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Old 04-02-2004, 12:59 AM
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Old 04-02-2004, 03:21 AM
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Indeed it does. Its even worse with a clutch in the rain on a standing start up hill.
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Perfectly describes my sentiments
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Old 04-02-2004, 11:14 AM
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Old 04-03-2004, 12:19 AM
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Yes, FWD sucks, but AWD is better
Only if you can deliver at least 80 hp to each wheel. :p
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Old 04-03-2004, 11:09 AM
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I personally prefer 4WD.

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Old 04-03-2004, 11:12 AM
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Old 04-03-2004, 11:58 AM
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We MB nuts understand...

Absolutely. Just don't even bother trying to explain that to the guy with a huge ugly wing on the back of his front-drive Civic. If he's not smart enough to realize that his hunk of injection-molded testosterone is creating aerodynamic drag while not helping the handling or stability of the car in any way, then he's not likely to understand the issues at stake in front vs. rear drive.
One thing you constantly run into is "but front-drive is better on snow and ice." Well, that's true, if you don't know how to drive. Some rear-drive cars don't have enough weight in the back, but that's easy to fix. I've passed droves of front-drivers on some pretty slick snowpack and ice. That's in my Fairlane. With regular tires.
There's only one reason that so many carmakers have been trying to sell front-drive as the better alternative: Cost. It's a lot cheaper to cram everything into the front of the car than to run it out to the back. Chrysler is finally figuring out that FWD doesn't work out so well in big cars. Ford never really forgot it, they're still selling the Crown Victoria (ever wonder why so many police departments use them exclusively?). GM is off starting it's "Revolution," which as likely as not means they're going to keep pushing the same warmed-over cars with worse and worse styling at us. Oh well; at least some of us know what's what.
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Old 04-03-2004, 11:42 PM
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"Chrysler is finally figuring out that FWD doesn't work out so well in big cars."

Uh, I think it's the Mercedes ownership that is moving the cars to RWD.
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Old 04-05-2004, 02:59 PM
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Hmm...I own both, and have owned both for nearly 20 years now.

In rain, kind of a draw.
Snow, FWD, yes. More better. Argue all you want there.
Get power to the road when you have 300HP, RWD.

My SD sucks in the snow(yes, it has good tires). My Audis are nearly unstoppable(with marginal tires even)

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