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I've lived in Minnesota my whole life and I'll tell you this. If you think you can drive down the highway faster because you have 4WD you'll go in the ditch eventually.
When I was stationed in North Dakota this was proven every year during the first fall snow. Between town and base there would be one to two dozen cars in the coulee, most of them were 4wd. I even saw it happen in person, where a car driving straight down the road would just spin around and then go down in the ditch. Wind gusts could push you around quite a bit up there.
Also, I had a 4wd truck when I lived there but it didn't really have an advantage on ice. I always ran BF Goodrich All Terrain TAs. The coefficient of friction of ice is close to zero. Even our 53,000 pound ukes would spin all four wheels on the ice. A car with a good snow tire would probably be better than a 4wd with all seasons, and of course AWD or 4WD with winter tires would be the best.
Yesterday we got 3" of snow at about noon. I headed home from work and sure enough there was an accident along the freeway. Yep, a 2 4WD pickups sitting the wrong way in the median actually hit each other after they lost it.
So again, someone tell me how that can be if 4WD is so great for driving down the road? I didn't see one front wheel drive car in the ditch the whole way home and they seemed to be going down the road just fine.
Yesterday we got 3" of snow at about noon. I headed home from work and sure enough there was an accident along the freeway. Yep, a 2 4WD pickups sitting the wrong way in the median actually hit each other after they lost it. So again, someone tell me how that can be if 4WD is so great for driving down the road?
Simple - over confidence, too much testosterone, and a feeling of immortality.
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