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Old 26-10-2005, 01:30 PM
Heidi Heidi is offline
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Originally Posted by wai
....tires start to screech..
i was accerlerating as i turned...
Understeer.

If the tyres are talking to you like that & the car is trying to push 'straight' rather than turning in then this is understeer. The safest thing to do is back off the throttle a little to try to get your traction back. If it is really severe & this isn't working then you are probably best to 'lock it down' (feet on brake & clutch & stop in a hurry - hopefully not on the curb or in front of a bus!).

Sorry to hear but glad you are safe! Good luck getting the car back together quickly

Heidi
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