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    Default The Beauty of AWD...

    Driving from Chinook Mall to Scenic Acres and then to Edgemont tonight at 1:00am took an hour and a half...

    The roads were really bad, but I was more worried about people around me doing stupid shit, not spinning out or fucking up myself. I was taking it pretty slow to avoid others.

    Anyways, I am still using summer rubber with only about 25-30% tread left on them. My car with full time AWD had NO trouble at all in the snow and ice.

    I wouldnt trade my AWD in for ANYTHING.

    Anyone else have good luck/fun with their AWD car tonight?
    Anyone else still using balding summer tires with no plans to get winter tires?

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    i had fun with my jimmy, got some powerslides/drifting going


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    Who needs AWD? haha

    RWD is where its at! I was the fastest car on the roads tonight.....while going the speed limit too!

    The roads were really bad tonight but I had no problems motoring around!
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    Originally posted by redline_13000
    i had fun with my jimmy, got some powerslides/drifting going
    hahah i was hitting up the streets with RWD..MMM!!

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    hehe, i just came in from a drive outside (4:45 AM) the pilot alpins are doing the job i suppose but its not hard to break the back end out if i want to...even i was scared to go speed limit

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    Originally posted by three.eighteen.
    hehe, i just came in from a drive outside (4:45 AM) the pilot alpins are doing the job i suppose but its not hard to break the back end out if i want to...even i was scared to go speed limit
    Yes it is very easy to let the back out man! If you can control it, you got madd skillz! If you can't control it like me, there is technology.....traction control baby! haha
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    Man driving was soooooo fun tonight haha. Deerfoot was really fun cuz it was so open and there were absolutely no cars. An Xterra and I were the only two out there and were just ripping down at speedlimit. My traction control light got such a huge workout driving all along Deerfoot... so fun Now, when the traffic hits the snow on Monday (if its still snowy), its gonna get messy
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    MMmmmmm AWD + Studded Hakka 1's = Grip. Man, was it every slippery last night. Definetly not a good night to be driving if you aren't totally smooth with your control inputs.
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    Default Re: The Beauty of AWD...

    Originally posted by TurboDSM
    Anyways, I am still using summer rubber with only about 25-30% tread left on them. My car with full time AWD had NO trouble at all in the snow and ice.
    Hmm... I once tried to drive in the snow with the original 17" stock tires with little tread left... it was not cool. But AWD still 0wnz!

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    I was rollin down deerfoot at 230 in the morning. it hadn't been ploughed, snow was DEEP!!! My car was all over the place.
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    Originally posted by max_boost
    Who needs AWD? haha

    RWD is where its at!
    For sures! I took my car out while it was snowing with my Z-rated tyres on last night

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    My cars decent in the snow. But after taking my dads MDX out last night I want something AWD or 4WD again

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    I'm still on my strictly summer tires...

    Maybe i'll change over tonight but i'm soooo damn lazy and don't feel like doing it.
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    heh it was really rainy here tonight, and my moms sub impreza outback handles it very nicely but there are extremes.. i do lose traction when taking a 90 degree turn at 30mph (light was yellow and i just Had to make it hahaha) so i slid straight instead of turning. yeah.

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    I was doing donuts all over the place tonight......so much fun! And Kenny, my traction control got a major workout too! LOL
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    My Car is amazing now in the snow!.....My Work Truck on the other hand is horrible!, Driving an '87 Ford F250 flatbed 6.9l deisel, with a Trailor on the back can get pretty damn scary, its like Drifitng 2 vehicles at the same time!! .... Weather like this finally makes the Blizzaks worth it! of course if i use to much Gas, i go sliding sideways....but I do that enough on purpose anyway! ...we gotta have one of those "late night Drift meets" again
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    Originally posted by James
    My Car is amazing now in the snow!
    Gotta love those mid-engined cars for dohnuts! Off the line traction under slick conditions isnt that bad either.. too bad I have summer tires on, hehe


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    Last night was so much fun. I hit up a lot of mall parking lots for some late night drifting. Rear wheel drive and a 50/50 weight balance rule in the snow! Kinda sucked though because all of the malls had big front end loaders and graders plowing the snow. We definetly should have another drift meet soon. Count me in.

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    Originally posted by SplineZ


    Gotta love those mid-engined cars for dohnuts! Off the line traction under slick conditions isnt that bad either.. too bad I have summer tires on, hehe


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    haha, oh yeah, way too much fun!....ive had no problems with traction yet, even in really thick snow!...Wicked Car there man! I love those late model Fiero GT's! so much slicker look than the first Fiero's
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