Originally Posted by 93ex
So awd helps braking distance too? Which is the primary reason I slow down in the rain... that and the shit ton of idiots who find some way to spin thier car across 3 lanes.
Sure doesn't. I learned that lesson a long time ago. I was driving too fast in the rain, accelerating hard toward a light and generally enjoying the traction benefits of AWD when the light turned yellow. I hit the brakes hard to stop the car and the road was so slick that the tires locked, I reflexively started the pump-lift-pump-lift routine but it was just locking the tires every time I pumped and not slowing the car fast enough. After a second or two of this I slammed the pedal back to the floor and hoped the skid would slow me, but as I skidded right past the stop line at 35 I just slammed it into second and blasted through the red light hoping nobody was coming through. Scary stuff, and I've tried to avoid messing around in the rain since then. The one time I broke the rule after that it caused me and my car a load of trouble...
Originally Posted by PseudoRealityX
Yeah....just like any other car. Dropping throttle will cause the front end to gain grip, and the car will turn in a bit tighter.
AWD handles like FWD until you start putting fancy diffs in the car.
Stis and Evos have those fancy diffs from the factory. I know too well how much AWD is like FWD without them, it's been the biggest disappointment of owning an AWD DSM. I'd never have bought this car knowing what I know now.
I just wish freakin Mitsu would give us active yaw control in the states. They have some BS excuse about packaging problems with US emissions devices. I hate being deprived of the good stuff other countries get.