dom@lemmy.ca to Electric Cars@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoBuying an EV? Don't Waste Your Money on That Sporty AWD Modelwww.gearpatrol.comexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareshitescalates@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAwd doesnt help you stop or turn. Thats when you go in the ditch and get stuck. AWD is not a safety feature unless you live in the mountains.
minus-squaredom@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAnd yet IHS found it to be safer to have an awd. /shrug
minus-squaredom@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI’d ask the same for all the anecdotes ive seen in the thread saying awd is less safe
minus-squarezephyreks@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoSure, but you might as well show your IHS source first.
Awd doesnt help you stop or turn. Thats when you go in the ditch and get stuck. AWD is not a safety feature unless you live in the mountains.
And yet IHS found it to be safer to have an awd. /shrug
Correlation or causation?
I’d ask the same for all the anecdotes ive seen in the thread saying awd is less safe
Sure, but you might as well show your IHS source first.
I did earlier in the thread