On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:48:11 -0800 (PST), AD > wrote:

>On 25 ???, 14:58, Dean Dark > wrote:
>> On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:07:44 -0800 (PST), AD > wrote:
>> >> >IIRC the Vitesse had a lethal flaw, whereby in hard cornering the outside
>> >> >rear wheel would fold under the car.
>>
>> >> That would only happen if you snapped off the throttle in mid-corner,
>> >> which no capable driver would do. *It's the same kind of thinking as
>> >> the people who believe that the Porsche 911 has a "fatal flaw" because
>> >> it will spin out if you do the same thing.
>>
>> >In the best Homer Simpson voice: "Umm, the rear engine layout + RWD...
>> >massive weight resting on the rear axle. I love oversteer"
>>
>> ... and that is *exactly* the kind of misguided 'Homer Simpson' type
>> of thinking that I was talking about. *Believe it or not, there are
>> many people out there who think that understeer is A Good Thing.
>
>Yes, I believe you, judging by the fact that there are few affordable
>rear wheel drivers
>these days and most of the surviving ones have the engine in front.

Or in the middle.