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[Lazydocker]

When I was 19 and living in Co.Down my means of getting from A to B was a Chevette HS.Those were the days.

Didn't those come with a 2.3 litre lump?.......and weigh about the same as a bag of crisps (850 KG).

2.3, 16 valves. 135bhp standard,but if you added twin 48 dellorto,s,blydenstein tubular fanimold and luminition electronic ignition you had around 180bhp in 950kg,s iirc.whch was seriously quick in the late 70,s. I could have bought a house with what I spent on it,but what does a 19 year old want with a house ? 

You can live in a car but you can't drive a house

[albitz]

Exactly.

[henryd]

the oul irish roads are good craic when you have RWD LSD AND MANUAL GEARBOX and nobody about

Trouble is though with country lanes you can't see whats around the bend...
Roundabouts are much safer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfKX9BZZ83o&feature=related

On the subject of LSD's whats the surest way to tell, from the drivers seat, if a car is fitted with one?

Dump the clutch at quite high revs in a straight line,two black lines means probable that LSD fitted

[mantahatch]

To be honest I have reached the point where it does not matter to me wether it is FWD or RWD anymore. I drive less than 4k a year, my commute is 6.5 miles each way and the highest speed limit is 40 mph. You can't tell me it makes any difference on that journey at all.

Yes in my younger days RWD was a must. but today.................... not so sure. Maybe if I lived somewhere with litlle traffic it might be worth it but round these parts, Nah not for me.

[horsecow]

Cant understand why more manufacturers dont make rwd. Front wheels are for steering, rear wheels for driving. Its much easier to push a load than pull it!!

Most of the time when going  decent speeds and trying to turn front wheels have real trouble coping with both tasks. Gotta hate understeer, at least you have a chance of correcting oversteer

[Kevin Wood]

Cant understand why more manufacturers dont make rwd.

'cos it's much cheaper to make FWD, despite their flaws.

[Andy B]

Cant understand why more manufacturers dont make rwd. Front wheels are for steering, rear wheels for driving. Its much easier to push a load than pull it!!

Most of the time when going  decent speeds and trying to turn front wheels have real trouble coping with both tasks. Gotta hate understeer, at least you have a chance of correcting oversteer

Because correcting understeer is considered easier to sort out than correcting over steer, especially when most of the driving public have never driven a RWD car. Just think back to all the BMW's & Merc's you saw stuck in the last snow we had, they'd no idea what to do when they were stuck in the gutter. Having said that, I left my Omega on the drive & used the Astra, it was bullet proof, the back wheels just followed the fronts ...... eventually! 

[cem_devecioglu]

Cant understand why more manufacturers dont make rwd.

'cos it's much cheaper to make FWD, despite their flaws.

yep.. its cheaper and have better handling control on snow/ice..

[horsecow]

Cant understand why more manufacturers dont make rwd.

'cos it's much cheaper to make FWD, despite their flaws.

I thought that would be the reason, but I didnt think it would be a huge difference overall. Much prefer to work on rwd as well, doesnt have that squeezed in feel about it

[zirk]

the oul irish roads are good craic when you have RWD LSD AND MANUAL GEARBOX and nobody about

Trouble is though with country lanes you can't see whats around the bend...
Roundabouts are much safer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfKX9BZZ83o&feature=related

On the subject of LSD's whats the surest way to tell, from the drivers seat, if a car is fitted with one?

Easiest way to tell, without making a complete idiot of yourself on a bend, is to park one wheel on gravel or grass with the other on tarmac, Tc off, loud pedal down, the tarmac wheel will spin proportionality with the other wheel and off you go.

No LSD tarmac wheel will just sit there doing not a lot.