It looks like GM is smarter than you. Guess what, electricity is also really old but it sure is nice to have.
[Edited by mbolton, 5/7/2009 8:46:22 AM]
1. You're not supposed to post here unless you're a member. 2. The leaf spring dates from medieval times, no amount of refinement can make it seem modern.
1. If I'm not supposed to post here why can I post here.
2. You need do some reading. The independent double wishbone suspension supported by fiberglass cantilevered springs on the Corvette dates back to 1984. It happens to be the newest spring design used on any road car. Steal springs and air springs are all older by at least 100 years.
As I said, a refinement of a design does not make the design modern.
If I take a wheelbarrow and add mechanical brakes on it on it so it doesn't go out of control going down hills, it's not a new wheelbarrow. It's a refinement of a wheelbarrow.
But it isn't a refinement of an old idea. It's a very new design. It isn't a axle located by a leaf spring like a truck. It's a different way of doing double A-arms. They way the spring is used and the spring material didn't exist before the 1970s. The people who bash it are those who don't understand it.
If you add a motor to a wheelbarrow, that doesn't make it a motorbarrow, it makes it ridiculous.
Giving you a forum hasn't made you right. I've provided a resource to explain the thing. If you read it and can explain why it's wrong, well I guess you would be right. Otherwise, wouldn't you rather not put your name next to something that's just wrong?