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Originally Posted by Canada 02
Question for the knowledgable here: how important is it to have winter tires on a rear-wheel drive vehicle? Would having AWD and the presumed better traction substitute for winter tires?
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AWD won't help you brake. You might get off the line faster, but not stop a lick faster. In fact, the additional mass from the AWD system might make a stop longer. A friend has an Audi Quattro A4, and went the Nokian WR route for this reason.
As for winter tires on a RWD car - am I missing something? Isn't this pretty obvious? I had a used RWD 5 spd Volvo 240DL as my 1st car and I think if every one had to drive one of those in winter for a few month, the roads would be safer for all the skid correction and recovery one had to perform while driving that RWD tank.