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Old 11-29-2009, 08:51 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I'm with Christ on this. 15 years in snow country, and the best combination is a light FWD and studded tires all around. My wife and I both preferred the ~2000 lb. RWD econocar to the 4500 lb. 4X4 (both with studded tires at all four corners, because the 4X4 took forever to stop on slick roads. Too much inertia. It's simple physics. The 4X4 was nice for packing down the snow before the plows got to our street, but once it was packed, all of us in my neighborhood got along just fine with our econoboxes, and my 5 mpg 4X4 stayed parked.

When we got FWD econoboxes, life was even better.
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49.5 mpg avg over 53,000 miles. 176% of '08 EPA
Best flat drive 94.5 mpg for 10.1 mi
Longest tank 1033 km (642 mi) on 10.56 gal = 60.8 mpg
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