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===== What AWD is good for ===== | ===== What AWD is good for ===== | ||
- | Daily driving and helping to accelerate on short sections of slippery, flat surfaces. Think of moderately plowed snowy streets, or pavement covered in wet leaves, or well graded gravel roads with short sections of loose surface. The sort of conditions that you might reasonably expect daily driving in most situations. | + | Daily driving and helping to accelerate on short sections of slippery, flat surfaces. Think of moderately plowed snowy streets, or pavement covered in wet leaves, or well graded gravel roads with short sections of loose surface. The sort of conditions that you might reasonably expect daily driving in most situations, especially around ski resorts and winter conditions in mountainous areas. (The Sprinter/ |
It's also good for drivers who have limited mechanical interest don't want to worry about how it works. AWD is pretty forgiving, while mistakes in application of a 4WD system will lead to immediate and catastrophic failures (And not failures like "a warning light came on", but failures like " | It's also good for drivers who have limited mechanical interest don't want to worry about how it works. AWD is pretty forgiving, while mistakes in application of a 4WD system will lead to immediate and catastrophic failures (And not failures like "a warning light came on", but failures like " | ||
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===== What AWD is NOT good for ===== | ===== What AWD is NOT good for ===== | ||
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For situations such as these, a RWD van with an aftermarket locking rear differential will almost always out-perform the factory AWD system. | For situations such as these, a RWD van with an aftermarket locking rear differential will almost always out-perform the factory AWD system. |