• Throwaway@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    4wd usually means the axles are locked together. Better for rocks and stuff.

    AWD usually means its a center diff, the axles can rotate at different speeds. Good for snow.

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      9 months ago

      Things are a lot more complicated nowadays, some awd systems are able to more efficiently control where power goes to, some awd systems are useless even on the road though. Rented a ford explorer once and the awd decided it had enough when I needed it most.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah, but most people won’t know that and I would have the exact same look as that which is why this was pretty funny. We know there is a difference just no idea how to explain it.

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      9 months ago

      I have a haldex awd, never had anything but fwd so looking forward to trying it in the snow.

      Curiously it has a factory 4x4 badge on it even though it’s awd.

      Only thing I’m lacking is appropriate tyres but most Brits run summers year round

      For reference it’s a Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 CDTi 4x4