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Old 03-14-2012, 01:36 AM   #1
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After this last winter is RWD such a bad idea

I live in NWI and we only had maybe tops 19 in of snow total!! Last year it was like 87 in? I'm starting to see this as an option for "winter" driving as well. its already almost 70 degrees here which is, to say the least, surprising. Maybe its just me but is global warming starting to pay it forward a little bit. I only had to pull out the 4x4 on two maybe three days. in fact i think the most snow we had in a single day was like 6 inches. which to bring out the 4x4 is overkill for that petty blanket of snow. what happened to those weeks of nonstop snow, ending in 4 ft of snow and drifts as tall as the garage. ohh how i miss those days... please note that that was way WAY before I could drive. 2 weeks of no power, snow days, and monopoly.
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Old 03-14-2012, 01:52 AM   #2
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Where's NWI?

Thinking either North Wisconsin, Northwest Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa or... I'm far off!
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Old 03-14-2012, 04:24 PM   #3
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I think this winter was a fluke. However, get yourself a set of rims and snow tires and you will get through anything!
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Old 03-14-2012, 05:03 PM   #4
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I plan on buying much nicer wheels for my BRZ and putting snow tires on the factory wheels; I suggest you do the same. RWD with snow tires is easy and fun to drive in snow with. With such a lightweight car, you should be able to toss it around corners easily in snow. It's much more controllable on slippery surfaces than FWD, because you can steer with the throttle. Don't let any misinformed knucklehead try to tell you that FWD > RWD in the snow; they're morons. Don't believe me? Watch the video Subaru just put out and it shows them bombing through slush and snow with a BRZ.
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