</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Darren:
<strong>Personally, AWD is over-rated.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Why?

I disagree. Part-time 4WD is terrible in winter unless all you drive in is 2 ft of snow, and steering w/ part-time requires a lot more planning and reaction and space than an open center diff. My full-time AWD is as seamless in snow and ice as dry pavement.