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bmw1229

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Front-wheel drive or rear-wheel drive?

Please explain why you prefer one rather than the other in dry/wet/snow conditions.
 
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For all of the conditions I would choose RWD in a heart beat if looking at the fun factor. Of course it is harder to drive a RWD car in snow but the only precaucions you have to take is make sure you don't apply too much gas. I remember when I almost hit a hydrant going no more than 5 mph the first day it snowed really hard but it wasn't because the car was RWD, it was because I couldn't drive (started braking in a turn) and the tires were summer tires that did poorly in any conditions different from dry. If you can't decide what car to get, get the RWD car, you will have more fun and instead of getting all season tires for the whole year, get summer tires and get pure winter tires, then you will be perfectly fine, just don't apply gas too much.
 
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RWD for me. FWD for pretty much all the other drivers cuz most people in America can't drive worth crap. Was behind some asian chick today who had her head glued to her cell phone with her left hand and was waving her cigarette around with her right as she talked. Kinda makes it hard to steer when you don't use your hands and her car was swerving all over the place as a result. She had passengers too!
 

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codex57 said:
RWD for me. FWD for pretty much all the other drivers cuz most people in America can't drive worth crap. Was behind some asian chick today who had her head glued to her cell phone with her left hand and was waving her cigarette around with her right as she talked. Kinda makes it hard to steer when you don't use your hands and her car was swerving all over the place as a result. She had passengers too!
LOL. I'm not sure front wheel drive would even help that lady. Sounds like she needs no wheel drive!!
 

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codex57 said:
RWD for me. FWD for pretty much all the other drivers cuz most people in America can't drive worth crap. Was behind some asian chick today who had her head glued to her cell phone with her left hand and was waving her cigarette around with her right as she talked. Kinda makes it hard to steer when you don't use your hands and her car was swerving all over the place as a result. She had passengers too!
bashing asian chicks?
 

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oooh... she caught ya!!!! I prefer RWD drive, for many reasons. The most important is this: take the exact same car, exact same HP but one with RWD and one with FWD and race them in the 1/4 mile.... the RWD will win... because when you punch the gas, most of the force goes to the rear of the car which=more traction in a RWD and LESS in a FWD. of course in any high HP situation a 4WD will smoke both, but thats a whole different story!
 
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What about working on the car? Its a lot easier on a RWD car too. Most FWD cars have their engines facing sideways and just replacing the spark plugs is a nightmare, not even talking about taking the tranny down.
 

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panzershreck said:
not off the line AWD wont... RWD is the way to go for racing... AWD for everything else
Actually, there's a reason the porsche 911 twin turbo is awd.... it definitely holds the road much better in acceleration.
 
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not off the line AWD wont... RWD is the way to go for racing... AWD for everything else
Watch Speed Channel when they have SCCA Track Racing. The AWD Audis SMOKE EVERYONE off the line, including the M3 and the Porsches. But then they give it up in the corners.

RWD is my choice. My biggest complaint about FWD is torque steer. The more HP a FWD car has the worse it gets.
 

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Torque steer, the the fact that, even with a limited slip differential - you can't pull out of a turn quickly without either 1. looking stupid becuase you don't move fast, or 2. totally loosing grip and not turning at all.
 


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