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> Front Or Rear, well well well what do we have here
Front or Rear?
Front or Rear?
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post Jul 13 2008, 12:18 PM
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sorry none of this 4x4 mess, thats for off roading, straight road here!!!

well everyone is going to know my choice seeing as i own 3 rear wheel drive cars and think front wheel drive is spawn of satan - no offence to people who worship FWD.

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post Jul 13 2008, 04:38 PM
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Haha, well mine is FWD, which has its uses. However, I am happy either way, as long as something moves the car :P

I still have my preference to 4x4 or even 6x6, but that is a hobby I havent been in for awhile.

I'll take my Volvo either way (or both ways)...just give me a Volvo :)
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post Jul 13 2008, 05:51 PM
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i've pretty much driven everything up until a 6X6. had a unicycle and thought that was cool until i hit the lamppost. the hell with one wheel. looking at my vehicles, i run the gamut. of course, RWD is my chosen way to go, but the FWD allure is calling me sometimes. i guess i go both ways like the byrd. hey wait a minute..... oh well, i am greek you know. :grin:
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post Jul 13 2008, 10:26 PM
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Rear wheel whenever possible.

The ability to steer via the right pedal is not to be trifled with.

Attempting to do doughnuts in an Fwd has got to be like trying to look cool in a CRX.


(continued apologies to any sensitive Honda owners)
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post Jul 14 2008, 05:59 AM
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yes the appeal of being able to slide around with the handbrake on with fwd's isnt that good. its not big and its not clever! where-as on the other hand, rwd takes skill and class (and something with power) to do properly and then you start to smoke them. thats cool.

sorry fwd's, the only good thing for them is dragging logs up hills. (or dead bodies)
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post Jul 14 2008, 08:05 AM
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QUOTE(Doogwhan @ Jul 13 2008, 11:26 PM)
Attempting to do doughnuts in an Fwd has got to be like trying to look cool in a CRX.


Did you ever see the old Saab commercial they did out on a runway, that was set to classical music? It's a long commercial, but the drivers they used did a great job. It was done back in the original 900 and introduction of the 9000 days I believe (with a quick cameo of the 900 convertible). I believe they were all FWD vehicles and a good view of what a FWD is capable of.

I have a copy of it somewhere and will post it up later today if I remember. Maybe not a Volvo, but still Swedish, so it should fit :)
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post Jul 17 2008, 05:53 PM
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Attempting to do doughnuts in an Fwd has got to be like trying to look cool in a CRX.

Yeah, maybe, but a J turn is much easier with front wheel drive.
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post Jul 18 2008, 05:18 PM
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takes a lot more skill in a rwd :)
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post Jul 18 2008, 08:29 PM
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J turns? i've been amusing all my nieces and nephews for years by sliding my cars up and down the street and then find out they call it drifting and it's an organized sport. damn! i would have been the michael schumacher of the drifting world. :grin:
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post Jul 19 2008, 11:17 AM
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haha drifting indeed, i am recognised as a local hard core nutter, will race ANYTHING with my 940 (its now on the drive being worked on greek :( ) AND who do you know that can drift a 2.5 ton 740 (auto) down a road with someone leaning out the rear window hitting lamp posts with his hand? .. err me :P
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post Jul 19 2008, 07:25 PM
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i am now officially starting the syko fan club. i will be president and resident moron exemplar :clap: thank you thank you thank you, please send all dues and gifts to creedmore psych center care of ward 666, patient name-Greek- oh, and for all the ladies, conjugal visits are every 8th day on the fifth week with a bonus day on the 33rd of every month that ends in a letter z. if it ends in a q bring your sister. hahahahahahahahaahahahaha, ooooh that's it, no more jack, i'll try some of that single malt.
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post Jul 20 2008, 09:06 AM
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ooooook seriously worried now... thats some weird ****. start a thread syko appreciation ... facebook group is running i think...
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post Jul 21 2008, 09:31 PM
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What if i like BOTH front-wheeled and rear-wheeled?

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post Jul 22 2008, 09:35 AM
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then thats 4wd and isnt included :P
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post Jul 22 2008, 03:12 PM
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or bi-tractual. hahahahahahahahahaha, sorry bear.
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post Jul 23 2008, 09:21 AM
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quad thrust... multi-point propulsion ... i could go on
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post Jul 23 2008, 09:23 AM
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