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Post by fadgewacker on Feb 11, 2019 20:14:52 GMT -5
Nice thread, but I think I'm about to blow all your jumped up roller skates & penis substitutes right out of the water... behold "Dave"....  Awesome! |
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Post by fadgewacker on Feb 12, 2019 6:26:35 GMT -5
I decided to get a sensible family car recently and got an estate so we can clag a load of stuff in the boot when we go away, get the bikes on the back etc. There is only so sensible that I'll allow myself to be however, so got a 3l V6 Twin Turbo BMW 3 Series M Sport Touring. It has a substantial amount of torques... He's grey, so he's called Gandalf. Or, if you ask my little girl, Blackberry Gandalf... We had to compromise  |
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Feb 12, 2019 8:19:23 GMT -5
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Post by paulus on Feb 12, 2019 8:19:23 GMT -5
Loving the name Gandalf!
Anyone else give their car a name?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2019 10:26:24 GMT -5
Yep, my burgundy coloured Statesman (Caprice) is Ron Burgundy.
He has many leather bound books and his interior smells of rich mahogany - he’s kind of a big deal...
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Post by paulus on Feb 12, 2019 11:36:18 GMT -5
Pics of Ron please Ray!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2019 18:15:57 GMT -5
Being it's a black car I am not naming it. Don't want to be insensitive 😋
I did think of naming it Chapo since it does look like something a drug dealer would drive. Well that is probably insensitive as well.
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Post by fadgewacker on Feb 12, 2019 18:39:38 GMT -5
Being it's a black car I am not naming it. Don't want to be insensitive 😋 I did think of naming it Chapo since it does look like something a drug dealer would drive. Well that is probably insensitive as well. We had a black hire car recently. He was called Black Bob. 4 year old approved. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 6:40:28 GMT -5
I know, he’s not as sexy as a stingray or the 300c, but he’s a ripper. Not many people love the car they drive, I do 👌🏻
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2019 18:02:21 GMT -5
C’mon guys, surely there’s a few more people out there that love their car?
I know mine isn’t a Classic by any stretch of the imagination, but that’s partly why I like it - you don’t see too many of them around. It’s also pretty much perfect for long distance driving. I get better economy at 120-140kph than I do at 100 - Ronny loves to run 🏃♂️
Curious, as I’ve never driven on snow. What makes RWD worse than FWD? Obv 4WD would be the better option, just curious...
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Feb 18, 2019 19:26:30 GMT -5
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Post by paulus on Feb 18, 2019 19:26:30 GMT -5
Pushing a mass through an arc is inherently more unstable than pulling - think pushing a pencil in a smooth arc from the bottom and then try the same arc but pulling it from the top (bad limited analogy but paints the picture).
Not a huge effect when grip is high - because it takes a large sideways force to overcome friction and result in sideways movement. At low grip levels becomes important because even very small sideways forces lead to sideways movement.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2019 19:33:39 GMT -5
RWD sucks in the snow because there is no weight in the back. Most cars have the engine in the front so when I grew up in NY we always had a front wheel drive car. We had RWD too but dangerous in the winter.
Nowadays you don't see FWD cars that often. It's AWD . But it's really not AWD all the time. It depends on the car and the road conditions. Most newer cars regulate the power from front to back by multiple factors including temp, speed and spin.
I'm no expert on drivetrain but that is what I know from experience 😉
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Post by ErixonStone on Feb 18, 2019 20:53:33 GMT -5
Not only is there no weight, but if the vehicle isn't travelling in the same direction it is facing (i.e. sliding in snow), giving power to the rear wheels can cause the back axle to revolve around the front axle.
Combine those factors and it's easy to do doughnuts.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2019 23:58:51 GMT -5
Yep, all makes sense. I did grow up on gravel so can drift pretty well, but never driven on ice or snow so it’s never made enough of a difference to really tell.
I live and I learn.
A lot of cars in Australia are front wheel drive, particularly the smaller cars. Our main sedans have predominantly been either 6 or V8 and RWD.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2019 14:09:06 GMT -5
That is interesting. You do not see many FWD cars in the US or at least where I live anymore.
I will say being I live in the Midwest now where there is a lot more ice than NY. Ice does not care if you have RWD AWD 4WD FWD. It is ice and all wheels slip on it an cannot stop. I love seeing these morons flying down the highway in their 4WD trucks and then seeing them in the ditch a couple miles down the road.
Cool thing about my car is I can turn off all the traction control if I want and do some donuts in the snow.
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