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[Sc0rian]

 

 

not going to fix it? Has it gone to scrap yard, hopefully got insurance pay out and never to be seen again? 

[SteveA]

I figured it was going to cost me £6.5K to fix and the buy back from the insurance was £3.5. I thought there was no way a cat C 80K mile car was ever going to be worth £10K no matter the spec so I let it go. Insurance paid out and everything got sorted really quickly and smoothly.

[VXBONE]

damm, it was going so well,sorry for you mate

[SPLAM]

That wasn't nice viewing. I guess it could have ended lots worse, glad you were ok and also got ins. Payout.

[Bakazan]

I was randomly thinking about this (and sorry Steve for the thread resurrection) but what is actually happening here from a car dynamics perspective? With the centre of mass of the car in front of the rear wheels surely both rear wheels locking should have a tendancy to pull the car straight? What causes the massive yawing motion?

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

I was randomly thinking about this (and sorry Steve for the thread resurrection) but what is actually happening here from a car dynamics perspective? With the centre of mass of the car in front of the rear wheels surely both rear wheels locking should have a tendancy to pull the car straight? What causes the massive yawing motion?

That particular corner also has a massive camber in it Your also might have one tire with more traction than the other Also you may have more heat on one side of the cars tires

Edited by CHILL Gone DUTCH, 06 March 2017 - 09:38 PM.

[Captain Vimes]

Friction of a sliding tyre is lower than one that isn't sliding (essentially static to road surface) so rear suddenly has less braking force and wants to overtake the front. Also with rear wheels locked there's much lower sideways traction vs the front. Ie lock the rear wheels with your handbrake on and go round a corner and see what happens!