Re: [Amc-list] Trademarks

[Keleigh Hardie <keleigh3000@xxxxxxxxx>]

<gloat>And my Eagle will still be moving when both are spinning 
helplessly. </gloat>

Kelly

Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 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
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> 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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