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Old 03-10-2021, 03:10 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Thanx. I wasn't going to do it after aerohead's post, but you opened the door:



That tow vehicle would tow better with the 'front' wheel alignment rejiggered.

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It's also an elegant solution for making a front wheel drive vehicle into a rear wheel drive vehicle.
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https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod...1578385785.jpg

The Mercedes Benz Vision ATVR has tires that can change direction up to 30 degrees. They promote it for crab steering, but it would also enable reverse steering. ....and four wheel skirts (unlike that concept).
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Has anyone considered lift, if you put it on backwards you get higher chance of all the contents going on the road.
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Thanx. I wasn't going to do it after aerohead's post, but you opened the door:



That tow vehicle would tow better with the 'front' wheel alignment rejiggered.
Do I have to be the first one to say, that is one fake video, but still entertaining?
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Agreed.

Looks like I picked a version with a frontward lap. It's a whole category: duckduckgo.com/?q=reverse+drift+GTA+video

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