<VV> FWD (was supersize wheels), hardly any Corvair

[Ron]

"Can't get up that slippery hill?  Turn around and go up backwards.  Works 
great!"

I'd be reluctant to try that on some of the mountain ranges around here!
An additional observation is that most of the vehicles in the ditch, on 
their sides or upside down are FWD SUV's and has been commented on by the 
state patrol.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Marlow" <Vairtec at optonline.net>
To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 6:14 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> FWD (was supersize wheels), hardly any Corvair


>J R Read_HML wrote:
>> Especially if you enjoy running off the edge and into the ditch on icy,
>> curvy roads - or hitting the light pole on the far side of an 
>> intersection.
>> Don't these sound like fun things to do?  Not to me, they don't.  No FWD 
>> for
>> me.
>
> Anecdotal evidence:  I bought a FWD car very early in the FWD
> changeover:  A Honda Civic in 1974.  I was driving it on a
> snow-and-ice-covered winter day in Ohio, on a crowned two-lane road,
> flat, straight.  Suddenly, the RWD car in front of me fishtailed, and
> fell of the road.  While it was doing this, the RWD car in back of me
> fishtailed, and fell off the road.  I just putted along, straight and
> secure.
>
> This is not to say that I have not experienced FWD understeer in
> slippery conditions.  But I have owned and driven all the combinations
> -- FWD, front-engine RWD, rear-engine RWD, mid-engine RWD, and 4WD.  The
> only thing that makes a FWD car "run off the edge and into the ditch" or
> "hit the light pole on the far side of an intersection" is the same
> thing that made Corvairs unsafe -- pilot error.
>
> Oh -- one more benefit to front drive:  In a pinch, they can be
> converted to rear-engine, rear drive.  Can't get up that slippery hill?
> Turn around and go up backwards.  Works great!
>
> --Bob
>
>
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