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Old 09-11-2002, 04:18 PM
pentoman pentoman is offline
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Originally posted by bobbyv

As for braking into a corner, I try to practice "trail braking", which is continuing to brake while cornering (although gradually letting it go), to shift more weight onto the front tires to improve cornering traction. Of course, this has to be done very smoothly or it will upset the suspension and your cornering line.
I'm not so sure this is a good idea. Sure, on a race track you enter the corner a little quicker, but i think you risk the rear end stepping out if you're braking too hard while turning (weight shifts off rear wheels). I think slow in, fast out is the only safe way to drive public roads - if you're going into turns quickly, or even still braking, then you may be near your traction limits. If some nutter is 3-point turning in the road ahead and you have to hit the brakes, the back of the car can skid (not too badly on MBs though). There's not enough room to be doing this on public roads.

Either way, don't try braking while turning in too many European front-drivers (especially any Peugeot hatchback - they prefer to drive backwards down the road than forwards, I confirmed this [intentionally] on an empty wet roundabout at night once, pretty unfriendly behaviour).
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