"Berang" (berang)
02/01/2016 at 06:00 • Filed to: None
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"Berang" (berang)
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Flavien Vidal
> Berang
02/01/2016 at 07:51 |
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What a POS to drive though :)
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Berang
> Flavien Vidal
02/01/2016 at 07:57 |
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You don’t like the combination of go-kart steering and oversteer?
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Flavien Vidal
> Berang
02/01/2016 at 08:07 |
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GoKart steering? :)
Not really... at all...
It’s probably the most unstable car I have ever driven, borderline dangerous. And oversteer is only fun if you can control it. Without a LSD, you simply can’t, whether you’re Chris Harris or just me.
So the car is not only very highly prone to heavy oversteer, but it also is utterly uncontrollable when it gets into a slide. I let you imagine how it is in the rain :). People had to put heavy stuff in the frunk to drive under the rain, not even talking about snow, just to turn, and even then, that was crazy sketchy...
My grand father owned one and while he remembered it as being somewhat “interesting”, the dangerous side of the car is quite insane haha
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Berang
> Flavien Vidal
02/01/2016 at 08:25 |
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Reminds me of a video of people driving 4cvs around a skidpad:
They do tend to spin round in a way beetles and my subaru 360 wouldn’t.
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Flavien Vidal
> Berang
02/01/2016 at 08:30 |
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haha awesome video lol. I can only imagine the guy inside fighting with the wheel like crazy while going 20kph :D
That’s very 4CV like. Getting into a spin at 20kph. Now just imagine if you’re on a road, driving fairly normally, then a wet patch shows up in a wide corner... Only thing you have to do is hope to pass the corner without dying haha
This car was truly fucked up, but that’s also why it’s fun and collectible today :) (and most likely why it’s also still cheap and not on the verge of picking up in value lol)
punkgoose17
> Berang
02/01/2016 at 11:14 |
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Do you know why the 4CV spins and the Beetle does not.
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Berang
> punkgoose17
02/01/2016 at 11:50 |
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I think the simple explanation is the 4cv has more weight behind the rear axle, given it is watercooled. I’m sure there are also differences in suspension that matter.