driftless shifter
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92GA said:After reading this, Rich just maybe your driving habits are your worst enemy. You can't expect a RV to drive and handle like any car. Sounds like now when you're going to pass, you floor it. If so you are not only causing the condition yourself but you are putting unnecessary strain on the transmission. Maybe Chrysler needs to detune your RV for your safety and ours.
I have thought of this as a possibility all along. If you mash the go pedal and the transmission bangs a downshift, there absolutely will be feedback to the steering wheel. Its the nature of the beast. I never cared for front wheel drive because of the unpredictability in slippery conditions. If your drive wheels hydroplane there will be a jerk in the wheel, one way or the other when a tire makes contact again. When making a turn in snow or ice, if your drive wheels break traction you are going straight from that point on. If you take your your foot off the gas, as instinct would make you, it gets worse. If you gun it, as you would in a rear drive, to skid the rear end out, and complete the turn, it also gets worse. If you have traction control and gun it to break through a snowbank onto a main road, you can get stuck in the snowbank halfway out.
Yet there is a big fan club for the FWD GMC motorhome from the 70's. They even drag race them. One holds or held the Bonneville Salt Flats land speed record for the worlds fastest motorhome. Reverse Donuts are kinda fun too!
Bill
Still a bit crazy after all these years.