FWD

[Guest]

How have front wheel drive cars got such a bad rep to drive?

I see on forums and stuff when people are choosing cars that they must be either rwd or awd.

I myself have had a lot of fun playing in fwd cars.

Opinions?

[DRFVDR]

heheheheh and u have how many FWD cars

[Guest boostcut]

fwd are mint i had a fxgt and it was heaps of fun... stabbed the clutch out of every intersection and once had the passenger front wheel spinning so fast the hubcap flicked off and wiped off the wing mirror

[dubbedup]

the fun factor is really lacking....esp in the wet

[Guest]

 DRFVDR said:

heheheheh and u have how many FWD cars

None.

Altezza rwd, Lux rwd or 4x4, svx awd.

[Guest]

 boostcut said:

fwd are mint i had a fxgt and it was heaps of fun... stabbed the clutch out of every intersection and once had the passenger front wheel spinning so fast the hubcap flicked off and wiped off the wing mirror

Wow in a residential area you could have taken someone’s head off!! Man that’s not cool!!

Just taking the piss boostcut hope you have your sense of humour shoe’s on

[Guest boostcut]

actually, it was in a closed industrial area and i was 15 so a good 8 years ago

[Guest]

I like the fwd apart from the no traction in higher HP levels and torque steer, wicked fun with the hand brake on in the grass feels like Ur gliding

Also reverse burnouts where fun to

[THUNDA]

fwd is meh, my first car was a silvia s13 so never really got why people liked fwd

[Guest]

Anyone remember watching the WRC a few years back when Loeb was just starting out in the fwd citerons?

His driving aside the awd cars could not keep up.

[Guest]

My first car was a ford mk2 escort in spew rusty sills, rusty roof, rusty boot, bogged boggy bondo to hell gold ;D

loved that dam thing.. last days was ontop of the bonfire

[Guest]

thats coz the 4wds were restricted and there were no rules for his car, so he got a free pass, i remember colin mcrae doing an interview and he said, well fine let him race with no restrictions, and do the same with us, that will sort the men from the boys!!!

a 600hp wrc car mmmmm..........

[Guest]

 catsoup said:

Anyone remember watching the WRC a few years back when Loeb was just starting out in the fwd citerons?

His driving aside the awd cars could not keep up.

i dont think i can put his driving aside his soooooo good.

and Because of the weight bias towards the front(engine and transmission is directly on the front wheels),

FWD cars are limited in the handling and performance departments even tho he kicked on the black stuff i put it down to his driving

[wrx_lou]

 dubbedup said:

the fun factor is really lacking....esp in the wet

not even! McDs trays under the back wheels FTW!!!!!

[Guest]

 wrx_lou']

[quote name='dubbedup said:

the fun factor is really lacking....esp in the wet

/quote]

not even! McDs trays under the back wheels FTW!!!!!

did that at drive rush in auk's was awsome and they were McD's trays

[Koom]

 GF8M8']

[quote name='catsoup said:

Anyone remember watching the WRC a few years back when Loeb was just starting out in the fwd citerons?

His driving aside the awd cars could not keep up.

/quote] i dont think i can put his driving aside his soooooo good.

and Because of the weight bias towards the front(engine and transmission is directly on the front wheels),

FWD cars are limited in the handling and performance departments even tho he kicked on the black stuff i put it down to his driving

He may be a good driver but the rules were entirely biased towards those fwd cars at the time. If fwd was soo good they would have all swapped to running it as most of the cars that the wrc ones are based on are fwd in real life so would be better from a marketing point of view. But when the playing field is even, 4wd smokes fwd in rallying, its that simple.

[Guest]

oh, would just like to add, the citroens only did well on the tarmac events, in fact i think thats all they entered. show them a lil bit of gravel and they were useless.....go the 4wd!!!

[DRFVDR]

I have been thinking back and I dont think I have ever really owned a FWD only car

morris minor um no

isuzu gemini um no

rover SD1 um no

isuzu Piazza um no

subaru leone RX um sometimes

subaru legacy um no

subaru RX11 um no

Toyota landcruiser um no

subaru brumby sometimes

[Jammasta]

Its because of all those drift masters wanting to get it slideways bro.

Drifting gets hoes.

[Guest]

 hellmitt said:

oh, would just like to add, the citroens only did well on the tarmac events, in fact i think thats all they entered. show them a lil bit of gravel and they were useless.....go the 4wd!!!

I know it was only tarmac. I just didn't think it was worth mentioning seen as how most of the people on this forum don't drive on gravel.

[Guest keltik]

Last FWD car i owned put me off for life. Opel Calibra with a cosworth redtop motor. 180bhp was too much for it. I remember in the wet dropping the clutch into 3rd at 100kph to pass a logging truck and it just spun up a front wheel and went nowhere.

And dont get me started on the twitchy handling in the wet or nasty understeer. Squeeling out of every intersection also sucked, 225/40 R17's arent cheap.

Wouldve kept the car if it wasnt for that.

For an econobox FWD is fine. But if youve got any power to play with its just a stupid decision. I couldnt understand why Ford made the XR5 Turbo FWD when Volvo's C30 is essentially the same car and it has an AWD version.

[Johnnynz]

Yep Kelticks got it IMO.

I loved my little 323 1300cc Auto, no power to mess with you just a nice smooth ride that handled well around town.

Drove a Turbo civic a while back and almost messed myself everytime I put my foot down, broke traction, understeered, slid around corners at nowhere near excessive speed. Just a mess. Oh and torque steer.

Everybody loves torque steer.

[Guest keltik]

Theres a reason Subaru only gave the 1800cc poo spec cars FWD. Im pretty sure they never made a turbo full time FWD (not counting the EA series) because they have a certain degree of sense.

[Bumpty]

I like FWD & AWD.

FWDs - are great fun if you know how to drive them.

AWDs - are just as fun. But, just seem like you're 'cheating' as they are so easy to handle.

So I like to drive both, but I'd prefer AWD as I like to head off the beaten track occasionally.

FWD & AWD with power.

Never driven any with power, but can only imagine a FWD with more power then a 1.8l corolla would be horrible to drive if you put your boot down.

And an AWD suby on the other hand would still feel like you're 'cheating', but you'd be going alot quicker..? haha

[DRFVDR]

Even Subaru FWD cars dont have torque steer as they have equal length front drive shafts

AND yes the parttime 4wd RX's are all fun