Fwd versus Rwd

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Originally Posted by OVERKILL
Originally Posted by Skippy722
Originally Posted by edyvw

I purposely pushed Tiguan to limit, and once it looses grip, holy moly. Than Haldex does some strange rotation, one has no idea where is rear end.
BMW was easy, it would oversteer in snow easily, but very easy to control it.
I remember in Bosnia, in my city there is this very strange long curve. People would race, and long time ago they would race in those early 1980's Audi 80's or Passats with longitudinal engines. But, that curve probably had by far most VW/Audi's in trees than any other vehicles. Most were by far FWD, as Quattro until recently was very rare generally due to price. When that Audi 80 looses control, you can only pray, whether one believes in God or not.


My Durango used Jeep's Quadra-Trac II system. Variable torque split with a "brake lock differential" system. It was very very smooth and linear, but being heavily RWD biased by it sent power to the front as needed.

V6 models used Quadra-Trac I, a permanent 50-50 split in power front to rear with the same BLD system. Both were absolute tanks that never did anything squirrelly.


What year was your Durango?


2011, I had a Citadel with the 5.7 HEMI. Jealous of the SRT though!
 
Originally Posted by Skippy722
Originally Posted by OVERKILL
Originally Posted by Skippy722
Originally Posted by edyvw

I purposely pushed Tiguan to limit, and once it looses grip, holy moly. Than Haldex does some strange rotation, one has no idea where is rear end.
BMW was easy, it would oversteer in snow easily, but very easy to control it.
I remember in Bosnia, in my city there is this very strange long curve. People would race, and long time ago they would race in those early 1980's Audi 80's or Passats with longitudinal engines. But, that curve probably had by far most VW/Audi's in trees than any other vehicles. Most were by far FWD, as Quattro until recently was very rare generally due to price. When that Audi 80 looses control, you can only pray, whether one believes in God or not.


My Durango used Jeep's Quadra-Trac II system. Variable torque split with a "brake lock differential" system. It was very very smooth and linear, but being heavily RWD biased by it sent power to the front as needed.

V6 models used Quadra-Trac I, a permanent 50-50 split in power front to rear with the same BLD system. Both were absolute tanks that never did anything squirrelly.


What year was your Durango?


2011, I had a Citadel with the 5.7 HEMI. Jealous of the SRT though!


Citadel is a well equipped unit though
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I do really like the SRT, it's a fun vehicle. Interesting that they went with the different system on it from the 5.7L-powered models.
 
Sometimes I miss it, but then I fill up the 300 and I'm averaging 9 or more miles per gallon I don't anymore lol. 13-14 got old after awhile
 
Originally Posted by Skippy722
Sometimes I miss it, but then I fill up the 300 and I'm averaging 9 or more miles per gallon I don't anymore lol. 13-14 got old after awhile


Yikes, that bad???!!! Of course yours was pre-8spd. Was that mixed or 100% in-town? The SRT is a tad thirsty in town but can yield decent mileage cruising.
 
Originally Posted by OVERKILL
Originally Posted by Skippy722
Sometimes I miss it, but then I fill up the 300 and I'm averaging 9 or more miles per gallon I don't anymore lol. 13-14 got old after awhile


Yikes, that bad???!!! Of course yours was pre-8spd. Was that mixed or 100% in-town? The SRT is a tad thirsty in town but can yield decent mileage cruising.


My drive cycle almost matches the EPA city test lol, I'm 10 miles from work. Best I ever got was 18.9 hand calculated doing 100% highway driving over 250 miles driving down to Georgia. That 545rfe left a lot to be desired. But yes, if I babied it, only drove it to and from church or my parents house, it would average 15-16!
 
That's horrific!
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Definitely see why you got rid of it. I can get low 20's on the highway (it's rated 13/19 EPA), better if it's country roads with a 45mph limit. But of course I didn't buy it for the fuel economy and expected it to be thirsty. And it's quite good on gas compared to the Expedition we had previously
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Originally Posted by ls1mike
You have not sat in my Caprice, I could put your Civic in my trunk.
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Funny you mention that, this is exactly what I thought - I can make a swimming pool out of the trunk in my Grand Marquis.

I'm old fashioned - let the rear wheels do the pushing and the front do the steering.
 
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