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      01-03-2013, 11:44 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by jtuds View Post
I have been drivign FWD cars in snow all my life. Never had AWD except out IS250 which my wife drives. I am OK with all seasons and FWD, always have been, never bought snow tires before. But I hear RWD is another story, understandably...
Not really. The reason FWD is 'better' in snow is because most FWD cars are as nose-heavy as a lawn dart. If you had terrible weight distribution in a RWD car (but over the rear), it'd do the same.

As soon as you start going up hills, guess where the weight shifts anyway... backwards!

I'd honestly rather have RWD because I hate the lack of steering when the fronts break traction on a FWD car in slippery conditions.
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