Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 13:01:38 -0400 From: "Fred W." <Fred.Willsnospampam myrealbox.com> Subject: Re: Cost of repair Audi BMW Saab...(still crossposting)
"Wolfgang Pawlinetz" <w.pawlinetznospamet> wrote in message news:5qp1a0teb17een67eish24ov5r9hq33j41nospamcom... > Imad Al-Ghouleh schrieb: > > >I dont know why people keep insisting that BMW is bad in winter. > > Because it is. Especially compared to a FWD saab or a quattro Audi. > :-) > > BTDT. > > The rearwheel drive is fun and with all the electronic gimmicks it > will really do it's job. However at a certain climb angle or even > slipperyness of the road, the rearwheel drive gives in, then the FWD > and then the quattro. > Sorry, no. This is contrary to the laws of physics. If you assume equal axle weights, as the car climbs it places more weight over the rear axle and less over the front. So a rear wheel drive car would have an advantage over a FWD in climbing. Obviously, an AWD car with the same weight and tires would be better than either. I have never found a FWD car is better than a RWD car in the snow in general. The reason people think that is because at the point that they *do* lose traction (and they all will eventually), it is easier for the inexperienced troglodyte driver to control the FWD's inherent front end plowing understeer than the RWD, which can be made to either under or over steer with judicious input on the fun pedal. -Fred W
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