Originally Posted by
Matra et Alpine
Intrigued to what hte hell happened that a driver willing and able to get a FWD that fast didnt' knwo hwo to stick in there.
FWD is easier at the limit, but you just have to use 3 pedals and 2 feet simultaneously.
Mis-judging things is the cause of then understeering off, cos once youve' exceeded the traction you're stuck with understeer
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Sounds like you saw someone who didnt' knwo how to
The driver was my brother and the car was a Magna, And he is very capable driver, Last years Bathurst he got the Ford Territory into a Drift around a tree Trust me that was a site.
He got to the corner with this magna t/c was nuts and it went straight he hit the power hard turned harder it just went all bad.
Originally Posted by
KnifeEdge_2K1
you cant generalize something based on one incident, if i see a guy lose it in a rwd and smack ass first into a tree does that make all rwds bad ?? no
fwd's are better then rwd at some elements and rwds are better in others, there is no perfect drivetrain, just a perfect drivetrain for specific types of driving, in small cars with relatively low power the ff's disadvantages are mellowed out and often do better then rwd cars of the same class, when you move up in power and size rwd becomes better, when you have so much power (bugatti) without alot of downforce (most road cars) then awd becomes a neccesity
would you say the original civic type r had bad handling ?? the TSX ?? the integra ??
That was only one incident i spoke of not only one incident i know of.
I have drove many of them FWD cars. Holden Camira Toyota Corollas Proton Gen-2 just a few, And while i was in the Proton with it's lotus suspension and hit a corner @ 20kp/h faster then i would have in my RWD car and flat as a tack to, It was the wide corner again where the car just stayed out far when giving it all to crap it back around. It was then that same corner i took my car and it bit harder down at the rear and straighten.
Last edited by SlickHolden; 05-14-2006 at 09:32 AM.
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