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to the gay village
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front wheel drive is awesome
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It's a few hundred pounds. Need a heavier drive shaft, gears and rear axle. And having the engine on top of the driving wheels means you get less slip, more efficient.PrivateVendetta wrote:
But rear wheel cars generally have larger engines, that's why the power goes to the rear...
Or is it the Front wheel drive that makes it lighter? Can't make that much of a difference.
Last edited by Jay (2012-07-19 16:12:22)
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Well, mileage standards are the primary reason so few cars are RWD now.PrivateVendetta wrote:
I guess the wording just threw me.
'Better gas mileage' made me think of something more technical. I would have just written 'lighter' and left the implications at that.
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I know it sounds silly coming from somebody who already drives one, but why do people prefer RWD cars?
i don't really have much of a preference, but RWD in sports cars is more fun, but that's kinda irrelevant on the road
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You get more torque out of a RWD car. If you know how to drive them (i.e. you don't freak out when the ass end slides out), they're better in turns, generally go faster, and are just more fun.
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What makes them better in turns?
You can make sharper turns at higher speeds because the energy is pushing the car through the turn, and the power is coming at a higher angle relative to the center mass. A FWD car is less likely to slip, but if it does it's less recoverable.
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Tire smoke from the rear is cooler.
No, if a front wheel drive car starts sliding its A LOT easier to recover.Jay wrote:
You can make sharper turns at higher speeds because the energy is pushing the car through the turn, and the power is coming at a higher angle relative to the center mass. A FWD car is less likely to slip, but if it does it's less recoverable.
for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.
Not in my experience, but I could be wrong. I've owned 3 RWD vehicles and one FWD, only ever lost control of my moms FWD altima.Camm wrote:
No, if a front wheel drive car starts sliding its A LOT easier to recover.Jay wrote:
You can make sharper turns at higher speeds because the energy is pushing the car through the turn, and the power is coming at a higher angle relative to the center mass. A FWD car is less likely to slip, but if it does it's less recoverable.
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In my head it makes sense that a FWD would both lose control and recover easier.
I've owned a few FWD drive cars but never lost control of any so I wouldn't really know if this is correct or not.
I've owned a few FWD drive cars but never lost control of any so I wouldn't really know if this is correct or not.
my FWD car does better in the snow than even the lifted 4x4 trucks around here. ok, even lifted the trucks should do better, it's the jackasses driving them that fuck up royally, bite the barrier, and the FWD cars pass them looking like
When an fwd car loses grip it under steers, much easier to catch and control.Jay wrote:
Not in my experience, but I could be wrong. I've owned 3 RWD vehicles and one FWD, only ever lost control of my moms FWD altima.Camm wrote:
No, if a front wheel drive car starts sliding its A LOT easier to recover.Jay wrote:
You can make sharper turns at higher speeds because the energy is pushing the car through the turn, and the power is coming at a higher angle relative to the center mass. A FWD car is less likely to slip, but if it does it's less recoverable.
When an rwd car loses grip, it oversteers, much, much harder to catch and control.
for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.
I don't believe you've studied engineering, you'd have some clue if you had.Jay wrote:
You can make sharper turns at higher speeds because the energy is pushing the car through the turn, and the power is coming at a higher angle relative to the center mass. A FWD car is less likely to slip, but if it does it's less recoverable.
Wrong again.Well, mileage standards are the primary reason so few cars are RWD now.
Catching understeer seems to be counter-intuitive for a lot of people, but yes if you do it right its much simpler.Camm wrote:
When an fwd car loses grip it under steers, much easier to catch and control.
When an rwd car loses grip, it oversteers, much, much harder to catch and control.
Last edited by Dilbert_X (2012-07-20 02:49:56)
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RWD, less torque steer when you have decent power, more feel with the road.
Basically better to drive a RWD if it's not a shit box runaround that doesn't need to be RWD.
Basically better to drive a RWD if it's not a shit box runaround that doesn't need to be RWD.
yeah but dilbs most normal drivers haven't got a clue how to catch a sliding rear. It's so much easier in an FWD car, when you start sliding, off the power. If the back swings out in a RWD car, and you let off the power, the back will slide even more, basic physics.Dilbert_X wrote:
Catching understeer seems to be counter-intuitive for a lot of people, but yes if you do it right its much simpler.Camm wrote:
When an fwd car loses grip it under steers, much easier to catch and control.
When an rwd car loses grip, it oversteers, much, much harder to catch and control.
for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.
Yeah, and my older brother had a BMW 523, my father had a 523, and an MX5, and my mate has had a 328, and now has an MX5.Dilbert_X wrote:
Have you driven a RWD car?
for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.