Superior AWD Crossover wins vs. inferior FWD sedan in the snow

"KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time" (kngt) 01/29/2019 at 17:42 • Filed to: winter driving, snow tires, crossovers, cadillac xt5, cadillac, awd, shitpost, shitposting, Toronto

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#DareGreatly #OuttaMaWay #CheckmateCrossoverHaterz

Grindintosecond > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/29/2019 at 17:35

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Just get a head of steam going and don’t check for traffic and you too can crash through any drift.

Discerning > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/29/2019 at 17:35

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I wonder if they broke anything on their front end. 

Nibby > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/29/2019 at 17:36

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#bravery

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/29/2019 at 17:40

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I dream of one day having advanced 1940s-like ground clearance and ladder-frame structure under a tall bustleback roomy body. By which I mean I want to drive a ‘47 Pontiac through a snowdrift. Suck it haterz.

Textured Soy Protein > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/29/2019 at 17:41

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It’s snowing here in DC and I was planning to pick my wife up from National (a.k.a. no I’m not calling it MF’ing Reagan) airport for a 6:26 pm arrival. My wife’s CX-5 is pretty good in the snow but Google Maps keeps estimating the traffic around 90 minutes each way. I prevailed upon my Metro-inexperienced wife to take the train home from the airport. At first she wasn’t sure if she wanted her first solo trip on the Metro to be lugging a suitcase home from the airport, but then she realized it would free up time for me to make her dinner, and she requested spaghetti and meatlessballs, which I am happily preparing for her. 

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/29/2019 at 17:43

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It’s almost like the car would have made it just as easily had they floored it through with no regard to the traffic around them.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Discerning 01/29/2019 at 17:44

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Looks like they’re not broke so they can afford it.

lone_liberal > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/29/2019 at 17:44

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Put some chains on it and you’ll be good to go.

412GTI > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/29/2019 at 17:45

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A better ad than what’s running on TV currently lol.

Can I just note how I much I dislike the looks of these things. Even crushing through snow, it look like a cheap odd shaped blob with some chrome. I want to #daregreatly and drive it into a wall. *shakes fist and dreams of last gen CTS wagon

lone_liberal > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/29/2019 at 17:46

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The real secret is driving a car you don’t really care about. I did similar berm bashing things in my (FWD) Windstar during heavy snow and it always came through like a champ.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 01/29/2019 at 17:48

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#FakeNews, superior ground clearance and sophisticated AWD wins forever

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > lone_liberal 01/29/2019 at 17:49

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They probably have it though that “Book” subscription service thru Cadillac. Return this, wash your hands off  and get a new one next month.

smobgirl > Textured Soy Protein 01/29/2019 at 17:53

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I think that’s a very fair trade.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Textured Soy Protein 01/29/2019 at 17:53

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AH, but you didn’t get a chance to smugly show off how the Matsudah CeeE xxfive is superior in the snow vs. the filthy casuals with RWD/FWDs boxes.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > lone_liberal 01/29/2019 at 17:53

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Yeah after getting hit earlier today on a 2+ hour drive home (normally half an hour) I just said “fuck it” and started smashing through the small pileups of snow form the plows and whatnot. Then the engine “stalled for safety” and I decided enough was enough. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/29/2019 at 17:55

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Bashing through piles of plowed snow is a good way to break your car. Not that I would know anything about that.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 01/29/2019 at 18:02

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Me either.

*regrets plowing through snow mounds which broke the fuel line on the van*

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > Textured Soy Protein 01/29/2019 at 18:09

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FWIW my coworker has a cx5 and it’s shitty in snow, at least with the stock tires. 

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > Discerning 01/29/2019 at 18:11

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You mean the Caddy?  It’s just light snow, it’s fine. 

interstate366, now In The Industry > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/29/2019 at 18:32

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SNOOOOOOOOWWWWWW TIIIIIIIIIIRES

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/29/2019 at 18:36

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piratesofthecaribbeantheme.mp3

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 01/29/2019 at 18:48

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I’ve only broken plastic bits and knocked my car out of alignment...

dogisbadob > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/29/2019 at 19:07

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Did anyone else here try to hit play for the video to work, or is that just me?

NKato > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/29/2019 at 21:03

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Any Alaska State Trooper with a CVPI with no traction control would still out-drive that AWD.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > NKato 01/29/2019 at 21:06

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Haven’t you heard? They’ve all switched to AWD Crossovers now.

Textured Soy Protein > BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind 01/30/2019 at 00:05

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Is it the original CX-5 or the new one? I know the Toyo A23 OE tires on the original were rather bad so I was worried about my wife’s which is the new one with Toyo A36 OE tires. But from the first time I tried it in admittedly light snow, it’s actually pretty good I in the snow with the se tires.

I’ve experienced horrid OE tires on an AWD car, namely the Yokohama S34D on the Subaru Impreza my wife had before this CX-5. Those were so bad I said screw this we’re junking the OE tires for something that works in the snow. I sold the OE tires on Craigslist so was only out a couple hundred bucks.

Based on the reputation of the *old* OE CX-5 tires and my experience with that Impreza, I was fully expecting that I might have to go tire shopping, but at least so far the car feels genuinely good enough in snow that I don’t feel the slightest need to junk the OE tires.

Besides, this is DC, not Wisconsin where I used to live. The winter here gets little bits of snow here and there but the danger is more from there being SO MANY other drivers than because our snow is difficult.

NKato > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/30/2019 at 01:31

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Yes, I know. You do realize that doesn't diminish how badass the troopers are.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > Textured Soy Protein 01/30/2019 at 10:02

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Yeah, I had one of those Imprezas. Still amazes me that SUBARU would use a tire with such terrible bad weather traction (especially since other Yokos are pretty okay in the snow).

Yes, my coworker has the first gen I think (2014 or so?). He also had to replace the OE tires at like 18000  miles or something ridiculous due to very uneven wear. 

Textured Soy Protein > BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind 01/30/2019 at 11:03

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Subaru has an illustrious history of using OE tires that are crap in winter. The original (for the US) bugeye WRX and its different front fascia refreshes came with Bridgestone RE92 or Goodyear RS-A both of which were garbage.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 01/31/2019 at 07:08

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The snow mounds were hard packed and roughly middle of the grille. My push bar saved my front end, but the chunks going under the van managed to flex my fuel line enough to start a leak at the filter.