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.