whats the advant, disvant of RWD and FWD?

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gittyup

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Typically, FWD vehicles are more costly to repair than RWD, when it comes to front end parts.
My 2 cents.. ;)
 

Soybomb

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Lets see if I can remember all the questions here.

I'm pretty sure dodge's turbo diesels sell quite well, I'm not a big truck fan so I don't keep up on that though.....

I'm pretty sure the new generation of neons has ended the head gasket problem. Wanna bet some fords have had similar problems. I'll have to ask my dad who works at a ford parts counter is what some of the most common parts he orders are.

Once again not that familiar with the 360, It probably isn't their best engine ever, but ford has had their fair share of bombs too. I'm betting they will make up for it with the new hemi engine though.

I'm not really familiar with a "peg leg" vehicle of any sort.

So when is ford going to make a suv worthy of 4wd? Lets put a grand cherokee and an explorer together and set them on the trail and see who can finish....
 

SVTPower

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More stupid excuses. When you are in a debate, people picks on spelling errors. You don't make lame excuses with Internet Spell guards.

I know this is what people like Red Dawn do. I'd be glad to be in his social class if I were you guys too.

So since when did picking at spelling become at all important? So what if a person has a typo it's a bad thing?

I guess if I was going off ASSuming that a person Road Races when he clearly stated that he didn't because he didn't want to loose his license, but he also stated that he's ran the 1/4 mile once before. So I only ran it one time to see what I could do, But being on a track seems to be pretty safe to me EH?
 

lupin

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so that's the best you can do ?

You're just lame SVTPower. I won't even waste anymore time arguing with you.
 

SVTPower

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Hmmm what more do you want me to do??

I can begin to make up stuff like it seems you like to do.

I'm bombarding you left and right, and that's the best reply you can give ?
The point there is to show people how you are the typical dumb, unsafe, selfish driver
AHA! So you're pulling 1/4 miles on the roads?? Now you're talking ROAD RACING! Only Unsafe, Stupid, Selfish, Uneducated JERKS races on the road

But then again I would rather just stick to reality.

It's okay I know you ran out of juice is actually what has happened. Why don't you go into the bathroom and look into the mirror and practice some more cutdowns then come back after abit and have more stuff to nit pick at.
 

geno

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SVT - both lupin and Soybomb have managed to make you look like an ass, quit while you're ahead here...
 

SVTPower

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Yup the above message sure shows it too.

In Lupans Fantasy land he sure made up allot of bad stuff about me :)
 

geno

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Well you're not meeting any of the points he's making, and Soybomb jsut $hit all over Ford and you have nothing to say about it - just a suggestion I was making anyways :)
 

SVTPower

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Well I guess in a few years I can come up with "They fixed that problem"

But I do know what a peg leg is. I do know Powerstroke sales is WAY above Dodge Diesel. I do know that the 360 sucks and I do agree with him that the Hemi engines should help them a bunch.

The Jeep Cherokee, Well thats fine if you want to compare it to explorer I agree I don't like the small truck line (Ranger Explorer) but I would take an Expedition over a Cherokee. I can 4X4 just fine in one and I can tow allot more.

Ford and Chevy trucks sell WAY more trucks then any Dodge.
 

Mill

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Now I see why Ford owners get a bad name. SVT do yourself a favor, don't argue cars on this board unless you have information to back yourself up. I bet your truck would get outhandled by my old '91 Cutlass Supreme.
 

SVTPower

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I bet your truck would get outhandled by my old '91 Cutlass Supreme

Okay I'm sure it would :p

That sounds like it's coming from a master mechanic
 

Mill

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Aww. SVTpower I was actually expecting a good argument from you. You must be a master driver. There are people at my track running 13.5-13.6 with just a k&n. You wanna race or does your truck cut off at 110mph?
 

geno

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<< That sounds like it's coming from a master mechanic >>


WTF does being a mechanic have to do with performance knowledge???

Man - you're not helping your cause here...
 

SVTPower

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WTF does being a mechanic have to do with performance knowledge???

It wasn't about performance knowledge he said my knowledge about cars... Duh!!

Your helping the Lupin cause with all your illusions.
 

Mill

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<< WTF does being a mechanic have to do with performance knowledge???

It wasn't about performance knowledge he said my knowledge about cars... Duh!!

Your helping the Lupin cause with all your illusions.
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When you are able to make sense we can talk.
 

geno

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<< It wasn't about performance knowledge he said my knowledge about cars... Duh!! >>


OK, maybe you don't get it. You brought up the subject of handling, then made fun of his mechanical knowledge - is there something I'm missing here or does it not make sense?
 

SVTPower

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When you are able to make sense we can talk

Sorry my English does get alittle strong sometimes. :)

OK, maybe you don't get it. You brought up the subject of handling, then made fun of his mechanical knowledge - is there something I'm missing here or does it not make sense?

Yup your missing what was posted and only seeing what you want to see.
 

geno

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OK, SVT, I'll say it one more time:
You were comparing apples and oranges. You compared Mill's mechanical knowledge to his knowledge of handling... It's like me tellin you my computer's better at running Quake3 cause my mouse is better than yours. Doesn't make sense now does it?

Here, I'll even quote you:


<< I bet your truck would get outhandled by my old '91 Cutlass Supreme

Okay I'm sure it would

That sounds like it's coming from a master mechanic
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I'm still clueless
 

lsd

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If FWD was better than RWD then every car in Nascar, Formula one, Indy car, Le mans, etc would be FWD.
I personally own a FWD car ('90 Maxima) and a RWD car ('88 monte carlo). While my max is easier to drive, the $2000+ it cost to just to rebuild the tranny didn't make me happy at all.
 

BoberFett

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What are doing?!?!?! Trying to bring this conversation back on topic? ;)

<< If FWD was better than RWD... >>

Better is a subjective word. For my wife to go to the grocery store while it's snowing, a FWD is better than a RWD. But would I take my Chrysler Concorde to the track and race it? No.
 

Soybomb

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<< I would take an Expedition over a Cherokee. I can 4X4 just fine in one >>



Then your idea of 4-wheeling is &quot;mudding.&quot; An expedition could in no way possible even come close to following a jeep. If you disagree with that let me know and I think I can come up with enough links to make you think differently.