Re: Consider buying American!

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:25:46 -0800, jim beam
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> wrote:

>seems you're not very familiar with the situation yourself - there's no 
>complexity difference between the two.  and as stated by others, there 
>are many advantages to fwd for normal driving - that's why so many 
>vehicles use it.

The main reason companies build FWD cars is simplicity of final
assembly. The whole drive train comes in on a pallet and can be
installed in minutes. They also tend to be a commodity item so you can
have Buicks, Chevy's and Cadilacs all using the same basic units.
Swapping for another engine trans combo involves minimal changes to
the rest of the car.

BTW anyone on a slippery road is using torque steer. Unfortunately in
a FWD, once you lose one factor, you lose them all. Your life is
hanging on the traction of 2 tires, not 4.

It is a similar argument to the reliability question. Hondas may run
longer before they need maintenance but when they do you are not
fixing them on the side of the road. They don't "fail safe". In the
case of the timing belt, there is one skinny piece of rubber between
running and total destruction of your engine. That was not true in the
American OHC motors I have owned.