Re: [Amc-list] Trademarks

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Drive them both on a snow covered icey road.
I'll take FWD when that occurs.
Otherwise RWD.
Cheaper? maybe
Better? Who knows.
It does allow for more cabin space, shorter hoods, flatter floors, larger trunks.

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5

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From: Don Johnson <donjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Frank wrote;
> FWD CAN be cheaper! Designing may take a bit more time, but in the long
> run manufacturing is cheaper. The entire drivetrain, steering, and front
> suspension on most is assembled out of the car in one package with
> nothing in the way. A few small sub assemblies combined into one, then
> lifted in the car from the bottom. Once installed there are a few hook
> ups and it's done! More engineering and development work, but far less
> labor to assemble. If it wasn't cheaper it wouldn't be so universally
> used. LABOR to assemble is the key! The compactness of the assembled
> unit just makes it harder and more time consuming to make repairs, but
> the manufacturer isn't worried about that. 
> 
> I agree with you, it is cheaper to manufacture, and that is the point I was 
> making.
> As far as FWD being better, I revert to my performance driving instructor. What 
> makes a superior handling car?
> One with 50/50 front/rear weight distribution. FWD and front engine cars are the 
> same as RWD with rear engines but the Rear engine cars have an advantage because 
> the driving wheels are not also the steering wheels.
> Mid engine is usually best and front engine and rear drive is next.
> I spent many hours learning to brake without activating the antiskid and steer 
> with the throttle. The hardest thing is to keep the wheels from slipping any 
> more than necessary. Steering and throttle are needed to control slip. With the 
> driving wheels also doing the steering, and when those are the wheels slipping, 
> you lose both.
> I won't own another FWD car. I'm an oldster and grew up driving RWD. I owned a 
> GM and a Ford FWD car for a time and never considered the FWD to be superior in 
> the snow, and we get a lot of it up here in the Great White North.
> Show me a FWD performance car and I'll show you........never mind, just show me 
> a FWD performance car.
> Don
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