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Originally Posted by Phase
Just the LE awd. Better mpg and I HATE LEATHER SEATS with a passion. Not to mention smaller wheels are cheaper to change. I’ll probably downsize the wheels from the 17 oem to 16 inch wheels for better mpg and cheaper tire changes
I want awd for better traction on hills. There’s been a few scenarios where I’ve almost gotten stuck with my Ioniq front wheel drive
One was with Winter tires which are amazing, but I was leaving a ski resort on a steep incline and the car in front of me stopped. I had to stop too. But when trying to get going again, my front wheels couldn’t get enough traction so someone had to help push me to get momentum to keep going. Awd with winter tires would’ve fixed that.
A few dirt road instances have been issues
And the worst was the past summer. I was going up a really steep and dry dirt BLM road during wild fires in southern Oregon and my front tires started spinning and skidding in place in a few spots. There was no service to call for help and no one was around to even help. Could’ve gotten stranded but luckily I got some momentum going to make it past the slippier parts
Also, the awd version is a quarter second faster at 0-60 so I guess extra bragging rights? Idc about speed though but it’s a cool
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I would watch performance test on the awd prius first before buying it. The 2016+ prius awd is so bad its the same functionally as just the fwd version. FWD and snow tires seems fine anyways outside of ground clearance.