OT: Friday open thread. MGoJen update?

Love the D.  Will be fantastic here in a month, swinging big bright stuff. 

Peggy?

I love my A6 Quattro Turbo.  Fun to drive and handles beautifully in all weather conditions.

RSAmerica is the model. Have had it for 12 years and counting. Love my car!!

Indeed.  Also a wagon that blows by Shelby Mustangs would be awesome.  The problem is there aren't a lot of wagons on the used car lots yet.  

There are 4 main drive types for cars, and they often get mis-nomered (disclaimer, you can drive any type of car safely or terribly in any weather):

Front Wheel Drive - the engine's power goes directly to the front wheels. Most cars sold today use this configuration. The "sporting" performance isn't as good as other configurations but in bad weather it's good-to-great. The engine (weight) sits right over the drive wheels and helps with traction. You're less likely to spin the tires (or the car) and the wheels that steer get torque as well. That helps in bad weather.

Rear Wheel Drive - the engine's power goes directly to the rear wheels. This gives you better performance (think physics! It's also why your front brakes are bigger) and the driving dynamics feel different. The car is "pushing" you instead of "pulling" you. You're not adding torque to the wheels that steer, so they are free to steer and not be messed with. Big german cars (your 335i, BMW, Mercedes) and sports cars favor this set up for the dynamics. Pickup trucks are also set up like this. Worse in bad weather - less weight on the drive wheels (usually) and the wheels that control your direction have no input - you can't add torque to a front wheel. Easier to spin out on.

Part time 4 wheel drive - rare these days. Vehicle is set up like a RWD vehicle and is a RWD vehicle until a transfer case is engaged. Think Jeep Wranglers and pickup trucks. Usually these have locked transfer cases and give 50-50 torque between the front and rear wheels when engaged. The fact that the transfer case is locked means it's not so good on dry roads

All wheel drive (full time 4wd) - very common. vehicles have a differential in the transfer case and allow varying amounts of torque to go between the front and rear wheels. All cars with AWD (audis etc) are set up this way and have sporting intentions or "safety" intentions. Most SUVs have this set up now too because the driver doesn't have to input during bad weather. The "sporting" advantages are that you have 4 wheels to put the torque to the road, not just 2 and you get most of the benefits of FWD and RWD. The downside is you add weight.

Ever been to Phu Quoc?  We did our honeymoon there.  My wife was getting pissed off because everyone assumed she was Vietnamese and would refuse to switch to English since they were certain she had to know Vietnamese.  

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If you have the orginial stories I posted, feel free to post them up on the board.  It's slow and then we can update the MGoHall of Fame with them.  It looks my copies didn't survive migration between laptops.  If you'd rather not post them, I can give you my email.  I'm working up the wedding one and Little Sister is a mover and shaker in it, so people will likely need backstory.  

How would she know if she was being too loud in public?