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Re: stock tires do not suck(oh yes they do)
At 6:29 PM -0500 1/31/2000, Bill Hussey wrote:
>Khan Klatt wrote:
>
> > And, if somehow those tires don't make the difference I was hoping
> > for, I'm selling my Jetta and never buying another 2WD car ever
> > again. Hopefully the tires will make a difference, and I can hold
> > onto my Jetta for a couple more years until I *do* make the 4WD
> > plunge. It's only a matter of time, how pathetic my car continues to
> > handle will determine how fast...
>
>Before you ditch the 2WD concept ... consider RWD over FWD. As you
>accelerate, weight shifts rearward compressing the rear spring and
>uncompressing the front end. This causes less weight to fall over the
>front wheels and therefore less traction. This is why the preferred means
>of running the quarter is with RWD vehicles. AWD or 4WD is nice, but its
>also heavy.
That would give a lot of credence to the fact that I'm trying to
accelerate up hill in my particular complaint, which means little
weight on the front wheels going up the hill.
The problem with RWD is what car would I buy with RWD? A Porsche? A
BMW? I don't know much about M. Benz, but I will not buy anything but
German engineering.
So, instead of RWD, why not just go for AWD? I could care less about
weight, as I'm not really doing competitive driving. I want one
all-purpose car, and safety and practicality are more important than
the weight of the car for me. I can't imagine preferring a RWD car to
an AWD vehicle.
-K
Khan Klatt khan@mediaaccess.com
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