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- MexicanYarisTK
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Some are not even capable for driving in snow after an extent. Feel like its a marketing thing for :derps: than anythingmax225 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2025 10:42 pmIMHO it’s parasitic drag on 99.9% miles drivenMexicanYarisTK wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2025 10:13 pm
And now i came back from heaven. Its a crime not to have awd nowadays.
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golftdibrad1 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:20 amMexicanYarisTK wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2025 8:13 pm
Practically everyone had rwd cars 40 years ago and drove in snow
also
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.
I've also never owned an AWD car. Unless the counts, but that's really the machine. I would 100% choose 2WD if available on anything we buy next. I mean, the on the beach/dunes thing is really fun, but like Max said, we're dragging around hardware that gets used two days/year.
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...MexicanYarisTK wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 12:51 pmSome are not even capable for driving in snow after an extent. Feel like its a marketing thing for :derps: than anything
- J-Ho-Fo-Show69
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Then what will lesbians drive….D Griff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:04 amThe 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...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
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Surprised you haven’t swapped that out for an x3 or something yet….D Griff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:03 amgolftdibrad1 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:20 am
also
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.
I've also never owned an AWD car. Unless the counts, but that's really the machine. I would 100% choose 2WD if available on anything we buy next. I mean, the on the beach/dunes thing is really fun, but like Max said, we're dragging around hardware that gets used two days/year.
And it’s your car cause you maintain and pay for it…. It counts
- max225
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His kid is around a month old… I’m well over a year into this mess.J-Ho-Fo-Show69 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 7:57 amSurprised you haven’t swapped that out for an x3 or something yet….D Griff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:03 am
I've also never owned an AWD car. Unless the counts, but that's really the machine. I would 100% choose 2WD if available on anything we buy next. I mean, the on the beach/dunes thing is really fun, but like Max said, we're dragging around hardware that gets used two days/year.
And it’s your car cause you maintain and pay for it…. It counts
- MexicanYarisTK
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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.D Griff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:04 amThe 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...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
Speaking of which, my cousin that drives a forester is one of those, and then bitches about spending $800 on their awd service. 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
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- MexicanYarisTK
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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.D Griff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:03 amgolftdibrad1 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:20 am
also
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.
I've also never owned an AWD car. Unless the counts, but that's really the machine. I would 100% choose 2WD if available on anything we buy next. I mean, the 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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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.J-Ho-Fo-Show69 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 7:57 amSurprised you haven’t swapped that out for an x3 or something yet….D Griff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:03 am
I've also never owned an AWD car. Unless the counts, but that's really the machine. I would 100% choose 2WD if available on anything we buy next. I mean, the on the beach/dunes thing is really fun, but like Max said, we're dragging around hardware that gets used two days/year.
And it’s your car cause you maintain and pay for it…. It counts
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.
- J-Ho-Fo-Show69
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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 TJD Griff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:38 pmMeh, 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.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
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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I can imagine a Jeep is quite fun in the snow. The STI was a blast in those conditions.J-Ho-Fo-Show69 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:46 pmHopefully 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 TJD 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.
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.Johnny_P wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:42 pmI can imagine a Jeep is quite fun in the snow. The STI was a blast in those conditions.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
- J-Ho-Fo-Show69
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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.
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.
- max225
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Can you plow through everything “nfg” in a car with 4.5” ground clearance ?
Seems like a truk /Gwagen activity
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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.