Thoughts? I live in a wintery biome so having awd gives me a bit of peace of mind

  •  dom   ( @dom@lemmy.ca ) OP
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    Are you saying 2wd is safer than awd?

    If good driving skill is equal, I mean.

    Edit: since bluegill blocked me, ill update here… the argument could then be extended to saying summer tires is safer because it reminds you how bad things are, too

    You mentioned in another thread to use all seasons instead of winter tires, so I won’t take safety advice from you on anything to be honest.

    • What do you mean by “good driving skill?” Humans almost all get over confident if they don’t get constant feedback that things are slippery, so 2wd with the constant reminder that things are bad will give you that feedback and thus you drive slower, which in turn makes it seem like you are a better driver who doesn’t get overconfident.

      If you can avoid the over confidence problem and drive as slow as conditions demand, AWD is better because when you must stop at an intersect you can accelerate out of the stop sign faster and thus clear the intersection before the next idiot going too fast slides around a blind corner and into it. However I have no confidence that you can avoid that over confidence and so 2wd is safer because most of the time you are not in an intersection.