The banner above is an advertisment - if it asks you to download software, please ignore.
Site News - 3/26 M Car Covers (by State of Nine) | 12/12 Make Amazon Pay Saabnet!
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 21:22:29 +0200
From: "JP Roberts" <1234nospamo.com>
Subject: Re: Cost of repair Audi BMW Saab...(still crossposting)


> 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. You are now forgetting the most important point here, i.e., as it is impossible to keep perfectly straight steering - for one thing nothing is perfect, for another lateral slopes will spoil the rest of any good attempt at this. This, in practice, in the real world, zillion light years from where you live, means that when slippery enough and from certain climbing angles on the RWD will start swinging its butt so badly that no amount of wheel work will be able to compensate in order to keep the car on the right path. If you don't acknowledge this, it is only because you've never experienced that before. Actually, it does happen even with Quattro, given a sufficient amount of torque and pressure on the accelerator, and that's precisely because of your explanation above. When climbing under those conditions Quattro has no FWD rivals, RWD is totally out of the question, but FWD is the easiest to handle. > 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. The reason FWD is way more effective on slippery ground than RWD can be read in my previous point. Any attempt at countering this would suggest a tremendous lack of hands-on experience.

Return to Main Index
StateOfNine.com
SaabClub.com
Jak Stoll Performance
M Car Covers
Ad Available

The content on this site may not be republished without permission. Copyright © 1988-2024 - The Saab Network - saabnet.com.
For usage guidelines, see the Mission & Privacy Notice.
[Contact | Site Map | Saabnet.com on Facebook | Saabnet.com on Twitter | Shop Amazon via TSN | Site Donations]