“putting sad bangs in the trunk of an Aveo. Kinda reminds me of that video of the woman driving a BMW that got stuck in the snow. She gets out and tries clearing snow from the front wheels. Only problem is, it’s RWD.”
A similar, but different story from my earlier days.
I was walking down the street, following a very heavy snow storm, circa 1968.
I came upon a woman who was throwing sand under the rear wheels of her brand new Olds Toronado. In an attempt to be helpful, I told her that the sand should be placed under and around the front wheels of her car.
The woman, who was probably as frustrated as she was unknowledgeable, replied, “The front wheels are spinning just fine, sonny. It’s the rear wheels that won’t move”.
But, to return to the Aveo, while GM did tweak and improve that outdated Daewoo design, it would be almost impossible to make a good car out of that bad design–hence the unique combination of mediocre gas mileage and poor acceleration in such a small car. Daewoo essentially created “the disposable car”, and GM has perpetuated it.
And, as was mentioned previously, placing extra weight in the rear of a FWD car will not help the front wheels to gain traction, and–in fact–might actually result in less traction, given the change in weight distribution that results from placing those sand bags in the rear. Only a set of 4 winter tires is likely to help with winter traction, but even with those tires, it will still be an Aveo–and that ain’t good!