On Jul 22, 2006, at 8:33 AM, Adam Maas wrote: > The co-location of steering and drive makes even the simplest FWD car > more mechanically complex than a RWD car, even if both have fully > independant suspensions. The CV joints and drive shafts are what drive > up the cost of repair, sometimes by quite a lot. Also transaxles are > more difficult to work on as they are more mechanically complex > (Primarily due to co-locating the differential and transmission).
While I agree that the design is more complex, I disagree that it drives up the cost of repair by any substantial amount. I say this having had several years career as an automotive and motorcycle mechanic. In some ways, it proves to be easier to work on combined transaxle drive systems than on traditional separate component systems, but that's really more a reflection of the quality of the design than the type. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
