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Originally Posted by underscore
The manufacturers do this as well, look at the ads from Subaru. Raving about their stupid AWD system making you "safe" in the winter but they sell the cars with garbage tires. A friend bought one brand new a few years ago and ended up having an accident in the snow before the first oil change.
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There was some thread last year I think discussing about AWD. I chimed in saying how I feel AWD is pretty much pointless in daily application, unless it's for a performance perspective (racing, launching off the line) or off-roading.
Most of the tests I see are with cars driving up ramps sideways or going on routes that no one actually experiences in the real world, trying to display how great AWD is.
So what's the point? Like others have said, so many "avg joes" are buying these AWD cars because they give false confidence, especially in the snow.