Originally Posted by 98CoupeV6
If you don't see the need for it, don't reply. I was just curious if you had any knowledge you were willing to impart on us other than opinion derived from drawings. I said you sound dumb because you're basing your opinion off of nothing other than drawings and have no technical fact/analysis to back it up. Read what I said please. I'm not trying to be argumentative. My point is that you're needlessly nitpicking. I'm not defending Honda. I'm probably going to go to work for General Motors as early as this summer, I don't ride Honda's sack. But I do give engineers and the men that be all the respect in the world, and am smart enough to realize that Honda wouldn't design a system with such "obvious" defects in it. Clearly, the system is designed the way it is for a reason. They didn't just design this off the top of their head. Like I said, you can bet your ass they studied said Subaru's AWD system down to every bolt.
This discussion really isn't very heated. It's a regular discussion. Without such "discussion", this forum would be a veeeeery boring place.
I totally agree with you, and concede to all your points. I don't mean to come across as a nit-picker. I'm sure the design is sound. I definitely don't see anything "defective" about it. I mean, MB for one uses a somewhat similar "layout" and it seems to work just fine.
All I wanted to say that not getting too technical about it, Subaru's system seems the most logical to me. In practice, Honda's system may be superior, despite what it looks like to me. But I'm sure the RL will compare favorably against other AWD cars. Looks like it's main competition will be the Quattro Audis? Nothing else in that luxo price range has AWD. Well, the 330xi doesn't really count, I don't think...Maybe the upcoming Legacy GT? But that's not in the same class as Acura or Audi, despite Subaru's desire to move the brand upscale...Now I'm just rambling...
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