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Originally Posted by Vman455
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oh yeah, that car!
I see hundreds of those a day.........
example:
Back in the 80's, chrysler got a bad rating on the Omni (built to bring the company out of bankruptcy) becasue when consumer report JERKED the steering wheel back and forth, the car continued to oscolate(sp) back and forth.
Chysler said it was an unfair test because:
1. No one drove like that
2. The light weight front wheel drive w/ uneven axles where inherently less stable than rear wheel drive cars that the test was designed for.
Consumer report said:
In the rare 'emergency' a consumer would perform that manuver.
I promise you that "RANDOMLY" narrowing the rear will have unintended negative results.
The car in the picture could not servive the lowest comon consumer.
Example: my 1999 Jag Vanden Plas had a stretched body (7-8 inches in the passenger floor board) I could feel the difference when turning on the rear tires.
SOme here may find this hard to believe
but there actually is science and engineering that goes into every part of car design.......Things are where they are for a reason. (physics, marketing, regulations, dynamics, aero etc)
