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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / February 2008

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Are Scion coupes 4-wheel-steer?

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Nate Nagel - 25 Feb 2008 00:29 GMT
Was following one of those little Scion coupes down the road earlier
today and I swear I saw a tie rod end hanging down behind the rear
suspension.  Is there a four wheel steer option, or does one of the
suspension links simply look like a tie rod end?  I thought 4WS had
fallen out of favor due to complexity/only slight benefits...

nate

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TE Chea - 28 Feb 2008 18:08 GMT
| I thought 4WS had
| fallen out of favor due to complexity/only slight benefits...

I bet you never drove a 4ws ( superior to 2ws ) car ;
[i] User can corner hard without a nose-dive ; only a sideward
     tilt towards outer edge of road curve will happen, because
     all 4 tyres can turn to change car's direction i.e.twice as
     much tyre grip.
[ii] esp useful in a city like Sydney ( australia ) whose city
     centre's road lanes are just 7' wide ( approx, I could not stop
     to measure them ) : over curves all 2ws cars ( trucks are
     worse ) inevitably cut into other lanes, 1's car will be
     scratched / dented unless 1 carefully avoids these cutting-in
     `s, i.e. 1 must not drive into busy curves.  4ws vehicles need
     not cut into other lanes ( their tails can follow road curves ),
     should be charged lower road tax for their tighter use of
     narrow lanes ( enable fastr traffic flow ).
[iii] a narrow gap ( on a curve rd / path ) impassable to a 2ws
      car can be passable to a 4ws car of similar size. The same
      with a short parking space, or a 3 point turn to reverse car's
      direction.
4ws saves time, this is mainly what cars are for in the 1st place.
 
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