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Title: My quick drive home survey
Post by: Martin_1962 on 24 October 2008, 19:44:53
Decided to roughly count the cars, must have seen about 200 - saw most in about 2 miles!!!!

Very roughly where I could ID

20 RWD
25 4WD
100 WWD

Quite depressing really
Title: Re: My quick drive home survey
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 24 October 2008, 19:59:38
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Decided to roughly count the cars, must have seen about 200 - saw most in about 2 miles!!!!

Very roughly where I could ID

20 RWD
25 4WD
100 WWD

Quite depressing really

Fwd?
Title: Re: My quick drive home survey
Post by: STMO123 on 24 October 2008, 20:03:22
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Decided to roughly count the cars, must have seen about 200 - saw most in about 2 miles!!!!

Very roughly where I could ID

20 RWD
25 4WD
100 WWD

Quite depressing really

Fwd?

Yes.... Wrong Wheel Drive. Ho Hum ::)
Title: Re: My quick drive home survey
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 24 October 2008, 20:08:24
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Decided to roughly count the cars, must have seen about 200 - saw most in about 2 miles!!!!

Very roughly where I could ID

20 RWD
25 4WD
100 WWD

Quite depressing really

Fwd?

Yes.... Wrong Wheel Drive. Ho Hum ::)

Even more depressing if they are wrong wheel drive Diesels....they are taking over the world. ;D :y
Title: Re: My quick drive home survey
Post by: Golfbuddy on 24 October 2008, 20:34:12
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Decided to roughly count the cars, must have seen about 200 - saw most in about 2 miles!!!!

Very roughly where I could ID

20 RWD
25 4WD
100 WWD

Quite depressing really

Methinks you need to get the radio fixed in your car Martin.  ;)
Title: Re: My quick drive home survey
Post by: Martin_1962 on 24 October 2008, 21:26:33
Radio is fine just thought about it 30 seconds after leaving work
Title: Re: My quick drive home survey
Post by: Martin_1962 on 24 October 2008, 21:27:07
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Decided to roughly count the cars, must have seen about 200 - saw most in about 2 miles!!!!

Very roughly where I could ID

20 RWD
25 4WD
100 WWD

Quite depressing really

Fwd?

Wrong wheel drive ;D
Title: Re: My quick drive home survey
Post by: willyboy on 25 October 2008, 18:56:20
You ought to be near the local school when mumsies are picking up there stove lids its more like

6 RWD
6 FWD
30 4WD

Parked on pavements/dbl parked some even park under a speed camera on the main rd to the side of the school !! :D The lollipop lady cant hardly see round em to step out, think she gambles & sticks her lollipop out at 90 deg  ;D
Title: Re: My quick drive home survey
Post by: Tony H on 25 October 2008, 19:13:38
Fwd conceived for the benefit of the motor manufacturers not the motorists
Title: Re: My quick drive home survey
Post by: pete.h on 25 October 2008, 19:30:47
There is a theory that fwd is safer than rwd , even though it may not handle as well ultimately.

I'm not sure I'd want my wife , or my kids whem they were learning,  in a rwd car , particularly a powerful one , especially on a wet road.
Title: Re: My quick drive home survey
Post by: Tony H on 25 October 2008, 19:38:09
FWD = loose traction, loose steering, loose steering loose traction :o
Title: Re: My quick drive home survey
Post by: pete.h on 25 October 2008, 20:11:42
yeah but if you lift off in a fwd you get the traction and steering back again , without too much drama usually.
If you lift off after you've lost the rear end of a rwd car, all sorts of exciting things tend to happen , most of which involve facing the wrong way.
I'm not talking about drivers who know what to do in these situations , I'm talking about young/ inexperienced/crap ones !!
Title: Re: My quick drive home survey
Post by: amigov6 on 25 October 2008, 20:58:09
Not sure where you got the first bit from. If you overcook it in a FWD & lift off it will let go on you, you have to keep your nerve, foot down & full lock to pull the front in. Prefer RWD myself cos i'm an old fart.
   I've oval raced & bangered both so know what they're like beyond thier limits.
     Just my opinion....Guy. :y
Title: Re: My quick drive home survey
Post by: pete.h on 25 October 2008, 21:23:16
Like I said before , I'm talking about drivers who basically haven't got a clue . I reckon if the only cars you could buy were rwd cars , the roads would be a more dangerous place.

On the other point me and both my lads do autograss racing . The juniors race from 12 years old in minis only, because the powers that be reckon there's less chance of danger with grids of 10 heading for the first corner in fwd cars.

There are various other classes up to twin bike engined specials as you probably know , but I think in general the most spins and spectacular accidents are by the rear drive cars. When they let go at high speed even the experienced guys have a job catching them .

Just my opinion too, but I still wouldn't want a learner driver to be in a rwd car on a slippery road.