Well, when a car oversteers we're more apt to lose the rear end, and we say that a car that oversteers is loose, but what's this crap about you and my mother?

 

I pointed that out on the very first page, actually.

 

The best way is to not get into that in the first place. Look all the way through the corner. Look where you are going, not where the car is pointed.

If you do get into that sort of problem, there are ways to handle it, up to and including choosing to drive off the road under control as opposed to going off the road in a spin. You can early apex the corner to give yourself a more straight braking zone. You can trailbrake through the corner, balancing how much you steer with how much you brake by feeling the weight transfer and grip. Or you can try to keep maintenance throttle and hope to make it. All of those choices can be right in different circumstances.

Track driving instruction (and lots of track seat time) is the best way to learn these techniques.

I can also recommend a couple of books: Speed Secrets and Going Faster.

 

the rear alignment can greatly aggravate the situation, know the numbers you want before going to the shop. get before after printouts of the numbers.

lowering the car: alignment options decrease and you have to settle for less handling stability.

bad: lots of rain with very bald tires.

 

would this turn into

lowering=decreased handling?

I never thought about how it would lower the options. What does it lower? like camber caster? anything like that?

 

Don't see it..

 

 

You didn't actually correct him, you just made a joke about the spelling...

 

I can't seem to satisfy anybody. I lay into people for big mistakes, I get called an internet thug. I try to suggest correction of small mistakes with a little humor and subtlety and I get ignored. Whatever.

Fortunately, I don't care!

 

The Internet is serious business dude..