What happened to rear wheel steering?
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Zod said:
Krikkit said:
Still out there though - current 7 series has it optioned, I'm sure there's a few more too. Surprised it doesn't come in more big saloons and 4x4's.
Presumably just for parking?The Wookie said:
With the exception of reduced turning circle you can achieve a lot of the advantages of it with well chosen and tuned kinematics and compliance with none of the weight and complexity.
Plus I'm led to believe there's some potential for interesting failure modes!
Add a LSD and you get the reduced turning circle for free too...Plus I'm led to believe there's some potential for interesting failure modes!
i didn't like the 4ws in my prelude.
if you were parked close to a kerb, turn the wheel to pull out and the back steers into the pavement and crunches up your rear alloy... not that i could ever get that close as every time i thought i was getting there on a parallel park, the rear would start steering away from the kerb.
never managed to make it go where i wanted and not sad to see 4ws go.
if you were parked close to a kerb, turn the wheel to pull out and the back steers into the pavement and crunches up your rear alloy... not that i could ever get that close as every time i thought i was getting there on a parallel park, the rear would start steering away from the kerb.
never managed to make it go where i wanted and not sad to see 4ws go.
doogz said:
Honda also used active systems.
I'm sure you know this, it just read like you were stating they didn't.
I miss mine. It made back seat passengers feel sick. More than they already were from having to sit with their knees beside their head.
Being 6'3" and having been in the back of a mid 80s Prelude, I can confirm this fact!I'm sure you know this, it just read like you were stating they didn't.
I miss mine. It made back seat passengers feel sick. More than they already were from having to sit with their knees beside their head.
doogz said:
Captain Muppet said:
Honda and Citroen had passive rear steer using sqishy suspension mounts - I'm pretty sure this still goes on, but isn't advertised because it isn't new or clever like it was 20 years ago.
Honda also used active systems.I'm sure you know this, it just read like you were stating they didn't.
I miss mine. It made back seat passengers feel sick. More than they already were from having to sit with their knees beside their head.
My brother had a Citroen ZX and would often go on about how clever the passive rear steering was. Usually this ended in my saying "point to just one other thing that isn't dull".
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