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Old 02-01-2008, 11:54 AM
GreyGoose006 GreyGoose006 is offline
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Re: Whats the point of Front Wheel drive?

while its true that fwd cars dont fishtail under power, the do "fish head"
if youve ever driven a fwd car that can spin both the front tires you know that if you punch the gas and the tires light up, you have no steering.

also, generally, fwd balances well while cornering and NOT giving any gas.
its when you give it gas that it understeers.
this could be eliminated if the suspension were designed with a little more lift off oversteer (very easy to do w/ fwd) but then you'd have moms sliding off the road in their corollas...

for 75% of my driving, id be fine w/ fwd, but the 25% of the time when i want to have fun, theres nothing better than my iroc
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