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Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 21:05:47 GMT
From: "goodguy" <goodguynopsamhere.se>
Subject: Re: RWD.


"Johannes H Andersen" <johsnopsamanytime.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet news:3DA0A000.29335CF5nopsamanytime.co.uk... > > > goodguy wrote: > > > > "Johannes H Andersen" <johsnopsamanytime.co.uk> wrote in > > news:3DA01042.1D07E5B8nopsamanytime.co.uk... > > > > > >> > > > > By the way, Saabs FWD advertising campaign on the introduction of the 99 > > > > in the late sixties showed a photo of a horse and sledge - with the > > > > horse harnessed _behind_ the sledge - to show people how stupid it would > > > > be to apply the propulsion at the rear of a vehicle (like, for instance, > > > > in a car with RWD).... > > > > > > No, I wouldn't imagine it would work, although the principle works fine > > for > > > rockets. :) > > > > > Yes, but rockets use electronic guidance systems, that react much faster > > than any driver could do, to handle propulsion at the rear of the vehicle. > > Those systems are still at research stage for cars but maybe they will be a > > reality in a couple of years. Btw, have you heard about the Saab where the > > steering wheel was replaced by a joystick? > > > > GG > > No I haven't seen that one. But I saw a programme here, they had a Saab 9-5 > where the gas and brake pedal was combined into one. The idea was that it > would be quicker to react to braking if the foot didn't have to change > pedal. I'm not sure how it actually worked, I think that if you pressed the > pedal in a certain way, it would brake, otherwise speed. Maybe our Swedish > friends can clarify? I don't quite think that I could get used to it. > Read an article about it. The idea is that in order to speed you should twist the foot, with the heel in a "fixed" position and to brake you should press the entire foot towards the floor. Quite an innovation but I don't know how efficient it would be combined with a cruise control, where you in most cases let the foot off the pedals. GG

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