Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Trevor
I was told several years ago, by the wife of an SVX owner with AWS, that she hated the car, because the AWS caused complete confusion when trying to park, particularly when reversing into a space..
|
I wonder Trevor if that lady had ever driven an early 90s Honda Prelude with 4ws? And then convinced herself the SVX was behaving the same?
The Prelude, at least some of them, had also a 4ws set-up.
The control system in the Honda was set to turn the wheels the same direction as the front steer axle beyond certain speeds, maybe about 50km/h, not sure on that. As Phil mentions, this makes for rapid lane changes on the motorway, and good stability.
At parking speeds, the rear wheels in the Honda turned the opposite way to the front steer axle. In theory this meant the car could turn quickly into a tight space. In practice, particularly if you were not a good parker, it meant you might be put out a little by the car turning in faster than you expected.
It is possible she may have had trouble with a Honda, then changed to an SVX with 4ws, and convinced herself she did not like it, knowing it had also got 4ws, but not knowing it was different.
I have seen ads for the SVX describing that it accelerates quickly when the "turbo" comes in
I'd say these people genuinely think the SVX has a turbo, because the Power mode comes on.
Joe
