Originally Posted by atikovi
Originally Posted by Ws6
Originally Posted by jstert
thank you zolton, but no snow, sand or off-roading so believe that i don't need awd. im looking for a taller station wagon for reliable, paved, serene suburban erranding and highway cruising, hence a fwd suv works for me. is there something inherently unstable or mechanically unsound about a fwd rdx? i've had several cpo mercedes, imho mb, bmw and audi are great gobs of fun to drive, more expensive and less fun to own, been there, done that.
It rains though, and that matters. I had a FWD car once. In Louisiana. NEVER again. No thanks.
What are you doing in rain that requires any more grip than FWD? Going 140 mph maybe?
Just driving in traffic. Congested, side streets, etc. All that little sand/gravel gets pushed into the shoulder of the road and in the rain it really sucks when you're trying to merge off of a side-street, etc. At least once FWD almost got me in a wreck because I was used to RWD and my car just sat and spun with the nose in the lane. I threw it in reverse and barely saved myself from a problem at the last second. Never again, thanks!