^+1 Wayne.

 

Great to hear, already making a dent in the automotive industry

 

Nice! I think the G35 is better overall than any Volvo (and I used to be a huge fan of the 24x and later 850). The x must be sweet in the winter with 4 sticky snows....

 

I disagree with that statement, the car with the winter tires would handle best.

It is possible, that the RWD with 4 snows could get stuck, where the AWD with all season will not get stuck. But short of that, the handling would be superior with the RWD having snows.

Of course, the best situation is the x with 4 snows....

 

Correct but "I" would rather have an X and All Seasons than a G (my reference point is the 03) and winters. It's pretty sad when I couldn't make it up up a slight incline driving into my work parking area (usually before the plow comes). Halifax is hilly in places and getting to my house involved a much less direct route with the 03 G & Winters. When comparing models this is what I was remembering, not the slips & slides.

 

Yes Sir, I also love the X and I would rather fight than Switch
I really think a lot of theses people would see what we were talking about if they actually drove one in the slippery stuff.

 

Mike, so true about the hilliness around here. I would not be able to take a direct route with RWD and snows. My caravan with snows struggles in slippery times on my regular route.

 

Yes I remember some of those very steep hills in your area when we visited you last year Deane. I would imagine they could be very treacherous when covered with ice and snow .l

 

Yeah there are a lot of steep grades around here and right where I live. I've got one real biggie (.6k long) on my regular route home just over a km away.The same was true of my last home just outside of town. Because we have temps around freezing frequently it often makes for very slippery conditions with black ice/light snow.

I think I have an idea where Mike lives across the harbour and he would deal with the same thing.

 

no doubt the X is a great car, but that article hold no water, just look at the amount of autos that made it!!

 

It can be raining along the harbour and snowing at my house 5 min away. That's the only reason I bought the X. 4 years of RWD and hills were enough.

 

FWD has more trouble on hills because weight transfers rearward.

But, yeah, if you've got a lot of hills I can see why you'd want the additional traction and directional stability while accelerating of AWD.

Few hills where I live other than my slightly inclined driveway. Which is quite odd since many of the suburbs have "Hills" in their names.