Finally towed with the new F150!
Well, finally was able to hitch up the #5000 TT to the F150 in my sig.. :) I noticed a difference from the old 97 F150 just hitching it up! The new one didn't sag as much as the old one. (about h...
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mich800 wrote:
The police Taurus is AWD. I would think there are a lot of road racers that would disagree the AWD platform is dangerous. The F150 was not necessarily designed for high speed pursuits but a little over steer is not bad if you are trained.
No, the Taurus is a "part-time" AWD, rear drive is engaged ONLY for acceleration from a stop or at low speed. There is NO road-racer given the understanding of the Taurus method for implementing AWD that wouldn't consider it dangerous.
In normal use the front tires must "slip" before the rear drive will be engaged. But due to the immediate HAZARDS arising from even the slightest level of front tire slippage, loss of directional control, the designers chose to also engage TC, INSTANT, FULL engine dethrottling accompanied by TC braking of the front wheels.
The MDX has the only truly functional front drive based AWD system, SH-AWD.
