Thoughts? I live in a wintery biome so having awd gives me a bit of peace of mind

  • 0ops@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    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

    • Leviathan@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’ve seen FWD shitboxes drive around stuck 4WD pickups

      This is me, I love driving in winter and I drive an old manual civic. Last winter I drove through the mountains between the Saguenay and the Malbaie (Quebec) during a couple of good blizzards. It’s a winter wonderland. You have to be really good at driving when your car’s basically belly on snow though and I can’t tell you how many SUVs are constantly in ditches along the 170.

    • dom@lemmy.caOP
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      1 year ago

      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

      • SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        Here in the Midwest everyone is super cautious on that first snow in January.

        Then that last one in March there’s tons of vehicles in the ditches as people become overconfident.

      • shitescalates
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        1 year ago

        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.

    • bluGill@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      If it’s is really bad you can get lockers on your differential which can make a big difference (but if you don’t use them right they can make some slippery situations worse, and in the worst case cause expensive damage to your truck.