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Originally Posted by X-Linked  Bald tires will never get you anywhere in the snow or ice. But, You're trying to tell me that the car that is best know for being the BEST driving/handling system ever in the AUDI (I have owned 2, plus Many many other cars) is not going to drive as well as your accord? Let's put it this way. I have never seen a Honda accord, or even a a crx civic in a Snow rally race. EVER. In a heat of about 12-16 cars there is ALWAYS 2-3 audis. The only reason your Honda drove better than the audi, was you probably didn't have LP tires, but BALD tires. You might as well be driving on street slicks if you're going to be doing that. |
I'm not saying that FWD is better than AWD in the snow. I am saying that a FWD with snow tires can be just as capable and in some, not all, intances, better in snow driving conditions than an AWD. This based on MY experience not others. Perhaps the all seasons I had on the Audi weren't that great. I'm no expert on tires, but when I bought the car, I got new tires and asked the shop to put new all seasons on it that offered the best snow performance. These tires were BRAND NEW not BALD.
From MY experience, the Audi did pretty well in the snow, the back end wasn't as squirly as the Honda, BUT, the Honda with the Nokia's made it up steeper snow covered roads with greater ease and I ran into less problems with the car tracking around turns where as the Audi had a harder time catching grip and the car wanted to go straight.
All of you AWD fans need to calm down a bit. I've explained MY story and so from MY experience, I feel that tires matter more than the drive system. As far as all the rally mumbo jumbo, I could care less. I'm just looking to get to the mountain and this has been MY experience.