by popular demand...........
first topic.....
is obama the father of those two adorable children or did he rent them ......
or
why does ms. obama chew her lip and grind her jaw like a meth addict.....
by popular demand...........
first topic.....
is obama the father of those two adorable children or did he rent them ......
or
why does ms. obama chew her lip and grind her jaw like a meth addict.....
"I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is."
~Albert Camus
I'm starting a pool on this one... how many posts (this one excluded) before the thread gets moved to the "Steel Cage".
I'm saying 35.
Immie
For it is by Grace you have been saved, through faith -- and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God -- not by works, so that no one can boast. Eph 2:8-9
Let's reasonably discuss the merrits of AWD vs RWD:
“… the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face" - Pete Carroll.
Looks like the Porsche was moving quite a bit faster going into that turn but........ AWD is surely the better for most everything, that Audi looks like it is extremely flat through that turn, almost no body roll. I'm sure the Audi pilot is enjoying the lead but the Porsche driver looks like he's having a great deal more fun with the challenge of keeping her on the track........ I have always loved a nice 4 wheel drift, that one does look like it could be going on a bit too long to keep it from becoming more scary than fun though. Unless some one else is paying for the car, the fun part could quickly become the very expensive part.
I definitely prefer RWD with the option to put into 4WD on ice, that is how I always drove my truck in Colorado unless it was just blindly snowing and we were creeping along. That would be another subject all together, I never liked the idea of not being able to control when I would put it into 4WD. I hit a stretch of about 10 miles of black ice doing about 55 one night in an old RWD Buick Regal w/semi bald tires. The rear end started coming around on me so I let off the gas and turned into it lightly, after bleeding the speed down to 35 it began tracking straight. If I gave it any gas above that the rear end came around. I drove it the next 10 miles at that speed and was OK. In that stretch though, I saw at least 8 4WD trucks upside down in the median. After that I always drove my truck in RWD unless I was in deep snow or going up or descending a hill.
Do you have the film in real time, this could be taken out of context?
No matter where I've traveled or how great the trip was, it's always wonderful to return to my country, The United States of America......... me
It's from TopGear - I'll see if I can find it on YT.
Their point was the R8 is more controlled - sure - but the 911 was more 'fun'
I prefer...uh...I don't, I suppose. FWD = For the Loss, however.
RWD - just feels NICE. Ballanced. When set up right, little understeer. AWD = Understeer out the butt, unless one spends a lot of money.
However - it's neat to feel the car sorta 'claw' out of the turns. AWD really only helps when the car doesn't have enough traction to put down all it's power. On a dry track with good sticky tires, AWD would have a disadvantage of 'consuming' more power (less available to put to the ground) than the RWD car, things being equal. AWD also has more weight! Weight is the enemy.
I bet it'd take about $2500 to get my Subaru to handle anywhere CLOSE to my RX8 with $600 in suspension mods. Of course, they are apples and oranges - one is a sedan, that's sporty. The other is a sports car - by some definitions.
“… the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face" - Pete Carroll.
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box - Author unknown
“Unfortunately, the truth is now whatever the media say it is”
-Abbey