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Title: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: Auto Addict on 22 August 2006, 09:59:58
Out of interest.....

http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/07/18/rear-wheel-drive-on-the-rise/
Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: Tezray on 22 August 2006, 10:08:49
RWD is definately the way forward. Since owning my Omega's I cant see myself wanting to go back to FWD, unless it really is a bloody good car!! Switch the traction off, drop a couple of gears and listen to the V6 sing around those bends  :D
Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: Davey on 22 August 2006, 10:52:51
RWD and 4WD give a far superior and refined ride.
Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: Markjay on 22 August 2006, 13:38:17
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RWD is definately the way forward...

...and sideways...   ;)



Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: Auto Addict on 22 August 2006, 18:56:19
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RWD is definately the way forward...

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....and backwards... ;D
Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 22 August 2006, 18:58:35
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RWD is definately the way forward...

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....and backwards... ;D

and for going round corners  ;D
Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: Auto Addict on 22 August 2006, 19:03:16
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RWD is definately the way forward...

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....and backwards... ;D

and for going round corners  ;D

...and up hills and down dales.... :)
Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: Tony H on 22 August 2006, 19:25:35
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RWD is definately the way forward. Since owning my Omega's I cant see myself wanting to go back to FWD, unless it really is a bloody good car!! Switch the traction off, drop a couple of gears and listen to the V6 sing around those bends  :D
Simple fwd to rwd conversion "drive everywhere in reverse ;D
Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: Auto Addict on 22 August 2006, 19:46:19
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RWD is definately the way forward. Since owning my Omega's I cant see myself wanting to go back to FWD, unless it really is a bloody good car!! Switch the traction off, drop a couple of gears and listen to the V6 sing around those bends  :D
Simple fwd to rwd conversion "drive everywhere in reverse ;D

No that's just being silly ;D
Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: tunnie on 22 August 2006, 20:25:29
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RWD is definately the way forward. Since owning my Omega's I cant see myself wanting to go back to FWD, unless it really is a bloody good car!! Switch the traction off, drop a couple of gears and listen to the V6 sing around those bends  :D
Simple fwd to rwd conversion "drive everywhere in reverse ;D

No that's just being silly ;D

That would give some entertaining handling!!

Rwd is better on tyres too, get more even ware
Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: Markjay on 22 August 2006, 23:58:25
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RWD is definately the way forward...

...and sideways...   ;)




....and backwards... ;D

Yep, done that, many years ago, in an old RWD Alfa Romeo in the wet, a small sideways power slide that very quickly became a 180 degrees turn and a beautiful backwards slide into a bus stop... luckily it was 1am so the bus stop was empty, but the Alfa needed a new boot. The bus company, on the other hand, needed a new bus stop...  ;D


Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: Auto Addict on 23 August 2006, 06:43:59
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RWD is definately the way forward...

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....and backwards... ;D

Yep, done that, many years ago, in an old RWD Alfa Romeo in the wet, a small sideways power slide that very quickly became a 180 degrees turn and a beautiful backwards slide into a bus stop... luckily it was 1am so the bus stop was empty, but the Alfa needed a new boot. The bus company, on the other hand, needed a new bus stop...  ;D



B****y maniac.... :o
Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: Markjay on 23 August 2006, 10:25:13
I was some 25 years younger then...  :(


But yes, you are probably right...  ;D




Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: TheBoy on 23 August 2006, 10:31:39
I'm so old, I haven't even attempted a handbrake assisted u-turn in my MV6. Yet.
Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: Markjay on 23 August 2006, 10:38:06
Well I have only ever written-off one car (so far hehe), an Alfasud ti (and a very nice car it was too!)

I crashed the other Alfa - a RWD Alfetta - twice (the bus stop was one of them - a head-on collision with a Ford Fiesta with four pensioners who luckily escaped un-harmed was the second) - but on both occasions it was repaired and I finally sold it in working order.

But that all happened 25 years ago!  ;D

And yes, the Alfas were great fun to drive... a nightmare to maintain though...  :(







Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: Auto Addict on 23 August 2006, 11:25:32
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I'm so old, I haven't even attempted a handbrake assisted u-turn in my MV6. Yet.

Best to try it when the wife's sitting next to you....as a surprise ;D
Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: nixoro on 23 August 2006, 11:35:43
Done it a few times when I first got my car, one time I was feeling more daring and nearly spanked a lamp post in the middle of a carpark when doing it. ;D
Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: tunnie on 23 August 2006, 13:57:58
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I'm so old, I haven't even attempted a handbrake assisted u-turn in my MV6. Yet.

Wasn't the handbrake a tad sticky in TB1? - I'd make sure it works correctly by doing a U-Turn down Tesco's car park  ;)
Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: Markjay on 23 August 2006, 19:43:04
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I'm so old, I haven't even attempted a handbrake assisted u-turn in my MV6. Yet.

Wasn't the handbrake a tad sticky in TB1? - I'd make sure it works correctly by doing a U-Turn down Tesco's car park  ;)

You can't make a U-Turn in a Tesco car park because it is a well known fact that Omega cam sensors don't work there!

Title: Re: Rear Wheel Drive
Post by: Auto Addict on 23 August 2006, 20:43:01
Keep going MJ, you're catching TD up fast [smiley=thumbsup.gif]