Transit buses have foot mounted turn signals and high beams. I thought they were pretty convenient to use...

I have a Series.Blue as well :)

I did not. That article applied to 4WD vehicles that are able to mechanically couple the front and rear axles in a 4WD LO configuration, as I recall.

I’m not arguing with anything you said. I will just point out though that a lot of people are forgetting what this article was about. It wasn’t an argument that RWD was BETTER than anything else. It was just that it is fun. I added in the comments that it was also plenty capable in the snow with proper tires, but…

If you’re referring to the videos posted on this site a few weeks ago, note that that was in reference to a 4WD-LO system that can lock the front and rear axles together, which is a very specific application that doesn’t apply to the vast majority of vehicles on the road.

I will agree I am not the common idiot. But I will also point out that I drive with all of the traction aids off. Had I left them on, that slide wouldn’t have occurred, nor any of the other fun wiggles I had. The BRZ’s driver aids are mind-blowingly precise. I’ve been on a frozen lake, pinned the throttle, and sawed…

I was more referring to the “real winter driving involves snow, ice, drifts, guard rails, trees” parts of your statement. Hills suck, lol. It’s obviously dependent on where you live. I just get annoyed when people claim RWD should not be driven in the snow no matter how flat, or how little snow there is.

So you had a rental Charger. That’s all we needed to know to make the entire rest of your argument completely moot. I can almost guarantee you that the charger either had all-season, or summer tires on it.

Also, as I’ve mentioned to plenty of other folks here, if you leave the traction aids on, the BRZ simply won’t…

I should state that I came to my RWD BRZ from an AWD Subaru Outback on Blizzaks. I’m well aware of the benefits that an AWD drivetrain has to offer. Not everyone has access to multiple vehicles. If you only have one vehicle, and that vehicle is RWD, then you make due with RWD. Is it AS GOOD in every situation as an…

I’ll take my chances that someone on the internet has enough of a vandetta against me to go through the trouble of trying to get a cop to care enough about this to retroactively write me a ticket, lol.

The argument was simply that RWD cars can be fun in the snow, and aren’t completely pointless. In some ways they can be more fun (more of a tendency to stick their butts out) and in other ways AWD is more fun (high speed drifting and snownuts).

I don’t think she was making an argument that the BRZ will win races in the…

That last picture is indeed Lake Sinissippi :)

Yes, sir :)
Smartphone picture too, lol. Turned out real good.

Yeah. It is very overbearing. Which is why I drive with all the aids completely off in the snow in my BRZ, lol. Having said that, for an idiot, or someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing, they are VERY good at keeping you out of throttle. I can be on glare ice, pin the throttle, and saw the wheel back and forth…

I totally agree with that. I just think the common myth, on average, is “OMG, YOU DRIVE RWD IN THE SNOW?! YOU CRAY CRAY!” So I go out of my way to tell people that RWD is totally acceptable when properly equipped, since that’s the false assumption which annoys me the most.

If you leave all of the driver aids on in the BRZ, it will be just as difficult to break loose. Both are fine for winter driving unless you live in the mountains, or routinely have to plow through more than 6" of snow.

I think this article is more geared towards the people who think RWD is completely useless in even…

For what its worth, an AWD car won’t stop any better than a RWD car. Nor will it turn better unless you do the ol’ Scandinavian Flick and drift your way through where you want to go, which most people aren’t doing on public roads. In fact, often times they turn worse because they tend to understeer under initial…

While that is definitely a true statement to a certain degree, it’s worth noting that if you REALLY want to, it isn’t hard to figure it out. Even if it means storing them in your basement, or the basement of a friend’s place. You only need to swap them twice a year. Laziness definitely plays into it. If you live in a…

I daily drive my LOWERED BRZ year-round in Chicago. It really isn’t an issue at all. I had to commute 30 miles from one end of the city to the other every day for two weeks, including in the middle of more than one snow storm.

In fact, here are some clips from one of my daily commutes.

Why? It’s actually kind of accurate... AWD is great, but it isn’t anywhere near as necessary in most cases as many people think.