Dean, FWD cars are a pain in the ass to work on them.
Unless its an easy job i pass the hardcore jobs to an other shop.
FWD is superior in the Snow, but otherwise suck.
Ugh-ha. I used to think that too, but here,
even in the dry, I tried without success driving up a 12% incline in the dry and wet in my bosses 2003 Camry 2.4. Couldn't go up hills that steep. In ice, it was worse than usless getting up a hardpacked ice track to my old home, 8% gradioent. Same with the 1996 Ford Taurus.
All my Falcons, Toyota SR5 2wd's, Mustang, the 82 rear drive RT131 Corona, the 84 ST165 front drive Corona and E37 88 Mitsubishi Galant, all my front drive Corollas, no problems.
On a wet or dry boat ramp, a front drive Toyota or Ford is also a beached gargoyle. Or like that self amputating Oarfish that washed up on the beach down here yesterday.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/6782 ... in-dunedin
In addition, you THEN have to deal with the Swiss Watch approach, service technicans become jewlers...or keyhole surgeons
This service tool was a real pest to fit. I made the last one too thick, and it wouldn't fit. The 40 thou thick one is just right...