Quickly Understand Oversteer and Understeer
Today's blog post from Ed Shults Chevrolet will help you drive more safely around Jamestown, NY because it clarifies oversteer, understeer and how to mitigate them.
Both oversteer and understeer result from entering a curve too fast. Oversteer typically occurs in a vehicle that features rear-wheel drive. It involves the tail of the car swinging out of line, which can be quite dangerous. You may have seen oversteer performed by a drift car, but it's best left on racetracks.
Understeer usually occurs in front-wheel-drive vehicles. It can also arise in all-wheel-drive models that default to FWD when driving conditions are normal. If you enter a turn going too fast in one of these vehicles, your front tires can lose contact with the road's surface as you turn them. This causes understeer, which is unsafe. Fortunately, manufacturers have broadened torque-vectoring features' availability in recent years. Torque vectoring counters understeer. To avoid understeering or oversteering, operate your vehicle as smoothly as possible.