> Two years ago, I drove a company Ford Taurus across state in the midst of a
> major snowstorm. I counted no less than twenty SUVs in the ditch along the
> way. I've long stated my hypothesis that AWD fills drivers with a false
> sense of security. As far as AWD systems go, the Quattro/Syncro cars are
> head and shoulders above the rest, but that doesn't mean their drivers can
> proceed with impunity.

Absolutely 100% correct, it's the idiot drivers. Many years ago we were out in my wife's Ford Aerostar and it started snowing heavily. Driving down the long road coming into our neighborhood I took it slowly and managed to get a 2wd van home with no problem. Two hours later a tow truck was out front of our house with our neighbors Geo Tracker on it, with the roof crushed and one side smashed in. Knowing our neighbors personality, I'm sure he was telling his wife "Don't worry baby, we have 4wd". He rolled the stupid thing coming down the same road we had come down, a mere 10 minutes after I had driven our Aerostar down it. I do get a good laugh at seeing SUVs on their roofs in snowy weather, as long as they haven't taken out some other poor driver in the process. Jeff

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