rear wheel drive
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rear wheel drive
could someone please give me some information on rear wheel drive. i'm considering getting one and need to know if it will be as easy as front wheel drive. please, need immediate response
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just is there any difference. my mother keeps telling me that the rear wheels steer and the front ones don't. if that's the case then there is no point of getting the vehicle.
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The front wheels on all over the road vehicles steer. The rear wheels steer on a forklift. GM came out with all wheel steering on some of their trucks recently. You really need to be more specific with your information. What type of vehicle are you talking about?
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Originally Posted by demonfang
just is there any difference. my mother keeps telling me that the rear wheels steer and the front ones don't. if that's the case then there is no point of getting the vehicle.
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On ice/snow I prefer rear-drive over front drive. When you spin the tires on front-drive, it slides all over and you cant steer.
At least with rear-drive the front tires still have grip. If the rear tires spin, just take you foot off the gas and the back end will straighten itself out.
Im used to driving 4x4 trucks and a while back I was issued a '02 Taurus SES as a loaner car. It was a nice car, but the steering just had a weird feel to it. I did like the fact that I could corner at a much higher speed though! LOL I also drove a friend's '00 Neon Sport a few years back and I didnt care for how hard it was to turn the steering wheel. Overall, Id stick with rear-drive over front-drive.
Besides, rear-drive yields much more even tire wear than front-drive. On front-drive cars, the front tires wear like crazy and the rears dont wear hardly at all. On rear-drive, the tires wear a lot slower and at a much more even rate.
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At least with rear-drive the front tires still have grip. If the rear tires spin, just take you foot off the gas and the back end will straighten itself out.
Im used to driving 4x4 trucks and a while back I was issued a '02 Taurus SES as a loaner car. It was a nice car, but the steering just had a weird feel to it. I did like the fact that I could corner at a much higher speed though! LOL I also drove a friend's '00 Neon Sport a few years back and I didnt care for how hard it was to turn the steering wheel. Overall, Id stick with rear-drive over front-drive.
Besides, rear-drive yields much more even tire wear than front-drive. On front-drive cars, the front tires wear like crazy and the rears dont wear hardly at all. On rear-drive, the tires wear a lot slower and at a much more even rate.
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Originally Posted by demonfang
just is there any difference. my mother keeps telling me that the rear wheels steer and the front ones don't. if that's the case then there is no point of getting the vehicle.
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Originally Posted by Tech 1
The front wheels on all over the road vehicles steer. The rear wheels steer on a forklift. GM came out with all wheel steering on some of their trucks recently. You really need to be more specific with your information. What type of vehicle are you talking about?
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Octane,
I would have to argue with you on your comments. Every FWD car I seen the rear tires wore out much sooner than the fronts.
I can't say anythin about the RWD tires my back tires wear out sooner for some reason. Might be how I drive (some people think spinning your tires is bad, I say it allows you to replace them before they get old and weathered with cracks.)
I would have to argue with you on your comments. Every FWD car I seen the rear tires wore out much sooner than the fronts.
I can't say anythin about the RWD tires my back tires wear out sooner for some reason. Might be how I drive (some people think spinning your tires is bad, I say it allows you to replace them before they get old and weathered with cracks.)
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Originally Posted by 250FordTruck
Didn't the Honda (Prelude) try this back in the early '90's? Apparently it wasn't a huge hit.
It works phenomenally well. I don't know why it wasn't more popular.
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Originally Posted by demonfang
just is there any difference. my mother keeps telling me that the rear wheels steer and the front ones don't. if that's the case then there is no point of getting the vehicle.
oh yea, im sure driving a rear wheel drive vehicle that also steers with the rear wheels would be fun to drive on snow and ice. it would be sooo easy to to dohnuts... you could get a zero turning radious on an ice patch!