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SUVs 4WD & AWD systems explained
1264 messages, Last post on May 15, 2008 at 9:02 AM
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Replying to: paisan (May 10, 2008 8:11 pm) More than marketing; Mike McHale, being the Corporate Communications Director, is ultimately responsible for anything that SOA sends out to the public in terms of product and corporate information. I'm sure anyone in that position will make sure they have their facts straight before making pronouncements. Could he be wrong? Of course. He's human after all. Still, knowing how important AWD is to the brand, I'd put my money is on him being correct on this point. Bob
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Replying to: chelentano (May 09, 2008 9:24 pm) I've offered up some new info - the FWD mode for the Forester. Remember, you were the one that said the Outlander could go 100/0 because of its FWD mode, right? For the same reason, the Forester can, to. I'm using your own rule to prove that 100/0 is possible, so the 90/10 limit cannot exist. Let me find a photo of the instrument panel with the "FWD" mode lit up...I'll share if I can find one, otherwise I'll take photos myself next time I see a Forester. I'll go ahead and get the photo of the trailer pre-wiring since you didn't believe that either.
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Replying to: chelentano (May 09, 2008 9:35 pm) VDC is just a marketing term, and Subaru did use it to describe the integrated systems on the early Outback VDC and Tribeca. They stopped when they started offering traction/stability control on other models. It's confusing, yes, but they did use the term VDC early on. By the way, Nissan has used the name VDC to describe its AWD system. |
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Paging wwest, paging wwest. I'll try to find him. 
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Replying to: kdshapiro (May 10, 2008 5:26 am) Post by Mike or Joe or whoever on some message board is not an evidence. I already posted many links from credible publications. Mike said that 80/20 split was only on 1998-2000 4-speed auto Subaru. So I offered total 6 credible sources, covering 2000 models of 4EAT Forester and Outback (read previous posts), incl. Wikipedia, NYTimes, Car and Driver, Popular Mechanics and Edmunds.com. They all say that split was 90/10 to 50/50. |
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Replying to: kdshapiro (May 10, 2008 5:39 am) Why would I ask questions someone form a message board who is "not clear yet" and who is "guessing"? I would rather get some credible sources. |
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Replying to: paisan (May 10, 2008 8:11 pm) Well, "believing" in this is appropriate for someone who is into Subaru religion. So, yes, some would believe. |
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Replying to: rsholland (May 11, 2008 3:09 pm) Great point |
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Replying to: chelentano (May 12, 2008 4:58 pm) No need to rely on my knowledge, just check out the video. I'm guessing the 2009 Forester will be able to accomplish the same thing. Have you looked at the video. BTW, I feel the same regarding one who uses a 2003 NYT article as the gold standard. Doesn't really matter, the 2009 Forester seems to be racking up a number of awards, and for good reason. |
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Replying to: kdshapiro (May 12, 2008 5:20 pm) -mike
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