whats a van der walls force then?? fancy way of saying friction to make you look clever i say.
and its because of the suspensions characteristics that the rear inside wheel comes off the ground, so it has everything to do with it.
handling doesnt help you go quickly?? haha you are full of facts bodhi
handling charactreistics are different in every case and what they do when the limit is overstepped is different too, in every case. i think you will find the better the suspension set up, the less likely you will be able to correct it if you overstep it, because the grip will just 'snap' and you will under/oversteer and crash, but the limit is far above that of a standard suspension setup so you can go a lot quicker.
Like I said, handling decides what happens if you go too quickly, whether you can survive over the limit or not. A Saxo, with it's trailing arm rear supension (known to be pretty crap), will snap oversteer you into a hedge if you so much as waiver on the throttle close to the limit. A Clio 182 or Mk 3 Gti, with their more advanced and by all acounts better rear set ups will give you a much more controllable rear end drift, allowing you to play with the throttle, changing the car's attitude through the corner (please, try this on a roundabout or other clear sighted corner, the conseqeunces of round a blind corner sideways don't bear thinking about.) so you can exit the corner faster - helping you travel faster. If a car has crap suspension like the Saxo (and to a lesser degree it's sister car, the 106 GTi), this tactic will simply leave you facing the wrong way. However, until the grip has been breached, that's what dictates cornering speed, not the car's handling.
P.S. van der Waals forces are the forces which produce friction. Friction is the byproduct of these things doing their bit.
