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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
Good winter tires beats 4 wheel drive. In snow, turning and braking are more important than acceleration, so winter tires are the only thing that helps with all 3.
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I'll second that. I've driven through at least 38 snowy/icy winters as well and never had 4wd. I wouldn't want it either. They waste gas all year round for starters and for the most part, are not any safer on the road. The exception to that might be the AWD systems from Subaru and Audi but I've never had a chance to try one. I've driven 4wd pickups for work and I found them horrible. If I lived up some mountain road that never got plowed in the winter I might feel differently, but I don't. 4wd does have its place, I just don't think that it is as important as many people think. I don't know how many times I been out on the highway in a snow storm and the majority of vehicles in the ditch are SUV's. I'll take a FWD car with a good set of snow tires over 4wd any day.
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Almost all my driving is done 1-5 miles at a time.
Best short trip: 2.4 l/100 km, 3.9 km