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Old 01-04-2024, 06:57 PM   #319 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by hayden55 View Post
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.
I get that some need AWD, but those people are few.

I've told this story before, but I watched a Subaru WRX spin out with improper tires on ice and barely make it up a hill, and shortly after went up no problem in a minivan with winter-rated all-seasons.

AWD can help accelerate faster, but then again, you're probably already slowed down by traffic that doesn't also have AWD.

...then there was that time I offered to pull a full-sized 4x4 truck out of the snowy ditch with my Prius. He declined the offer.
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