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Desertbreh wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:06 am
Melon2.0 wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:18 am

I have never owned an AWD vehicle or 4WD :truk:
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max225 wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2025 10:42 pm
MexicanYarisTK wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2025 10:13 pm

And now i came back from heaven. Its a crime not to have awd nowadays.
IMHO it’s parasitic drag on 99.9% miles driven
Some are not even capable for driving in snow after an extent. Feel like its a marketing thing for :derps: than anything
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No awd found on m4 this morning. Made a hateful left out of a crowded parking lot across 5 lanes this morning. Let it eat and went full lock on cold :225: (engine was warm). Glad I had two lanes to myself :lolol:
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golftdibrad1 wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:20 am
MexicanYarisTK wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2025 8:13 pm

Practically everyone had rwd cars 40 years ago and drove in snow :iono:
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max225 wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2025 10:42 pm
IMHO it’s parasitic drag on 99.9% miles driven
also :dat:

AWD is cool, not hating.

Again, it seems like a no brainer to throw in some type of smallish hybrid system into the back of a fwd car. It can do ev/hybrid things around town and you can not incur those drivetrain losses on the highway, AND effectively have AWD. Why will no one except volvo do this? It would make an incredible hot hatch.
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I've also never owned an AWD car. Unless the :jeep: counts, but that's really the :tits: machine. I would 100% choose 2WD if available on anything we buy next. I mean, the :jeep: on the beach/dunes thing is really fun, but like Max said, we're dragging around hardware that gets used two days/year.
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MexicanYarisTK wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 12:51 pm
max225 wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2025 10:42 pm
IMHO it’s parasitic drag on 99.9% miles driven
Some are not even capable for driving in snow after an extent. Feel like its a marketing thing for :derps: than anything
:dat: The people who buy AWD for safety won't even drive if there's snow/ice (which is good) in places like where we live. Fucking Subaru...
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D Griff wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:04 am
MexicanYarisTK wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 12:51 pm

Some are not even capable for driving in snow after an extent. Feel like its a marketing thing for :derps: than anything
:dat: The people who buy AWD for safety won't even drive if there's snow/ice (which is good) in places like where we live. Fucking Subaru...
Then what will lesbians drive….
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D Griff wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:03 am
golftdibrad1 wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:20 am

:dat:



also :dat:

AWD is cool, not hating.

Again, it seems like a no brainer to throw in some type of smallish hybrid system into the back of a fwd car. It can do ev/hybrid things around town and you can not incur those drivetrain losses on the highway, AND effectively have AWD. Why will no one except volvo do this? It would make an incredible hot hatch.
:dat:

I've also never owned an AWD car. Unless the :jeep: counts, but that's really the :tits: machine. I would 100% choose 2WD if available on anything we buy next. I mean, the :jeep: on the beach/dunes thing is really fun, but like Max said, we're dragging around hardware that gets used two days/year.
Surprised you haven’t swapped that out for an x3 or something yet….

And it’s your car cause you maintain and pay for it…. It counts
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J-Ho-Fo-Show69 wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 7:57 am
D Griff wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:03 am

:dat:

I've also never owned an AWD car. Unless the :jeep: counts, but that's really the :tits: machine. I would 100% choose 2WD if available on anything we buy next. I mean, the :jeep: on the beach/dunes thing is really fun, but like Max said, we're dragging around hardware that gets used two days/year.
Surprised you haven’t swapped that out for an x3 or something yet….

And it’s your car cause you maintain and pay for it…. It counts
His kid is around a month old… I’m well over a year into this mess.
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D Griff wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:04 am
MexicanYarisTK wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 12:51 pm

Some are not even capable for driving in snow after an extent. Feel like its a marketing thing for :derps: than anything
:dat: The people who buy AWD for safety won't even drive if there's snow/ice (which is good) in places like where we live. Fucking Subaru...
Were starting to have even shittier drivers who can't even drive on a weather drier than death valley, let alone snow. The cucktrek handled snow well last year though even in hilly areas, accord did struggle on some slight hills spinning my way through.

Speaking of which, my cousin that drives a forester is one of those, and then bitches about spending $800 on their awd service. :tits: lifelong bestie whose a cuban americanized lesbo bought a sahara wrangler and that car did not see gravel or a slight snow, calls it her pavement princess. You already know she has duckies on dash :disgust:
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D Griff wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:03 am
golftdibrad1 wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:20 am

:dat:



also :dat:

AWD is cool, not hating.

