Hagardy t1_j5ajn38 wrote on January 21, 2023 at 4:22 PM

snow tires are always better than AWD

euro_trash_rescue t1_j5asl4s wrote on January 21, 2023 at 5:22 PM

Me thinks you mean fwd with winter tires better than AWD with all seasons.

I live in graniteville up a mountain and with winter tires our fwd cars always spun tires, clawing for traction anything above a 7% grade.

Awd with all seqsons is worse, was caught out on the first snowfall in all seasons, got em changed the next day.

However AWD with winter tires beats both scenerios. No tire spinning, no drama, just goes in all road conditions.

Hagardy t1_j5asvn5 wrote on January 21, 2023 at 5:24 PM

yes, good awd and snows is the cream of the crop for sure, we’re just inundated with groupthink/marketing that AWD is the be-all end-all.

euro_trash_rescue t1_j5axvbb wrote on January 21, 2023 at 5:56 PM

Yup

Corey307 t1_j5cv0if wrote on January 22, 2023 at 1:55 AM

It would be interesting to compare an AWD car with all seasons against a RWD car with good snow tires. I’m still driving an older RWD car and I get around with few difficulties unless it’s really shitty out but when it gets nasty I’m definitely not having a good time. That said I need to bite the bullet and buy something used out of state, the terrible gas mileage is too low and the wasted gas ain’t good for the environment.