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Understeer Posted by Saana88 [Email]  (#207)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Saana88) on Sat, 5 Mar 2005 21:29:13
In Reply to: Steering Feel, Brandon, Sat, 5 Mar 2005 15:34:21 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
For me, driving something like the customer shuttle van at work can be a terrifying experience. As long as the tire pressures are about right on your 900 and the van, the van is exhibiting massive understeer inherent in driving an ultra-comfortable (weak springs and shocks for comfort), top-heavy box you're unaccustomed to driving around corners. Larger motors in a heavier minivan put far more strain on the front tires, and when those tires are not up to the task, the van will understeer as you describe. By design, the weight balance on your 900 is pretty friggin' close to ideal for a front drive car, and you have to hit the brakes in the middle of a corner to make your 900 do what the van does.
Hint: don't hit the brakes in the middle of a corner.
Weight balance, suspension geometry, spring and shock rates, and alignment will have an effect on a vehicle's tendency to understeer. I kinda doubt minivans have negative camber in the rear, but I may be mistaken.
Just do what I do and drive like a typical American when you've got the van, that means slowing way down for a corner and then wasting gas to speed up again afterward.
Your 900 should lightly understeer until you press the limits of its handling, at which time it will begin to moderately understeer. If you're too creative, it may begin to oversteer so be careful.
The van, on the other hand, will moderately understeer, then transition to heavy understeer, then begin to tip over. Wear your seat belt, and don't tip over.
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