Quote Originally Posted by Tobster View Post
I believe that a lot of the veering described by people in this thread could be due to tramlining.

I had a little play while driving home last night. My steering is happy to veer to the left, the right or to stay straight ahead -- all within a tiny fraction of a steering-wheel turn.

Since the car tramlines so readily, it really doesn't take much to get it to veer...
What you are describing is not tramlining. That is sharp steering response. That is different to tramlining and to drifting. Tramlining is when you go over a surface defect on the road and the interaction of the tyre with that groove/hole/line travels back up the steering rack and turns the wheel against your command. So if you were holding the steering wheel loosely, it would turn on its own. In drifting, the steering wheel self-centering point is not straight. So once self-centered, the car will veer off to the right (or left), but not as quick as tramlining and certainly doesn't pull the steering wheel from your hands.