Thread: So Much for AWD
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Old 03-24-2013, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton View Post
The Audi cannot "corner better" as cornering capability is only a function of the friction of the tires and not whether the tires are driving or not. If you Audi cornered better, the Audi had winter tires on it.........otherwise the statement is false.

Of course it moved from a stop better.........it has four wheels driving it.

If it "seemed to steer better", again, it points to better tires on the front wheels. The driving rear wheels don't affect the steering in the slightest.

I agree that it is more difficult to get the car stuck. However, the article never claimed otherwise.
If you are driving on an uninterrupted piece of ice the statement would be true but that is rarely the case. Typically the roads I have traveled on have patches of ice/road intermixed so if a car with AWD has a tire that hits a patch of good road it can give a bit of added traction and movement where a 2WD would not.

AWD cannot create traction where none exists and I have not seen claims other wise. All things being equal, the AWD will have a better time of it than a 2WD car.
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