BENJ-AMG

...when we talk about our car's power delivery? Since Z's are RWD shouldn't it be "PUSH"?

poorbastard

well probably cuz it feels like ur being pulled rather than u feel like ur being pushed

BENJ-AMG

But you're not.

poorbastard

well to tell you the truth i really wouldnt k now so maybe people think it sounds cool

DrVolkl

Maybe because the engine is in front and it's pulling the car?

BENJ-AMG

Maybe, but technically the wheels are pushing the car. The rear wheels supply the final motion before propelling the vehicle.

damoniusmonk

because the steering wheel pulls you, and you hang on

just my opinion

DavesZ#3

iTrader: (26)

My guess is that it has to do with the "pull" of gravity. When some force is acting on your body, you tend to think of it in those terms.

Asad

Who cares?

BENJ-AMG

Evidently I do. However, I don't really know why. Just one of those nagging revelations

jon2381

LOLLLLLLL

R.J._Vancouver

I`ve only used this expression when saying to a buddy, "Hey, can I have a pull off your beer?" And then I proceed to drink the whole thing.

Zcarboy

That like saying why do we Drive on a Parkway and Park in a Driveway type thing.

Z-Z

I have heard in other sports (racing jet-ski's for instance) where the person in the lead would say "I was pullin' that guy!" - Like the one in the lead is pulling the others by an imaginary tow-line.

Maybe that's where it came from.

Hogstar

Who am I to say, but, I think it probably goes back to the Romans!
When riding in a chariot you are standing and you have to hang on to the reins. And the horse pulling is what you feel. I'm sure that's how they bragged about the power of their steeds, "he really pulls!".
"Think there ever was a "Zteed"?

ssc

iTrader: (1)

i think it's becasue it feels like you are being pulled foward as you are pushed into your seat...
neverthless....who cares

AmateuRN

iTrader: (7)

I think you're thinkin' to much into it.

Reggi914

iTrader: (3)

Its just a friggin phrase. Why do you "im going to take a bath"? Your not actually taking a bath, your filling it with water and going inside of it. Its just a phrase to make life easy... geez.

EnthuZiast

iTrader: (4)

I only use pulling when I am ctaching up to the driver in front. Like an EVO with a good launch that I reel in

I lways thought of it like pulling in a car with almost like an imaginary rope...man that sounds weird now that I said it out loud

orhanz33

it has to do w/ the way most people's brains register terms, it's more convenient to understand pulled instead of pushed... it could be beacause of a lot of different reasons (depending on what you want to believe your subconscious controls what you want to believe and understand)

maybe the term pulled is used so frequently that it influences our way of understanding, maybe when cars are engaged(bound) in a race the car in front seems to be pulling the car/s behind, or maybe it goes back to the ancient Romans...

the only way to get a correct answer for your question is to ask yourself, because you already know the answer, you probably just don't know that you know or just not sure of yourself

it all comes down to convenience... we use the term pulled because it recquires the least amount of effort (thinking) to understand and explain