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Originally Posted by roosterk0031
Thinking outside the box, how many days a year do you need AWD, is the savings of using almost half the fuel on days you do work worth it to say home on the AWD days.
I've decide to not got to work on bad days vs taking the extra time to get to work if I can't drive a reasonable speed and safely in my FWD car. But I have vacation days I can use.
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There was a test over here where they had 2 more or less identical cars, one FWD on winter tires, one 4WD on all season tires, try to mount the slope of an indoor ski track. Amazingly, the FWD car on winter tires did marginally better.
Then they went on to do brake tests... OMG, the snow tires are so much better. The 4WD was all over the place.
That's the snag with 4WD - you cannot brake harder than you accelerate, so chances are it catches you out unwarned in tricky conditions.
I love Subarus - my best friend had several Imprezas (and a WRX right now), my dad a string of Legacys. But they drink like there's no tomorrow.
Almost any car on proper tires will get you through almost any kind of weather. If you want grip, it is tires, tires, tires... then car.
Dump the winter tires well before they are worn though. My winter tires are wearing, and I do notice how much the grip in snow has degraded for it.
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