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Originally Posted by AWD Addict
It is. Telling someone to get into the worst driveline format available in snowy conditions so you can justify the fact that you get along "fine" with snow tires is irresponsible and dangerous. People are asking for honest advice about driving safely before spending $50,000, and that is bad advice. You're better off reccomending a FWD corrolla.
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You make some good points here and there, and then nullify it with blanket statements like this which are clearly either trollish, or just plain wrong. You do realize they sell BMWs in Germany, right? And you do realize they do have snow and hills and mountains, right? And you do realize a large percentage of those vehicles that BMW sells to the snowy Germans are RWD, right? So is BMW negligent in selling RWD cars to people who live in snowy areas of Europe as well as the snow belt in the US?
Most people will "get along 'fine' with snow tires" in winter. Some people have extenuating circumstances (the exception rather than the rule) which would necessitate AWD (such as ungroomed areas or hilly areas). The rest of the time, they're lugging around more weight, less balance, less efficiency, and more shit that can break, and it costs extra in the first place. There are practical drawbacks to the AWD on the E9X, and for some the trade off is worth it, but for a vast majority of those of us in the snow belt, RWD plus snow tires plus common sense will be just fine.
To insinuate that it is irresponsible and dangerous, while claiming that AS tires in the same conditions are OK because of AWD, well.... It just doesn't make sense. Even when you do introduce snow tires plus AWD into the argument, of course the x-drive will be significantly better in snowy conditions, but how many people here are actually inconvenienced enough by the weather to warrant an offset to the drawbacks of the system?
You make a lot of blanket statements and generalize an awful lot about stuff that is very situational. There is a world outside your own head, you know.