What FWD car should have been RWD?

[einhander]

I don't know about any of this...there are FWD cars that handle better than RWD cars. RWD does not always a better car make.

I'm dating myself here, but if you had told me in 1995 that I had to choose between a Civic Si and a 318ti on handling alone, I'd take the Honda all day long.

[asuj158]

I love front wheel drive and rear wheel drive. depends on the application. in bad weather FWD is unreal. With snow tires on i plowed through foot high snow in my clubman S. thing is a beast. but for racing and spirited driving RWD

[mcr_driver]

hyundai Tiburon

It's called the genesis coupe now...

My vote goes for the ford mondeo/fusion.

[E30nub1]

the sentra SE-R 1998-2003 would IMO have been the second coming of the e30 had it been RWD

[randomtask37]

What FWD car should have been RWD?

Toyota Celica
Mitsubishi eclipse

[einhander]

So, leaving aside the descent of this thread into childish abuse.

I said RWD in summer and FWD in winter because it's not about drifting or loss of control in the winter, in the city. It's about weight over the drive traction wheels. It's about being able to get moving when the light turns green, up-hill, on the polished ice with just bit of rain falling and pedestrians are having a hard time walking. FWD and AWD cars move off, RWD ones don't. Even BMWs and Mercs with good tires can't get out of the way and hold up traffic. There's a limit to driver skill when the drive wheel traction just. isn't. there.

Skill testing question: why is a hand-brake useful in the above "uphill on the ice" conditions?
Bonus; why is a hand-brake especially useful if differential isn't limited-slip?

Get a load of this guy!

[strang3majik]

The Dodge Omni GLH...which had a RWD version over in Europe that the chassis for the Omni was based off of called the Lotus Sunbeam.

BS we didn't get it.

[LowR3V'in]

e30s should of been front wheel drive

[randomtask37]

hyundai Tiburon

[SubDad]

So, leaving aside the descent of this thread into childish abuse.

I said RWD in summer and FWD in winter because it's not about drifting or loss of control in the winter, in the city. It's about weight over the drive traction wheels. It's about being able to get moving when the light turns green, up-hill, on the polished ice with just bit of rain falling and pedestrians are having a hard time walking. FWD and AWD cars move off, RWD ones don't. Even BMWs and Mercs with good tires can't get out of the way and hold up traffic. There's a limit to driver skill when the drive wheel traction just. isn't. there.

Skill testing question: why is a hand-brake useful in the above "uphill on the ice" conditions?
Bonus; why is a hand-brake especially useful if differential isn't limited-slip?

[87shark]

eat da whole ass

Breakfast lunch n dinner. Maybe dessert

[csermonet47]

Breakfast lunch n dinner. Maybe dessert

[Stephen]

eat da whole ass

[Stephen]

just remember

[smitche]

you said "experts". they look like they were written by somebody who did a quick google search on the +'s and -'s of different drive types. actually, all 3 articles look like they could have been written by the same person, or plagiarized from each other.

just because you see an opinion everywhere doesn't make it correct. opinions are like assholes, remember.. also, I'm pretty sure everything I've read on the internet is true. ;)

must really like assholes, since that's all you post...