# Why pay extra for AWD **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 30, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169 "2022-10-30T21:06:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/1 "2022-10-30T21:06:32Z")
… when you can jury-rig your own homemade version? After all… what could possibly go wrong? 😏 ![mail (3)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/0/2/029bf5abb693f23eec37326465dfc0f0b9d44cb4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/2 "2022-10-30T21:20:08Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > what could possibly go wrong Not enough electrons on the internet to list them… 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/3 "2022-10-30T22:51:36Z")
I really wonder how that would work in snow over 10 mph. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/4 "2022-10-30T22:55:26Z")
Barkydog I really wonder how that would work in snow over 10 mph. 🙄\\\\Or mud /////// 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/5 "2022-10-30T23:06:34Z")
An **extremely** -long drive belt, in a home-made application… What could _possibly_ go wrong with that situation? ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/6 "2022-10-30T23:16:06Z")
Q designed James Bond a car with similar looking rotary gadgets which poked out of wheels on press of push button. Used to give chasing cars with bad guys a flat tire. So there’s that. And it seems like that arrangement could be used to power a portable saw mill if you had trees you wanted to convert to lumber. 4WD up to the trees, reconfigure the belt, saw some lumber. The belt would make for a good elastic band if you had a lot of paperwork or a good sling shot. Lots of possibilities … lol … ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/7 "2022-10-30T23:16:09Z")
Belt slippage might be a saving grace. ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/8 "2022-10-30T23:51:48Z")
That may well be one of the most bizarre things ive ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/9 "2022-10-31T00:55:26Z")
Red Green would be proud! ---
**Author:** ![auto-owner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@auto-owner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/auto-owner)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/10 "2022-10-31T01:21:59Z")
Oh my God the front pulley belt guides to cope with steering. This might be the worst DIY project ever? ---
**Author:** ![auto-owner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@auto-owner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/auto-owner)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/11 "2022-10-31T01:35:00Z")
Who on earth would have bothered with this? Just going for laughs? ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/12 "2022-10-31T01:39:37Z")
We don’t need no stinking engineers! ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/13 "2022-10-31T12:47:34Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/0/2/02e2c928dd26be6701bb61388130119137a523ef.jpeg) Someone copied someone ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/14 "2022-10-31T14:58:03Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > After all… what could possibly go wrong? Everything. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/15 "2022-10-31T16:20:29Z")
Those actually work, to be used only in a straight line. Me? I would goes with a proper winch. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/16 "2022-10-31T16:24:12Z")
But how does it work? The spool is smaller than the tire, so driving forward, say, 6 feet would only wrap a fraction of that on the spool. The rope would go slack. What am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/17 "2022-10-31T16:31:37Z")
The tire has no traction, therefore rope/cable will wrap around the device pulling the vehicle forward until tire gains traction. Though picture shows rock crawling, device is better for extraction from mud or snow. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/18 "2022-10-31T16:32:45Z")
Yeah, wheel needs to spin for it to work. Should have showed it in a mud puddle! Anyone actually use one? It would seem like it would jerk the steering wheel hard right, even if it did work. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/19 "2022-10-31T22:00:26Z")
In Cavell’s photo above, rope looks to be configured more for going backward rather than forward. ---
**Author:** ![auto-owner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@auto-owner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/auto-owner)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169/20 "2022-11-01T21:08:33Z")
I’ve given this some thought, and I think it should receive special recognition as Worst DIY Ever. Isn’t it in a class by itself? The guy who did this has to be a very special sort of person, no? [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-pay-extra-for-awd/187169.md?page=2)