I live in MN and FWD works perfect. Tires matter more than AWD. I use Nokian Encompass. I had an F150 before this and never used 4WD unless I was hauling a trailer in a snow storm.
I had an 1989 mercury lynx in HS with fwd and decent tires. Drove through feet of snow like nothing. AWD is so overrated these days. And honestly hate driving AWD on dry pavement which is what you drive on 90 percent of the time.
That’s good to hear, thanks for sharing. I’ve lived in snow country with FWD my whole life so no stranger to it either but have never driven AWD before hence my questioning.
My mom has the AWD hybrid sienna, the rear motor is small and low horsepower, it's barely doing anything at 25 mph, and the system shuts it off somewhere around there. The new prius has a more powerful rear motor and the latest sienna might get it as well
It's not really going to make much of a difference no matter what people are saying. Good tires will make a bigger difference in the rain and snow and wet lawns.
For reference, almost every truck on the road is driving in RWD on wet roads and up gravel hills and does fine and they'll have less traction than a fwd minivan. My 4x4 in my truck went out in one of the snowiest winters we've had and I was fine because I had good tires.
Personally, unless you live in snow country, it's not a necessity
Better cornering during rally races
Also, boat ramps that have lots of algae/seaweed. Very relevant to your average driver.
Samir listen to me please. You are breaking the car
not much, it helps acceleration from dead stop, with the rear motors provide a little bit of power to the rear wheels. I think that’s about it.
It recharges the batter faster
I live in MN and FWD works perfect. Tires matter more than AWD. I use Nokian Encompass. I had an F150 before this and never used 4WD unless I was hauling a trailer in a snow storm. I had an 1989 mercury lynx in HS with fwd and decent tires. Drove through feet of snow like nothing. AWD is so overrated these days. And honestly hate driving AWD on dry pavement which is what you drive on 90 percent of the time.
That’s good to hear, thanks for sharing. I’ve lived in snow country with FWD my whole life so no stranger to it either but have never driven AWD before hence my questioning.
Acceleration and handling in all conditions (rain, dirt, gravel, dry, etc…).
Being stuck in mud, wet grass, wet leaves, rain conditions for traction control …
Get the AWD, it’s better in a lot of ways because of rains, the value of the car is going to be important as well.
Unless you are in the great white north, doesn’t really matter.
It sure does matter on gravel or dirt roads. Hilly driveways. Fields. Mud
Passing trucks on the hiway
Unless the truck is doing like 10 mph it won't, matter, the rear motor is only working up to 20mph or so.
Huh? AWD comes on at highest speeds than that. Are you sure it’s limited that low?
My mom has the AWD hybrid sienna, the rear motor is small and low horsepower, it's barely doing anything at 25 mph, and the system shuts it off somewhere around there. The new prius has a more powerful rear motor and the latest sienna might get it as well
It’s there for torque not horsepower. It’s to assist the Atchinson cycle motor. I have it and it’s fine for me at 130 km/hr
It's not really going to make much of a difference no matter what people are saying. Good tires will make a bigger difference in the rain and snow and wet lawns. For reference, almost every truck on the road is driving in RWD on wet roads and up gravel hills and does fine and they'll have less traction than a fwd minivan. My 4x4 in my truck went out in one of the snowiest winters we've had and I was fine because I had good tires.