Again, it seems like a no brainer to throw in some type of smallish hybrid system into the back of a fwd car. It can do ev/hybrid things around town and you can not incur those drivetrain losses on the highway, AND effectively have AWD. Why will no one except volvo do this? It would make an incredible hot hatch.
:dat:

I've also never owned an AWD car. Unless the :jeep: counts, but that's really the :tits: machine. I would 100% choose 2WD if available on anything we buy next. I mean, the :jeep: on the beach/dunes thing is really fun, but like Max said, we're dragging around hardware that gets used two days/year.
As far as some crossovers are concerned, id like awd for traction purposes as silly as may sound. For instance, when i borrowed my friends 1.5t Tiguan fwd in Turkey, for something that makes as same power as a base jetta, it still spin wheels when I was attemping to pass someone at 15 mph slightly uphill and it was dry and sunny.
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J-Ho-Fo-Show69 wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 7:57 am
D Griff wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:03 am

:dat:

I've also never owned an AWD car. Unless the :jeep: counts, but that's really the :tits: machine. I would 100% choose 2WD if available on anything we buy next. I mean, the :jeep: on the beach/dunes thing is really fun, but like Max said, we're dragging around hardware that gets used two days/year.
Surprised you haven’t swapped that out for an x3 or something yet….

And it’s your car cause you maintain and pay for it…. It counts
Meh, I don’t care enough to make a vehicle swap. I like the Wrangler fine. Pros are it’s reliable, looks cool, convertible, owned outright/very cheap to own. That outweighs the cons which are mostly the steering is shit and poor fuel economy.

I don’t really like driving the jeep but I still like jeeps and think they’re fun enthusiast vehicles. Better than a boring CUV.
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D Griff wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:38 pm
J-Ho-Fo-Show69 wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 7:57 am

Surprised you haven’t swapped that out for an x3 or something yet….

And it’s your car cause you maintain and pay for it…. It counts
Meh, I don’t care enough to make a vehicle swap. I like the Wrangler fine. Pros are it’s reliable, looks cool, convertible, owned outright/very cheap to own. That outweighs the cons which are mostly the steering is shit and poor fuel economy.

I don’t really like driving the jeep but I still like jeeps and think they’re fun enthusiast vehicles. Better than a boring CUV.
Hopefully we get a fuck tom of snow this weekend and you can engage the 4x4. Maxx is coming over Saturday to lift and we’re hoping to rip in some snow in the TJ
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J-Ho-Fo-Show69 wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:46 pm
D Griff wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:38 pm

Meh, I don’t care enough to make a vehicle swap. I like the Wrangler fine. Pros are it’s reliable, looks cool, convertible, owned outright/very cheap to own. That outweighs the cons which are mostly the steering is shit and poor fuel economy.

I don’t really like driving the jeep but I still like jeeps and think they’re fun enthusiast vehicles. Better than a boring CUV.
Hopefully we get a fuck tom of snow this weekend and you can engage the 4x4. Maxx is coming over Saturday to lift and we’re hoping to rip in some snow in the TJ
I can imagine a Jeep is quite fun in the snow. The STI was a blast in those conditions.
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Johnny_P wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:42 pm
J-Ho-Fo-Show69 wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:46 pm

Hopefully we get a fuck tom of snow this weekend and you can engage the 4x4. Maxx is coming over Saturday to lift and we’re hoping to rip in some snow in the TJ
I can imagine a Jeep is quite fun in the snow. The STI was a blast in those conditions.
It’s fun to just plow through anything NFG. That said I’ve driven it in snow only three or four times. It never snowed much here but now it’s zero in the new climate world.
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No snow today!
Not even icy roads in Charlotte.

This sucks!

I had a 8 am in Matthews and was looking forward to ripping it up.

It’s not even that cold.
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D Griff wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:10 am
Johnny_P wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:42 pm

I can imagine a Jeep is quite fun in the snow. The STI was a blast in those conditions.
It’s fun to just plow through anything NFG. That said I’ve driven it in snow only three or four times. It never snowed much here but now it’s zero in the new climate world.
Can you plow through everything “nfg” in a car with 4.5” ground clearance ?

Seems like a truk /Gwagen activity
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max225 wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 12:13 pm
D Griff wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:10 am

It’s fun to just plow through anything NFG. That said I’ve driven it in snow only three or four times. It never snowed much here but now it’s zero in the new climate world.
Can you plow through everything “nfg” in a car with 4.5” ground clearance ?

Seems like a truk /Gwagen activity
It’s rare it snows more than that in Philly. The STI on snow tires tracked dead straight through anything. It had so much grip it was insane.

I imagine the jeeps would be a riot.
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max225 wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 12:13 pm
D Griff wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:10 am

It’s fun to just plow through anything NFG. That said I’ve driven it in snow only three or four times. It never snowed much here but now it’s zero in the new climate world.
Can you plow through everything “nfg” in a car with 4.5” ground clearance ?

Seems like a truk /Gwagen activity
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