Talk:Opposite lock/Archive 1

Archive 1

Diagram

This article could really use a good diagram to illustrate it. A mention of it's use in the movie Cars would not be remiss either. --TexasDex 16:06, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

The diagram is helpful, however it is not clear what direction the car is traveling. An arrow would clear it up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldmanbiker (talk • contribs) 23:39, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Why light tyre pressure?

Currently in the article:

In this case a light tire pressure increase is recommended to avoid problems during or after manoeuvres.

The case in question is when you're driving on a high friction surface, such as asphalt. I wonder, what kind of problems is it talking about. No explanation is given, really. —Bromskloss 14:57, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Needs mention of drifting

This should have some mention of "Drifting", the north american term for the same technique (not to be confused with the "sport" of drifting, which is more concerned with style than speed) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.66.117.28 (talk) 06:12, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Added a link and described the similarities to powersliding. FlatEric521 15:27, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Scandinavian flick

If Scandinavian flick is another name for this, you may want to cross-link or merge the two articles. If not, please explain the difference. -AndrewDressel 15:30, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Move objection

This article was recently renamed to Countersteering (Automobile), a controversial move which I strongly object to. To this end I moved the page back to its original name, and requested that Countersteering (Motorcycle) be moved back to Countersteering. If anyone wants to contribute to the discussion please go to Talk:Countersteering (Motorcycle)#Move request. Thanks. --Biker Biker (talk) 16:03, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Advanced driving techniques that deliberately use oversteer e.g. drifting, power slides etc.

It seems this article as well as some others e.g. scandinavian flick, handbrake turns etc. are all different methods of deliberately causing oversteer to navigate a turn. As such perhaps these should be linked together in an article about advanced driving techniques using oversteer. Very little gravitas indeed (talk) 14:23, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

with regards to evoking oversteer in a front wheel drive vehicle, one common technique has been overlooked. 'lift-off oversteer'. This is where vehicle weight is transferred using the throttle. When the vehicle is about to reach understeer, abruptly lifting the throttle pedal transfers weight to the front of the vehicle causing the rear to 'go light' reducing rear end traction and causing a slide. This is useful on tight road circuits to tighten the cars line through a corner. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.47.78.150 (talk) 23:03, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Please help with Interlanguage Links

I've been trying to link this page to its Italian counterpart "Controsterzo". Right now, the Italian article "Controsterzo" links to "Countersteering", but the text in the Italian article is about Opposite Lock instead. I tried fiddling with the Wikidata interlanguage links, but I haven't been able to make it behave like it needs to. Any help? --ZeframCochrane (talk) 16:52, 15 March 2013 (UTC)