A few driving terms explained

Stuart_J · 04-02-2008, 10:37

"Understeer" is when you hit the fence with the front of the car.
"Oversteer" is when you hit the fence with the rear of the car.
"Horsepower" is how fast you hit the fence.
"Torque" is how far you take the fence with you.

Richard Black · 04-02-2008, 11:15

'Opposite lock' is how far round the front wheels were twisted whan you hit the fence.

mluton · 04-02-2008, 11:28

love it

KenONeill · 04-02-2008, 14:05

Drifting is when you hit the fence with the side of the car.

FOZ1 · 04-02-2008, 16:31

"Torque steer" is how you describe hitting the fence.

***ncarring*** · 04-02-2008, 16:39

"Body roll" defines which way up you hit the fence
"4WD" is the direction four wheel drive cars hit the fence in (think about it)
"Double declutching" is what your sphincter does just before you hit the fence

auroan · 04-02-2008, 16:47

"stall" The speed you were doing when you fell out of the sky, after leaving the road to land on top of the fence

KenONeill · 05-02-2008, 09:36

ABS - System which stops the brakes locking, thus preventing you spinning, and ensuring that you hit the fence facing forwards.

Stuart_J · 05-02-2008, 09:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by FOZ1

"Torque steer" is how you describe hitting the fence.

Nope, Thats what the women sat next to you does

McScooby · 05-02-2008, 11:11

"Follow through" is what you do while hitting the fence

auroan · 05-02-2008, 11:12

"straight lining" missing the apex of a bend and going straight into the fence

***ncarring*** · 05-02-2008, 11:18

"offsiding" - hitting a fence on the wrong side of the road

or alternatively

"offsiding" - taking the side of your car off when hitting a fence

KenONeill · 05-02-2008, 11:42

Terminal understeer - like any other understeer, but taking you under an oncoming truck.

mathepac · 05-02-2008, 12:28

"Chronic Under-steer" is when you hit many fences with the front of the car
"Chronic Over-steer" is when you hit many fences with the rear of the car

or, alternatively

"Chronic Under-steer" is when multiple bovines run over the car
"Chronic Over-steer" is when the car runs over multiple bovines

FOZ1 · 05-02-2008, 16:43

ESP. knowing you're going to hit the fence

FOZ1 · 05-02-2008, 16:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stuart_J

Nope, Thats what the women sat next to you does

KenONeill · 05-02-2008, 16:45

ASR - It'll keep you out of the fence, but only by getting you punted up the duff by the guy behind who's engine it didn't turn off.

FOZ1 · 05-02-2008, 19:16

EBD, ensures you leave lots of "skid marks" as you hit the fence.

Scratcher · 07-02-2008, 02:15

"Screen Wash" - The ditch water that gets splashed on your windscreen after htting the fence and sliding along a hedgerow

anonymouse · 07-02-2008, 02:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by FOZ1

ESP. knowing you're going to hit the fence

Nah, all wrong, ESP is what you wish you'd been blessed with before all this had happened

FOZ1 · 07-02-2008, 08:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by anonymouse

Nah, all wrong, ESP is what you wish you'd been blessed with before all this had happened

Nah, hitting the fence is a pre-ordained act of fate and as such compleatly unavoidable,

To wit "an accident"

(even if such things don't exsist

)

***ncarring*** · 07-02-2008, 08:50

"Scrub radius" - how big an arc you carve out of the bushes before hitting the fence
"Slip angle" - the angle you slide off the road into the fence at

Basil · 07-02-2008, 09:02

"lift-off' oversteer is a complex technique that allows you to hit the fence with your rear, when you were going to hit it with your front. usually applied just after double-declutching (see above)

Octygone · 07-02-2008, 09:16

Devonutopia = hitting the fence whilst upside down ......sorry Jason

Basil · 07-02-2008, 09:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Octygone

Devonutopia = hitting the fence whilst upside down ......sorry Jason

Is that the same thing as "doing a Jason"?

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