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

 

Rear wheel drive what? Need more info.

 

You mean a vehicle with RWD? What do you mean, "will it be as easy as FWD"? Easy for what?

 

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.

 

As easy to smoke the tires?
Yup!!!

And as for the rear wheels steering - nope
Not unless its a late 80's Japanese sportscar.

I personally much prefer RWD.

 

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?

 

What? You need to explain this better. The only thing I can think of is that I've heard FWD is easier to control on ice/snow, if you know what you're doing.

 

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.
Octane

 

Front wheel cars understeer by nature. If you only have experience with FWD cars, this is probably the biggest change.

 

I just hope this is a joke. If not you need to read a lot more on this site and others.

 

Didn't the Honda (Prelude) try this back in the early '90's? Apparently it wasn't a huge hit.

 

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.)

 

ME TOO!!!!!

 

Yes, pretty much every Japanese manufacturer had it as an option on thier sports/luxury cars. Or even standard.
It works phenomenally well. I don't know why it wasn't more popular.

 

that almost makes no sence at all. you need to tell your mom she has no idea what she's talking about. howstuffworks.com might help you understand the whole "rear wheel drive" concept. also what 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!