It seems like I can't go anywhere to read about cars without somehow hearing about FWD vs. RWD, and often what seems like a gang of people talking about how such and such car should've been RWD and it would've been better, or how whatever car is still just FWD and high power with FWD is pointless, etc. All the cars I've owned have been fairly powerful FWD cars (Lowest power was 240 hp), so I fully admit to having little experience with RWD cars. The only RWD vehicle I ever drove was a truck my dad owned for awhile, but it was infrequent so it's not enough to amount to anything.
So far, I'm really not seeing what about RWD is supposed to make it so much better. I'm guessing it weighs heavily on understeer/oversteer and how they handle in extreme conditions? I don't really have any plans to drive on a track basically ever, so that part seems a bit lost on me. My Mustang has pretty good handling, but I never really felt like the Maxima was lacking. I sometimes drive on twisty roads in my area and so far neither has felt like they couldn't handle it. I had a Buick years ago that did not like the quick and kind of tight turns that were in some places, but to be expected of a car of its kind.
Are the pros of RWD mostly relegated to track use or are there applications on the street that I could see the benefits of? So far, I just notice that when it's wet out it can be a bit more trouble with the Mustang than it ever was with the Maxima so I am much more conscious of my driving. It is kind of fun when I want it to do it that it can, but I very rarely want the car to do anything like that. Is part of the RWD favor due to the fact that really high HP FWD cars north of 300+ HP are pretty uncommon? I'm just trying to see what appreciable benefits I have with this RWD Mustang as opposed to my FWD Maxima in the handling department.
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