[rescue] OT: jobops in austin and dallas

Joshua D Boyd jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu
Thu Jan 10 22:32:27 CST 2002


On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 10:28:36PM -0600, Derrick D. Daugherty wrote:

> think 4-wheel drive...think active/dynamic power placement... so you're
> in a turn..your ass starts to slide...it shifts all control to front
> wheels..and slows the rear so they can stick again... it's an
> intelligent system.  say your front tires and back right don't
> slide..but back left does..it's compensates.  cool.   off the line i
> dunno..but i'd have to _assume_ yes..since all are pushing..but with
> frontwheel drive you get oversteer..that is if you're hauling ass out of
> a corner..they want to go wide..rear wheel can do similar things
> inside...this is a little more balanced.

OK.  Every now and then I dream of taking an all wheel drivetrain from an Audi
and putting it on a jetta (along with a supercharged VR6), but the reality is 
that my car probably isn't worth investing that much in, unless I really have 
the time to redo everything.
 
> i'm also sold on new safety.  the rx7 is safe..but that was in 93..a
> 2002 car should be hopefully leaps and bounds safer..i'm scared
> _shitless_ of car wrecks.   poisonous snakes and car wrecks are my two
> biggest fears.

What really terrifies me are poisonous incests and bott flies.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd



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