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Bookmark or Share- The Snow Driving Uphill In Reverse Debacle: Myth or Fact?On an automatic, going fwd, if you don’t manually put the car in 1st, it will upshift and you will just spin. You can lock nearly all automatics in first using the gear selector. But when wheelspin is a problem, it’s actually better to use the 2nd position so the automatic doesn’t use first gear.
- Front wheel drive snow tires--2 or 4? - Car Talk CommunityOn a front wheel Cadillac (2011) DTS, can I use only two snow tires–installed in the front?? These cars have stablization systems which are profound. I never had a problem with the rear end swinging out in my 2005 Sedan de ville. It looks to me as if the tire dealers just want to sell more tires, as they all suggest 4 snow tires. Aren’t the rear tires just “along for the ride?” They ...
- 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.
- AWD vs FWD on snow/ice - Safety - Car Talk CommunityThe FWD versions of these cars, if they overcome traction at the front wheels just slide wide of the direction of travel, or understeer very badly. Adding AWD to those cars spreads the power to all 4 wheels so they don’t break traction so easily but they still ultimately understeer.
- AWD or FWD - General Discussion - Car Talk CommunityLooking to buy a decent used car fro my daughter. Settled on a choice between 2 of the same models with some difference 1. 2020 Nissan Rogue SV AWD 63K miles 2. 2020 Nissan Rogue SV FWD 53K miles. Price is pretty much same. Before I sit down to negotiate I wanted input which model works best in pretty much normal weather with no snow i.e. northern california. I prefer AWD since I own one. My ...
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