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turning radius 200 1989

posted by  Ken C on  Tue Apr 26 17:05 CST 2005
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The 240's turning radius is one of the tightest of any car, for it's length (given the overhang) and wheelbase (which also affects the radius of the "circle"), and far surpasses any FWD or AWD car of the same wheelbase because, lacking a shaft and universal joint behind the hub, Volvo has designed the hub/wheel assembly so that it can be turned almost perpendicular to the long axis of the car. Take a look at a front wheel at full lock to see what I mean.

Of course, this also means that when you are in full lock, left or right, and put it in gear to make a sharp turn, the front wheels are going to slip sideways (which actually means, in that position, that they're sliding forward) a bit. I've found that this slippage produces strange rubbing sounds on certain pavements.





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