On 09/06/2011 18:13, Gordon Downie wrote: > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Michael Watterson wro= te: > >> > But SUVs have rubbish handling on slippy surfaces. >> > 4WD is designed for slowly on a very uneven surface. It needs turned = off >> > on ice/wet > Really? 4WD have excellent performance on slippy smooth surfaces. Im > not sure if you are just referring to SUV's or all 4WD. > Not quite perfectly smooth, but Audi showed how good and fast a 4WD > could be on loose gravel in WRC back in the 80's > > In the UK when is snows, the guys in the Audi quattros have most fun. > FWD slow and steady, but easy to get stuck. > RWD forget it (Unless you are a very very good driver) I wondered about the above too. I have a Mercades G-Wagon (a kind of=20 jeep made for German military) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_G-Class I always use this when it snows or roads are bad (we live in a remote=20 country area) as the other 2WD merc we have often hasn't got a chance=20 (before we got the G-Wagon we had to just stay home if it snowed badly,=20 so it certainly was not purchased to make a fashion statement :-) ) The G-Wagon in 4WD mode has never got stuck anywhere, the locking=20 differentials help if it's really bad. So IME it seems to me as if 4WD works better on ice/snow (and does seem=20 to make logical sense as the drive is transferred to the ground more=20 evenly), although I'm no expert on this kind of stuff. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .