… if you are driving near people with Upper Respiratory Infections. :mask: [image]

An FWD only powers the front wheels. On a RAV4, FWD is standard, AWD drive is available.

Very informative post. Please just go away.

[image] PvtPublic: Very informative post. Please just go away. Heh heh. Ever seen a guy so mad they shake and turn red in the face? That was the picture in my mind with steam coming out. Can’t for the life of me figure out what Scrapyard said that set him off, but it’s an exclusive club th…

Bottom line: on a slippery surface such as icy or wet pavement, 4WD can cause loss of steering control that might not have occurred with 2WD. In 2WD the non-driven wheels will see only sideways forces but not the extra tractive (inline) forces caused by the mismatch of front and rear axle speeds…

[image] ken2116: It might help to understand this if one visualizes the situation of coasting through a slippery curve with the clutch pedal down Oh boy, that brings back memories. There is one stretch of interstate on my way home from work that is a long hill going down, a turn at the botto…

[image] bing: On very slippery conditions, with my old RWD Near the exit from my old school’s campus, there was a somewhat steep grade that cars with FWD and decent tires had no problem negotiating when it snowed. But, I can recall at least three instances of RWD cars getting stuck and slidi…

[image] VDCdriver: In retrospect, I wonder if it was the same Monte Carlo and the same driver each time. :thinking: If it was you would think they would have learned after the first time,

[image] Renegade: If it was you would think they would have learned after the first time, You would think so, but I have lost count of the number of people whom I have known and/or counseled who never seemed to learn from their negative experiences.

[image] VDCdriver: never seemed to learn from their negative experiences. Like I always say COMMON SENSE is not to common any more. :upside_down_face:

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Scrapyard-John December 31, 2021, 9:13pm 41

All that explanation sounds great, but, I can tell you from experience that 4wd helps you to maintain control on snow in a Jeep CJ 5 and a rear wheel drive truck. I’ve driven several of both of those vehicles on snow in 2wd and 4wd. The rear end wanted to trade places with the front end much easier in 2wd.

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