Re: RWD vs. AWD.

["Dr. Bob" <rmalinka@spec.net>]

At 05:45 PM 2/1/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Khan Klatt wrote:
>
>> OK, I want to make one thing clear, because I'm not angry and I'm not
shouting:
>>
>> BILL WAKE UP MAN, NOT EVERYONE DRIVES ON THE TRACK. PEOPLE LIKE AWD
>> SO THEY CAN DRIVE ******OFF****** ********THE*******
>> *******TRACK******.
>
>Forgive me for assuming that whatever makes you a faster driver also makes
you a
>better driver.  (if you can't find the sarcasm in that statement .. look
harder).
>I'm almost 22 years old and I've got over 300,000 miles under my belt
>"*******OFF******* *******THE****** *******TRACK*******".  

I'll have to say I've got more miles than that on the ocean and on land! I
get the 
impression you think your the only one who "DRIVES". 

>Most of my friends are
>much older however and most of them are involved with the BMWCCA.  My best
friend is
>a track-instructor for this organization and has assisted in setting up
most of the
>track-events for the NJ chapter of the CCA.  This is the reason I have some
track
>experience.

So what does this have to do with the subject matter at hand. I think we've
talked 
this to death...

>EVERYTHING THAT MAKES YOU A BETTER DRIVER ON THE TRACK PUTS YOU IN BETTER
CONTROL OF
>YOUR VEHICLE WHICH MAKES YOU A BETTER DRIVER ON THE STREET .... DO NOT
FORGET THAT
>(please note that I'm not angry, and I'm not shouting, I just love the look
of a
>cap-locked paragraph).

You certainly seem like you like watching yourself SHOUT!! It's all net et.

>> So you are **CLEARLY** **PLAINLY** **WRONG** that the only advantage
>> to AWD is acceleration. AWD will CLEARLY, PLAINLY, help you in
>> certain wet and icy conditions that people encounter OFF THE TRACK.
>
>Ok Einstein ... explain to me how you can pick up cornering and/or braking
ability
>with AWD.  I've gotta hear this one.  And where exaclty has anyone proved
me wrong?
>Acceleration is the only advantage to AWD, even on dirt ... you prove me wrong.
>Just something .. anyone .. someone explain some type of force, or some
physical
>condition of motion that makes AWD CORNER OR BRAKE better than a RWD
vehicle.  Show
>me some article or something from some respected person as to what exactly
makes a
>car corner harder with AWD.  I will repeat the fact that I have done track
miles
>with all three setups, AWD, RWD, and FWD.  I've even had track time in a
mid-engine
>car.  RWD is the only configuration that gives you total control of the
car, the
>physical ability to do different things with the front and rear of the car
at the
>same time.

I've also been from Maine to Spain and some points in between, and I might add
driven there - including on the rightside, Brandshatch. Come on give us a break.
You finally hit the point "physics", 4 wheels versus 2 wheels.  Do you get it?

>You talk about safety in inclement weather conditions, which means that
you're more
>concerned with survival than speed, that's fine.  But if you're not
accelerating
>hard out of the corners in wet conditions, then you're not utilizing the
one glaring
>advantage of AWD, so what's the friggin point?
>
>Bill

Let's stop beating the dead horse and talk about something more enlightening.
Back to the VW content.

pax,

Dr. Bob