VolvoFan wrote:

> Well usually people want to hear the correct answer when they

> participate in a forum such as this so I'll have to say, YES. It

> really DOES matter what I want to call it!!

Nothing wrong with being precise (I try to at all costs myself) but I just wanted to point out that regardless of what the exact definition of this tech subject was, the fact of the matter still is that the car, under certain random circumstances, behaves in an unexpected fashion which can be cause for alarm for some drivers. I applaud your definition below and understand it fully--I have now been....enlightened! :o)

> And I'm sure if the rear end let loose when you goosed a Camaro V8

> with an open diff, THAT would be torque steer too? I mean, it does

> cause the car to turn (spin) in one direction or the other depending

> on which tire has more traction. Much the same as has already been

> described in your FWD experiences.

To my knowledge, RWD cars don't exhibit torque-steer. This would be oversteer.

> Probably the fact that Journalists usually don't know their ass from

> a hole in the ground but that's another story. Most tech will know

> what it is though.

No comment on the car journalist bit--I'm sure they TRY to understand as much as they can for their job (and an awesome job at that, I might add)

So would torque-steer be reduced or even eliminated if powerful FWD cars had limited slip diffs instead of open diffs?