Re: RE: Part Time 4wd

From: Chris lang (langcj@clarkson.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 23 1998 - 19:38:59 EDT


I think the benz system uses the brakes on the wheel that spinning even
while your on the gas, otherwise it would be pointless....

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim, Donna, Erin, and Brian <leefam@wcc.net>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Part Time 4wd

>> <<AWD, or all-wheel drive, is a lot like 4ft except you cannot turn
it
>> off. often times these systems are designed EXCLUSIVELY for road use
>> and are far less suitable for off-roading.>>
>> Basically true but I've heard that Mercedes (I think) puts out an
>> impressive AWD rig that uses the ABS brake system to keep power
coming
>> to wheels with traction... So they keep open diffs for great highway
>> performance/manners while maintaining off-road traction that would
put
>> alot of 4x4's (including my Kota) to shame!
>>
>> T.
>>
>>
>Okay, so I screwed up that last thing i wrote. I don't profess to be a
>master of 4wd vehicles, jsut what I thought was right. I wil disagree on
>the Mercedes part. I would rather have anything but the ABS system to be
>used as traction control. Do you really want to be on the brakes while
>going through mud, or any other off road terrain? Momentum is the key
>here. I don't like the independant rear suspension, either. It seems like
>they could have come up with a better idea...Such as the new Jeep Cherokee
>has - Quadra Track II.
>
>Brian
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