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wait until the first module fails and throws the wheels into a crab walk at highway speeds.
My thoughts exactly!

The Nissan 240 had a "Super Hicas" Package in the 90's that worked sorta similar to that. In town below 45 the back wheels turned the opposite direction from the front to give you a tighter turning radius. Then at highway speeds they turned the same direction as the front so you could crab into the passing lane. Problem was the sudden and unexpected change if you were accelerating or decelerating past 45 while steering and the car went from one mode to the next. Like on a clover leaf or jug handle.
 

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My thoughts exactly!

The Nissan 240 had a "Super Hicas" Package in the 90's that worked sorta similar to that. In town below 45 the back wheels turned the opposite direction from the front to give you a tighter turning radius. Then at highway speeds they turned the same direction as the front so you could crab into the passing lane. Problem was the sudden and unexpected change if you were accelerating or decelerating past 45 while steering and the car went from one mode to the next. Like on a clover leaf or jug handle.
That is why I preferred Honda's AWS system, it was progressive, initial little bit of input from center would only turn the fronts, then the rear turned with the front up to so many degrees, then the rear would progressively swing the other way for tight turns. Speed was not a factor at all. Still had the "slide" feeling between initial input and actually turning, but it was predictable. It did have the habit if you were going "too fast" for a turn and the rear wheels were rotating the rear around (pointing out) that as you let the steering center when the rear would turn in (crab mode) the rear had too much inertia into the turn and the rear tires would break loose, but with FWD, more throttle and it would pull back in line.
 
 








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