Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior
I don't have to go back & forth to the airport in the winter as much as I used to. But where I live, AWD has meant the difference between me getting there safely and not even attempting it. My other alternative would be to have a 4wd SUV of some type. But when the snow gets that deep, I just borrow an SUV from a family member. I hate those things.
There's a World Challenge GT race from a few years ago that you should see. I don't remember the location (Lime Rock maybe), but in the rain an AWD Volvo S60(?) beat the Vipers, Vettes, Porsches and everything else out there like they were in a lower class. I think that's the only race the Volvo won in World Challenge. My handling was good before. But after I changed the suspension and lowered it a bit, it's now pretty fantastic (except for the suck tires I recently bought :( )
But true, not everybody needs AWD. And I wish that I could switch mine off when I want to. But after having this car for several years now, I love it as much today as the day I drove it off the lot. It's the first car that I've been able to say that about. From now on I'll always have an AWD sporty car... even if it's the only car that I own.
