AWD is awesome. I love my subie. But don’t delude yourself. In ski resort parking lots I’ve seen FWD shitboxes drive around stuck 4WD pickups because they just slammed the gas and their shitty tires couldn’t make it up a hill. Good driving habits > good tires > all wheel drive. All three is awesome, but you should worry about winter driving in that order
Totally agree. But I’d rather have good driving habits, good tires, and awd than just the first two.
I dont buy the argument from others that being safer means you will drive less safely.
If I saw a study that showed a clear increase in preventable accidents in awd vehicles in winter, I would reconsider my position that awd is generally better than fwd
AWD is awesome. I love my subie. But don’t delude yourself. In ski resort parking lots I’ve seen FWD shitboxes drive around stuck 4WD pickups because they just slammed the gas and their shitty tires couldn’t make it up a hill. Good driving habits > good tires > all wheel drive. All three is awesome, but you should worry about winter driving in that order
Totally agree. But I’d rather have good driving habits, good tires, and awd than just the first two.
I dont buy the argument from others that being safer means you will drive less safely.
If I saw a study that showed a clear increase in preventable accidents in awd vehicles in winter, I would reconsider my position that awd is generally better than fwd
https://www.torquenews.com/1083/four-wheel-drive-and-all-wheel-drive-vehicles-found-be-safer-two-wheel-drive-vehicles-same-category
Awd doesnt help you stop or turn. Thats when you go in the ditch and get stuck. AWD is not a safety feature unless you live in the mountains.
And yet IHS found it to be safer to have an awd. /shrug
Correlation or causation?
I’d ask the same for all the anecdotes ive seen in the thread saying awd is less safe
Sure, but you might as well show your IHS source first.
I did earlier in the thread