Odd Mod??

[Charles Levien]

Much of the curious handling problems, especially on standard cars, appears to stem from 'roll oversteer'. because of the rear suspension geometry, as the car corners and leans over, the outer rear spring compresses, moving that side of the axle back which has the effect of pointing the nose further into the corner. I quickly re-learned how to use this for hurrying a box saloon round bends! Can be fun on bumpy roads, though.

How true this is — I remember going round a roundabout a bit too fast in a tourer with my passenger asleep resting his head and arms on the top of the door. It was late at night and after a party. At the height of oversteer his door flew open. I got him back by jerking the steering wheel which was a relief. Odd thing was that he had no recollection of this having happened. 
Happy days.