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- AWD vs FWD on snow ice - Safety - Car Talk Community
Honda CRV (awd) versus Toyota Avalon (fwd) On an interstate drive, mostly level during snowy weather, is AWD substantially safer? Specifically, the main threat is spinouts Real bad with RWD but that is not in this discussion
- Tired of FWD vehicles and the ridiculous negative rear camber
Ive noticed most native FWD vehicles with independent rear suspension going down the road have an excessive amount of negative rear camber I know that they initially have some built in to try to help the inherently dangerous handling of FWD vehicles The problem is especially once the rear springs settle or wear from the weak rear springs carring even a modest load, that the rear camber
- AWD or FWD - General Discussion - Car Talk Community
FWD takes over to deliver the efficient performance you expect from the new Rogue If slippery conditions or a loss of traction are detected, AWD kicks in immediately to deliver excess power to the wheels that do have a good grip This keeps you moving forward and prevents wheel spin
- FWD car ok or AWD a necessity? (Minneapolis, St. Paul: neighborhoods . . .
Planning on moving from Fl to Mn in about a year, but wife is getting a new car this fall I have read that FWD vehicles are fine with snow tires and
- Do tires have to match on FWD vehicles? Well, no, of course not, what . . .
The difference between fwd and awd is the type of differential On most awd systems, somewhere in the system is some type of limited slip device, and a different tire will chew that up On most (but not all) fwd cars there is no limited slip device, so two slightly-different sized tires will not result in a quick mechanical failure The diff will have to operate, but that shouldn’t cause too
- AWD vs FWD Limited Slip Differential - Car Talk Community
Traction control is a good and safer compromise as it’s much cheaper to add to a fwd, works nearly as well as limited slip but at the expense of brakes while providing better modulated control for steering on the front AWD though technically still only driving two wheels, but on different axles, is a huge advantage
- Best tires on front or rear? - Car Talk Community
Rotating tires requires that you put the (slightly) better pair on the axle that creates the most wear (the front axle in all FWD cars and most others ) This is directly contradictory to putting the better pair on the rear axle So I’d recommend common sense: if the tread difference is slight, put the better on the front and continue rotating
- FWD - One rear tire with mismatched tread - Car Talk Community
I recently discovered a nail in one of my tires, too close to the sidewall to repair The remaining three tires are wearing evenly with 5 32 of tread remaining* I found a used tire of the exact same brand, model, size and speed rating with 8-9 32 of tread Can I safely put such a tire on the rear of a front wheel drive vehicle and leave it there until the remaining three tires need to be
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