On Sat, 01 Jul 2017 17:22:28 +0100, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:


"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2017 10:31:34 +0100, Jim GM4DHJ ...
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Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
Funny how almost every road car is FWD. RWD is for doing silly
stunts. FWD is easier to control.

front wheel drive was invented for wummin drivers ......

It gives better packaging therefore more interior space against overall
size of the vehicle. But not a consideration in these days of bloated
vehicles.

Was interested to see an Austin 1800 parked alongside a new Jag the
other
day. The 1800 can seat 5 of the largest adults with room to spare. The
Jag
much less - despite being bigger.

rwd solves all the problems of fwd .....and yes it is all style these
days
no practicality........

What problems of FWD?

engine rotates the wrong way in relation to the exhaust

So?

.....cv joint problems driving steered wheels......

I can only remember having to get one replaced once in my 20 years of driving.

cars still have transmission tunnels
for strength no gain.....

No they don't. The footwell at the back of my car is completely flat all the way across.

wind up engine/gearbox/diff all those gears
.....long gear change linkages instead of direct gear change into gearbox
.....etc

But no great big long rod to drive the back wheels. I had a rear wheel drive van that needed that sorted.

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Some believe that the world converting to the metric system would greatly simplify our measures. But look what would really happen to our old cliches:
A miss is as good as 1.6 kilometres.
Put your best 0.3 of a meter forward.
Spare the 5.03 metres and spoil the child.
Twenty-eight grams of prevention is worth 453 grams of cure.
Give a man 2.54 centimetres and he'll take 1.61 kilometres.
Peter Piper picked 8.8 litres of pickled peppers.