Will friction affect mousetrap cars

Answer 1

simple answer: no. real answer: assume that it does not, then, the friction of the wheels against the ground will not exist, leaving your car to spin its wheels quite happly without going anywhere. on second thought, your wheels would probablly not be spinning either way as to power said conventional "mouse trap car" one would generally use a string wound around the rear or frontal axis. without said friction, said string would not attach to said axis. basically, you fail, at life and beyond. As observations contradict this thought experiment, the assumed lack of friction cannot exist. Thus, friction acts upon mousetrap cars and upon your thick skull as information is shoved upon it. QED, or WWWWW