because with a noseheavy road car like the S4 (and my
A6), you *inevitably* get lots of understeer on the limit. The
electronics do cheat a lot, but ultimately you canna' change the laws
o' physics, Cap'n...............
--
But it is still chuckable - and of course there is the handbrake.

They took the fun out of driving when front wheel drive became popular.
Nowt so satisfying as drifting it around a bend on opposite lock. Good
pose too :)

But not the fastest way around the bend.............
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:30:05 +0100, Don Pearce
wrote:

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:21:59 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote:

They took the fun out of driving when front wheel drive became popular.
Nowt so satisfying as drifting it around a bend on opposite lock. Good
pose too :)

True - I did my early driving in Mk I Escort rally cars around the
forests. I have to say though that with a car like the S4, exploring
the limits on public roads is not good for the nerves.

Yup, the better modern road cars are just *way* too grippy to discover
what the handling is like in the dry! Once either end lets go, you've
got less than a second before you're off the black and in the brown
stuff.......
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 22:59:55 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote:

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 21:54:54 GMT, Stewart Pinkerton used
to say...

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:21:59 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote:

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:16:14 +0100, Don Pearce used
to say...

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 17:04:14 GMT, (Stewart
Pinkerton) wrote:

Well hard luck, because with a noseheavy road car like the S4 (and my
A6), you *inevitably* get lots of understeer on the limit. The
electronics do cheat a lot, but ultimately you canna' change the laws
o' physics, Cap'n...............
--
But it is still chuckable - and of course there is the handbrake.

They took the fun out of driving when front wheel drive became popular.
Nowt so satisfying as drifting it around a bend on opposite lock. Good
pose too :)

But not the fastest way around the bend.............

Who said it was? You do remember me referring to "fun" didn't you?

As ever the single-minded approach eh?

As ever, the rapid change of subject when caught out............

You don't actually know a damn things about cars or driving, now do
you?
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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In article , Steve G wrote:
(Stewart Pinkerton) wrote in message ...
(...)

You don't actually know a damn things about cars or driving, now do
you?

Ah cars, such quaint forms of transport, performance wise. Why would
anyone want to know owt about them?

We all know that the pedal cycle is the only way to travel.

- Andrew (not entirely joking)