Location: Chiefs Kingdom, Yankees Universe, C of Red.
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Around the city I will leave mine in 4x4 all the time. There is always ice and snow, especially this winter, and my truck is so heavy on the front end that it will just spin and spin at every intersection.
When I had a 4x4, I would drive in RWD unless I needed 4WD and then I'd switch over. Using 4WD on dry pavement is largely unnecessary and can cause drivetrain damage. If you've ever tried to make a turn in a 4WD with the steering at lock, you'll have felt a 'hopping' behavior of the vehicle. That's a result of the front wheels trying to turn at the same speed (which is what locked 4WD does) which, when turning, they don't want to.
four, eight, or sixty four wheel drive isn't going to help anyone on ice.
I actually got storm stayed by Swift Current a few weeks ago, had my truck in 2wd and couldn't get up a hill on the highway. No snow on the hill, just pure ice. Put it in 4x4 and went on my way, no spinning at all.
Claiming 4 wheel drive is no better than 2 wheel drive is just stupid.
It should be against the law to run mud tires in the winter, in fact mud tires are dangerous year round and have no use other than mud.
They're no good on snow, ice, rain and probably have significantly longer stopping distance on dry pavement. They are good in mud tho
dude - i live in kelowna - we get about 5 snowfalls/year and i work out of my house. i think i've only had to use 4x4 2 times this fall/winter.... and that's just to get up the hill and out of my neighbourhood, then it's back to 2-wheel drive.
if the roads are really nasty i'll take my wife's car which has studded winter tires.
i don't know about alberta, but in bc you have to have winter tires (the ones with the snow flake on them) to do any kind of highway driving. it's not uncommon in the fall to have rcmp roadblocks where they are just checking tires
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