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Save me from Ikea cr*p
On 30/06/2017 22:16, wrote:
On Friday, 30 June 2017 22:09:08 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jun 2017 09:34:12 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
charles wrote:
Funny how almost every road car is FWD. RWD is for doing silly
stunts. FWD is easier to control.
until the Mini (real one) turned up, every car was RWD.
Herdly. Citroen made FWD cars in the UK long before the Mini.
Alvis made a FWD in the UK in the 1930s. And of course others word wide.
Just how a car handles is down to a lot more than just which end is driven.
I've had many many cars in my life, and all the FWD ones are way easier to control. If you go a bit too fast round a corner, the FWD ones self correct. The RWD ones go more and more out of control until you either spin round or collide with something.
Someone hasn't learnt how to correct errant car handling. Hint: all cars mis-handle when pushed too far. Without a single solitary exception. Ever.
My wife's FWD car misbehaves safely.
If I push it into a corner a bit fast it understeers. I then have to
lift off, which transfers the weight forward and it understeers less.
Boring but safe.
My RWD car will go around the same corner with twice the G. I can put
the power down on the exit much sooner - but when it goes, it really
goes. I have to concentrate when pushing it. And if I have to brake in a
corner - brown trousers time.
OTOH, it's easy to drive beyond what is the limit for hers. Horses for
courses.
Andy
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