Re: [Amc-list] Trademarks

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I don't actually drive either one!
I get in the truck or the Jeep and put itin 4 wheel drive!
Just pointing out  one thing FWD is actually good or better at.

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

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From: 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
> >
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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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