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What Wheel Drive Is Your Choice?

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What Wheel Drive Is Your Choice?

  • 4-Wheel

    Votes: 7 18.9%

  • All-Wheel

    Votes: 10 27.0%

  • Front-Wheel

    Votes: 11 29.7%

  • Rear-Wheel

    Votes: 9 24.3%
  • Total voters
    37
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We own the official car of Colorado:

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Thump said:
I have to disagree with choosing rear-wheel drive over front wheel drive.
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I'm going to have to agree with Thump on this one. Having your driving wheels also be the ones that steer makes it a heck of a lot easier to control a vehicle on slick surfaces.

Almost all of FKA's points are contrary to my experience.
 
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Thump said:
Same here, but in his defense, if you've never lived in a hilly area with poor snow-removal you'd never know.
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Got to go with Thump et al on this one.

Having 4WD available in any good form is a must for me. Da Burg cured me of my addiction to RWD pronto with the first big snow. First 4WD was a Subaru Wagon. More recently this is our chariot of choice.

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The availability of 4WD Lo and Hi on this model is an added benefit.

Its not the number of times you do use it - but rather that it is there when you want it. (And the intermediate 4WD option is great for improving stability / handling at highway speeds with slick pavement - plus getting a good straight ahead start from a dead stop).
 
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Nothing in the world makes a dad look cooler to his kids than rear wheel drive in a GMC Sierra. You give me a fresh middle school parking lot with 3 or 4 inches of snow on it and I am the King. My boy loves doing do-nuts with me in my truck. For that brief moment I actually think he loves me more than Elmo or his train set.
 
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my personal preference is rwd. imo it provides the best combination of performance and control vrs practicality. expecially when paired with a manual transmission. i don't care much for fwd or the false sense of security it seems to provide its owners. primary deceleration, acceleration and steering is far to much to ask of a single axle. 4x4 provides more control in harsh environments. but the mass majority of 4x4 owners will never be in a position to actually need it. so in the end your vehicle is less powerful and uses more fuel for no apparent reason.

Muck said:
I'm going to have to agree with Thump on this one. Having your driving wheels also be the ones that steer makes it a heck of a lot easier to control a vehicle on slick surfaces.
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problem is if your front tires loose traction you loose full control of the vehicle. thats not to say fwd is the devil. i simply feel people think fwd is alot safer than it really is.
 
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NO clue which type of "drive" my car is.. I know if I start to slip and slide I can just push this button and it makes it all better.. Now, if my intent is to do donuts and such then I just take the Misters' car, it has no special button
 
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