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Originally Posted by justinnum1
Not a hill, an inclined driveway. My thinking, and i could be wrong(i live in florida...) is backing up a driveway in rwd for the same reason fwd is better in the snow. Instead of pushing the car, by backing up with rwd you are pulling the car up..if that makes sense
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FWD often is better at getting moving in snow because FWD cars are front end heavy - the engine and entire driveline (tranny, diff, half-shafts, etc.) are in the front. RWD cars are more weight balanced merely as a consequence of design.
The RWD equivalent is loading the trunk with sand.