Miata Mailing List: December 1993, Message #154
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   From: "Alex M. Postpischil" 
Subject: Re:Miata brakes, tires
   Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1993 16:11:40 -0500

I once saw somewhere that "oversteer is when you miss the tree and understeer is
when you hit the tree!"   In a basic sense, oversteer puts your car on a tighter
radius turn. Understeer puts the car on a wider radius turn (than intended). So,
if you were on a two lane road going around a left turn oversteer would  put you
across the centerline and understeer would let you go into the curb or shoulder.
Does that help?
-alex-
Alex M. Postpischil             "albabe@wam.umd.edu"            (301) 345-1340
4911 Lackawanna Street
College Park, Maryland 20740-1665

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