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nwmlarge
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Post Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:31 pm

true or false to the following statements

1:Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car.

2:Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.

3:Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall.

4:Torque is how far you take the wall with you.

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Post Sun Oct 01, 2006 4:34 pm

sounds good to me! nice 'n' simple.

theres a nice bit of over steer in your avatar. :cool:
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Post Sun Oct 01, 2006 4:40 pm

lovely example of 'hero'ing it lol :cool:
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Post Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:06 pm

Hehe, that sounds good to me too.

nwmlarge - I cannot stop watching your avatar!! its well cool! :cool: lol
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Post Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:12 pm

torque is how hard u will hit the wall is how i understand it
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Post Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:39 pm

nwmlarge wrote:true or false to the following statements

1:Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car.

2:Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.

3:Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall.

4:Torque is how far you take the wall with you.
5. all that really matters is that you HIT THE WALL!
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