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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
The road doesn't need to have a "complete sheet of ice" for you to reach the cornering limit. In fact, just a bit of rain can do it. In the rain, take the vehicle up to about 95 mph and try to push it through a corner. You'll find the cornering limit very quickly and no amount of 4wd is going to prevent the inevitable.
The cornering limit is strictly depending on the friction between the tire and the road surface. The variables are the material on the surface, tread compound, wheel speed, and angle of the tire with respect to the direction of travel. All of the variables can be manipulated up and down to come up with different results.
At 100 mph, you better have no material on the surface or you better have minimal angle on the tire with respect to the direction of travel. No "sheet of ice" present here but the cornering limit will be easily found.
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All correct however the fastest that i've ever managed to get the G to was 75 MPH and that was downhill at full throttle
From the factory the top speed was rated at 81. 60 is my typical sunny day highway speed.
Everything stated on previous pages about AWD owners being more likely to ditch themselves? I think a good portion of it comes from most stateside vehicles having more then enough (too much?) power.