So a AWD Subaru would be better for every day driving in the snow ( city
driving )
but very limited off-road ? Is that correct ? i have heard good thing about
Subaru AWD latest generation.

"Mike Romain" > a écrit dans le message de news:
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>I believe the big difference is with the full time on, any 'one' of 4
> tires can be the main drive wheel, so when stopped and not using the
> brakes to vary the load, only one tire can be merrily spinning away.
>
> If you put it into 'part time', the front and rear axles are locked so
> when stopped on ice at least 'two' wheels are spinning merrily away.
>
> When this happens, you can hit the brake pedal and with some practice
> get both rear wheels spinning and sometimes even all 4 will break loose.
>
> Torque goes to 'both' tires on one differential equally, so the one tire
> spinning loose has very little torque on it so the other side sits
> still. Hit the brakes or my owners manuals say you can use the
> emergency brake and you apply braking torque to the spinning wheel.
> This can get strong enough to match the traction of the stopped wheel so
> that the wheel on the other side will break loose and spin too.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Patrick wrote:
>>
>> Last night got a bit stuck in a big snow bank, Selectrac I6 4x4, i was on
>> full time
>>
>> The rear right (passenger) wheels was spinning and it feel it was the
>> only
>> wheel really trying to get out, i know the 4x4 is working (Light on and
>> feeling while doing u-turn ) but why i did not see the front wheel
>> spinning
>> while the gc was on Reverse , I was outside with the truck engage looking
>> at
>> the truck spinning. !!!!!
>>
>> I tried part time and no much luck. Got out of there with time and
>> patience
>> REVERSE,DRIVE,REV... Is AWD subaru vehicules working the same ?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Pat