mk3 oversteer

[Lorenz]

As much as you shouldnt be talking about this on a public forum, it has happened to me quite a few times when going for a blat in the hills. If I turn to hard and the rear end goes over the smooth white lines on the road the rear will often slide out. Have even got the car to four wheel slide around a few corners when pushing too hard around a few hairpins in the hills, which in some cases can be a little hairy but fun

Best way is to get a rear wheel drive car

[FknDubbin]

All you need is a rear sway bar wound up and bald tyres although it's not advised to do this.

Drifftin...

Ahem hahaha. Ive been doin it for a while now. Gettin new tyres put on 2moro though.

[GoLfMan]

my Polo gets the back out around roundabouts in the dry if i try hard enough also in the wet, lift off oversteer is the bomb (all on closed roads of course!)

[STV4SYT]

Ive had my Mk5 do it a few times, and ive only had it a week, i tend to lift off, turn (flick) and throttle thru the apex, goes back to my days as an engineer covering 50k miles a year around the back roads of ireland in a 306 Dturbo. great fun. even with the ESP turned on it doesnt restrict it either.

[rayray086]

Mine does Result of hard damper and stiff springs in the front. My right side doesn't look the same as the left side of the car because of this! But now I know how it behaves

[JP-009]

We (the ACT guys & gals) practice this at the local skid pan - used to be the AFP driver training complex.

I organised a half day session last October and everyone learned a little more about their car - various methods to get under/over steer and how to control it. Bucket loads of educational/drifting fun for $100.

No speed limits, no cops and big grins all 'round

[Jarred]

whose caddy is that??!?!

sure looks like alot of fun. I would actually road trip to camby just to do that.

[Jarred]

just a pic i felt like whoring.



I have a mag with a write up on this baby, very nice indeed. although it's in german, if any of you dare...

[velly_16v_cab]

that skidpan looks cool?

do they just use water or is something else added to make it slide more???

looks like great fun (ive done a skidpan in the uk but not in my own car)

[JP-009]

Peter from Canberra VW Centre owns the Caddy - and the number plate says it all

The skid pan is smooth concrete with water - that's it. This means that there is bugger all wear on the tyres.

Two Sydney-siders made the trek down for the day, and had a great time (as did we all). It was nice to put faces to the avatars.

All done in our own cars (and one person was lucky enough to have his missus bring the other car - so he had a shot at both cars on the 'pan )

I hope to organise another skid pan day in the second half of the year.

By which time I'll have bigger wheels and stiffer suspension on the Mk1 which should stop it from acting like a boat