A close twin to mine (but I can't see under the hood):
Posted on 06/11/2017 10:11:26 AM PDT by Lorianne
Your post makes no sense.
It’s almost as if you stick your head in the sand when someone tells ya something.
Once again, just for you:
>>>It came off the Harley showroom in 1941 a stock 80 ci V twin. When I got it it went to 90 ci.<<<
The reason why luxury, sports,pony and race cars are all RWD is because RWD cars handle better, tend to overseer, more balanced and are just more enjoyable to drive. That is why the Mustang is RWD. If it was FWD it would lose its personality.
“Only marginally so.”
‘Margins’ are important when you are making millions of units and have to meet CAFE standards.
“So why don’t you drive a FWD?”
Price, weight and mileage are not my priorities.
“Why is every luxury, exotic, sport,pony and race car rear wheel drive?”
Most people cannot affort luxury or exotic cars and the others you mentioned are don’t have room for three kids and two dogs.
A close twin to mine (but I can't see under the hood):
Sure they do. All Benz's and BMW's are RWD many of them large sedans. The proletariat are stuck with FWD shoved down our throats. Cookie cutter sedans suck. A rear wheel drive Honda Accord would be maybe $100.00/per car more to produce, if that.
Let us go back to my post and examine it.
Most people cannot affort luxury or exotic cars
Benz's and BMW's fall under this part.
and the others you mentioned are don’t have room for three kids and two dogs. This refers to the others you mentioned. Sport, Exotic, Pony.
“I recall when most every vehicle was rear wheel, even the lower end vehicles...”
That was back in the days of the solid rear axle.
“Now one must buy a, “Luxury” vehicle to obtain the same thing. It’s like everything else”
No one makes solid rear axles for cars anymore.
I remember the belt line of cars was about 4 inches lower than the cars of today. It seemed like overnight ALL cars had this really ugly high belt line and tiny windows.
Quality durable parts have declined? What a surprise!
You don’t know what you are talking about. The typical sedan has independent rear suspension now. To make it RWD would require very little engineering; the differential would be bolted to the frame and the half shafts would go to the rear wheels. Most cars with 4WD option have that set up already. The only additional equipment needed would be the drive shaft adding only a small cost to the car.
Reduce the clown wheels down a little and lower the belt line 3 inches and you have a work of art.
“You don’t know what you are talking about. The typical sedan has independent rear suspension now. To make it RWD would require very little engineering; the differential would be bolted to the frame and the half shafts would go to the rear wheels. Most cars with 4WD option have that set up already. The only additional equipment needed would be the drive shaft adding only a small cost to the car.”
Try reading my post before posting.
“Quality durable parts have declined? What a surprise!”
I am not sure what you mean.
Yep...Just last week, while in traffic we were commenting on how most all the affordable stuff looks the same with few variations. To me, they all look like plastic shoes with wheels ...lol
Even the new SUVs look like cheet. For example, check out the style of a late 90s Toyota 4Runners, to their new stuff. I don’t know what the designers were thinking.
Doncha ya think the government meddling in both cars and housing artificially created the cookie cutter shoes and shoeboxes that we see? My dad was a builder after WWII. By the time he died in late 90’s, he told me the profits were eaten away by regulations and paperwork. Which is why housing is squished together and monocolored. Very sad that creativity and individuality die when government controls every tiny thing we say and do!!
“Quality durable parts have declined? What a surprise!”
Absolutely NOT! Parts are of much higher quality and much more durable now than at anytime before.
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