All Wheel Drive or Four Wheel Drive, Which is better?
Well boys and girls, winter is here in WNY! Some folks drive a four wheel drive vehicle, others, an all wheel drive. What's the difference? Well with four wheel drive you have a front & rear differential coupled to a transfer case gearbox. This gearbox locks all four wheels together for maximum winter weather traction. All wheel drive on the other hand, does not use a transfer case gearbox, therefore all four wheels are not locked together as with a four wheel drive vehicle, power is transferred from the slipping wheel to the gripping wheel in an effort to pull the vehicle out of the slippery road condition. In my experiences, all wheel drive works fine on maintained snow covered roads but when the going gets rough, the snow a few feet deep with very slippery roads, I always prefer to go with a four wheel drive, four wheel drive always gets me out of the muck & mire. What do you think? What has been your experiences? Do you get around better with a four wheel or all wheel drive?
posted by TomT at
4:28 PM
2 Comments:
I agree with what you say Tom... but too often the four-wheel drive gives some people a false sense of security and emboldens them to abandon common sense when driving in tricky wintry conditions. Have many times have you seen the big 4-wheel SUV off the side of the road after blasting past other, slower driving vehicles piloted by folks who are cautious?
Glad to see you blog!
Bob
I just put 4 Bridgestone Blizaks on my Sunaru Outback. I have 150,000 and have gone through several sets of high quality all seasons tires over the years. I can't believe the difference. The outback has always been fantasic in winter conditions. The addition of these tires have taken it up several notches.
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