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- From: wrp@cyclops.micr.Virginia.EDU (Bill Pearson)
- Subject: Re: Pros/Cons of 4WD?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.042316.27563@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 04:23:16 GMT
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- In article <lmbfcpINNor4@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> tut@cairo.Eng.Sun.COM (Bill "Bill" Tuthill) writes:
-
- >The fact of the matter is that 4WD has
- >only marginal traction advantages over FWD or RWD with limited slip.
- >All are limited mostly by snow depth-- when the snow is deeper than your
- >clearance, you ain't goin' nowhere.
-
- This is a bit pessimistic. I used to drive an International
- Scout and never got stuck in the snow (sometimes up to or over my bumper)
- when there was pavement under me. (I couldn't drive over the other cars
- and trucks stuck in the intersection however.) There is just nothing that
- comes close to compound low and 4WD; the advantages are far more than
- marginal when you need 4WD.
-
- I would say that the resale value of a 2WD Cherokee or other typical
- 4WD vehicle would be much lower than the 4WD version, but maintenance is
- definately higher.
-
- Bill Pearson
-