Out of interest.....

http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/07/18/rear-wheel-drive-on-the-rise/

RWD is definately the way forward. Since owning my Omega's I cant see myself wanting to go back to FWD, unless it really is a bloody good car!! Switch the traction off, drop a couple of gears and listen to the V6 sing around those bends  :D

RWD and 4WD give a far superior and refined ride.

Tezray wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 10:08:

RWD is definately the way forward...

...and sideways...   ;)

Markjay wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 13:38:

Tezray wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 10:08: RWD is definately the way forward... ...and sideways...   ;)

....and backwards... ;D

Auto Addict wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 18:56:

Markjay wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 13:38: Tezray wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 10:08: RWD is definately the way forward... ...and sideways...   ;) ....and backwards... ;D

and for going round corners  ;D

Taxi Driver wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 18:58:

Auto Addict wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 18:56: Markjay wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 13:38: Tezray wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 10:08: RWD is definately the way forward... ...and sideways...   ;) ....and backwards... ;D and for going round corners  ;D

...and up hills and down dales.... :)

Tezray wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 10:08:

RWD is definately the way forward. Since owning my Omega's I cant see myself wanting to go back to FWD, unless it really is a bloody good car!! Switch the traction off, drop a couple of gears and listen to the V6 sing around those bends  :D

Simple fwd to rwd conversion "drive everywhere in reverse ;D

Tony H wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 19:25:

Tezray wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 10:08: RWD is definately the way forward. Since owning my Omega's I cant see myself wanting to go back to FWD, unless it really is a bloody good car!! Switch the traction off, drop a couple of gears and listen to the V6 sing around those bends  :D Simple fwd to rwd conversion "drive everywhere in reverse ;D

No that's just being silly ;D

Auto Addict wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 19:46:

Tony H wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 19:25: Tezray wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 10:08: RWD is definately the way forward. Since owning my Omega's I cant see myself wanting to go back to FWD, unless it really is a bloody good car!! Switch the traction off, drop a couple of gears and listen to the V6 sing around those bends  :D Simple fwd to rwd conversion "drive everywhere in reverse ;D No that's just being silly ;D

That would give some entertaining handling!!

Rwd is better on tyres too, get more even ware

Auto Addict wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 18:56:

Markjay wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 13:38: Tezray wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 10:08: RWD is definately the way forward... ...and sideways...   ;) ....and backwards... ;D

Yep, done that, many years ago, in an old RWD Alfa Romeo in the wet, a small sideways power slide that very quickly became a 180 degrees turn and a beautiful backwards slide into a bus stop... luckily it was 1am so the bus stop was empty, but the Alfa needed a new boot. The bus company, on the other hand, needed a new bus stop...  ;D

Markjay wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 23:58:

Auto Addict wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 18:56: Markjay wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 13:38: Tezray wrote on 22. Aug 2006 at 10:08: RWD is definately the way forward... ...and sideways...   ;) ....and backwards... ;D Yep, done that, many years ago, in an old RWD Alfa Romeo in the wet, a small sideways power slide that very quickly became a 180 degrees turn and a beautiful backwards slide into a bus stop... luckily it was 1am so the bus stop was empty, but the Alfa needed a new boot. The bus company, on the other hand, needed a new bus stop...  ;D

B****y maniac.... :o

I was some 25 years younger then...  :(


But yes, you are probably right...  ;D

I'm so old, I haven't even attempted a handbrake assisted u-turn in my MV6. Yet.

Well I have only ever written-off one car (so far hehe), an Alfasud ti (and a very nice car it was too!)

I crashed the other Alfa - a RWD Alfetta - twice (the bus stop was one of them - a head-on collision with a Ford Fiesta with four pensioners who luckily escaped un-harmed was the second) - but on both occasions it was repaired and I finally sold it in working order.

But that all happened 25 years ago!  ;D

And yes, the Alfas were great fun to drive... a nightmare to maintain though...  :(

TheBoy wrote on 23. Aug 2006 at 10:31:

I'm so old, I haven't even attempted a handbrake assisted u-turn in my MV6. Yet.

Best to try it when the wife's sitting next to you....as a surprise ;D

Done it a few times when I first got my car, one time I was feeling more daring and nearly spanked a lamp post in the middle of a carpark when doing it. ;D

TheBoy wrote on 23. Aug 2006 at 10:31:

I'm so old, I haven't even attempted a handbrake assisted u-turn in my MV6. Yet.

Wasn't the handbrake a tad sticky in TB1? - I'd make sure it works correctly by doing a U-Turn down Tesco's car park  ;)

tunnie wrote on 23. Aug 2006 at 13:57:

TheBoy wrote on 23. Aug 2006 at 10:31: I'm so old, I haven't even attempted a handbrake assisted u-turn in my MV6. Yet. Wasn't the handbrake a tad sticky in TB1? - I'd make sure it works correctly by doing a U-Turn down Tesco's car park  ;)

You can't make a U-Turn in a Tesco car park because it is a well known fact that Omega cam sensors don't work there!

Keep going MJ, you're catching TD up fast [smiley=thumbsup.gif]