Quote: Originally Posted by anim8ing I know a lot more about making you look like an idiot. Then again, you do most of that yourself. Not really. I'm not the one driving…

People who argue against SUVs in a Mac forum are retarded.

Quote: Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded Sounds great man. Take any vid? I'm definitely going to do something like that at some point in my life. I personally didn't …

Quote: Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded Not really. I'm not the one driving a vehicle designed for offroading and justifying it by saying I need to 'carry my bikes'. You'…

Quote: Originally Posted by anim8ing I think there is some rust on your left fender. Go take care of that. Why? It's a 1980s honda that lives outside, downtown in a…

"Dem boys at BMW…" In a golf tour in Ireland, Tiger Woods drives his BMW into a petrol station in a remote part of the Irish countryside. The attendant at the pump greets him in …

Quote: Originally Posted by marden "Dem boys at BMW…" In a golf tour in Ireland, Tiger Woods drives his BMW into a petrol station in a remote part of the Irish countryside. Th…

Quote: Originally Posted by anim8ing ok, so i concede the audi point, but they still aren't 4 wheel drive. I must be unaware of the difference between 4 wheel drive and all …

I don't see any technical difference between 4WD and AWD either. Unless of course the vehicle has all wheels drive but has more or less than four wheels (like a Reliant!). I think…

OK, I was once mistified by what the difference was between 4WD and AWD, and I am pretty sure there was a moment in ca$hs life when he was too, so bugger off and deal with that fac…

Quote: Originally Posted by phantomdragonz OK, I was once mistified by what the difference was between 4WD and AWD, and I am pretty sure there was a moment in ca$hs life when he…

Quote: Originally Posted by phantomdragonz In a 4WD truck (not many cars have true 4wd) there is a "transfer case" this basically allows for the 4wd to be turned off, and also p…

Quote: Originally Posted by Troll Okay, I had a look on the web at this question and it seems to me that ultimately this is just a marketing thing in the US. <snip> S…

Quote: Originally Posted by Troll By the way, macroy, did they have that exercise where you have to do an emergency double lane change? At the course I did, you'd be driving on…

Quote: Originally Posted by Troll By the way, macroy, did they have that exercise where you have to do an emergency double lane change? At the course I did, you'd be driving on…

Quote: Originally Posted by jebjeb To take this to the next level, the most effective 4WD will also have locking front and rear diffs. Without them (just like a normal car), sa…

Quote: Originally Posted by phantomdragonz true 4wd is simply haveing a locked center diff, or a transfercase that splits the power evenly from the front axle and the rear. Wh…

Damn that looks like a lot of fun! How much did the course cost, if I may ask?

Quote: Originally Posted by Cadaver Damn that looks like a lot of fun! How much did the course cost, if I may ask? This was a "special" arrangement with the National Capit…

Sheesh. For $500 you could have just bought a helmet and driven your own M3 at some autocross event for a lot less.

Sheesh. For $500 you could have just bought a helmet and driven your own M3 at some autocross event for a lot less.

Quote: Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded All manual transmissions that subaru uses (excluding the STi) have a 50/50 powersplit, but they're advertised as AWD not 4wd. I…

Quote: Originally Posted by phantomdragonz I was under the impression that only the STi had the center locking diff... otherwise they are not true 4wd (the STi ain't either, but…

Quote: Originally Posted by phantomdragonz if you were to put an odometer on each of the 4 wheels of a car and went around in a circle not one of them would read the same distan…

Quote: Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded Also, that would only be true if the front and rear diffs were also locked. If the front or rear diff was open, the inner wheel wou…