Reliability 2.0 vs 2.5

[Gonzo chris]

Americans have been sold a bill of goods. No 9ne needs AWD to handle snow unless they plan to slow through unpaired drives.
FWD with snow tires is all 99% of people in snow states need.

What bill of goods? AWD also gets the power down better. I get it regarding tires but AWD with decent m+s can do as well as fwd with winter tires . A chunk of the savings not getting AWD is spent getting separate rims and tires. Then you have to store them. Also in the case of the Maverick you get the more primitive rear suspension with fwd.

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[FirstFord]

What bill of goods? AWD also gets the power down better. I get it regarding tires but AWD with decent m+s can do as well as fwd with winter tires . A chunk of the savings not getting AWD is spent getting separate rims and tires. Then you have to store them. Also in the case of the Maverick you get the more primitive rear suspension with fwd.

But it's almost never about getting the power down. Safe winter driving is about braking and turning. For that, it's tires, not AWD.

 

[Gonzo chris]

But it's almost never about getting the power down. Safe winter driving is about braking and turning. For that, it's tires, not AWD.

I agree tires are more important. Braking and turning are important but getting moving in the first place matters as well. So an AWD maverick with some weight in the back won't handle snow better than a FWD with the same tires?

 

[FirstFord]

I agree tires are more important. Braking and turning are important but getting moving in the first place matters as well. So an AWD maverick with some weight in the back won't handle snow better than a FWD with the same tires?

Of course it will, but that's not my point. My points are that snow tires are more important than the additional drive wheels for snow driving and that very few people need AWD and snows. If you need to navigate unplowed roads, sure. But most people don't.
My first comment was that the industry marketers have convinced Americans that they must have AWD if they live where it snows, and with proliferation of SUVs, they even sell it in the south. That myth has become largely unquestioned.
My wife drives a Subaru. I put snows on it for winter. But if I could have bought her a FWD Subie, I'd have done so because she has no need at all for AWD.
BTW, I mounted my snows yesterday.

 

[Ozarkbeard]

...AWD with decent m+s can do as well as fwd with winter tires...

Tell that to my Subaru with m+s tires that got stuck in snow more than once.

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