Rear wheel drive car owners,advice sought!

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fwprawn said:
If you are settled on the Charger, simply get the AWD version. I'm not sure why nobody else has mentioned this.

To the 300 owner - how did you like the car? Was it the 3.5 H O ? AWD ? Issues? Pros and Cons?
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It was the base with the 2.7 and RWD. I liked it except the arm rests on the doors were hard plastic so you couldn't actually rest arms on them, and the gas milage wasn't what I was hoping for. We traded our 2004 Intrepid in on it, the Intrepid would get 35-40 on the highway, and the 300 got 25-30. Which is very disappointing since they had the same engine.

The interior problem was fixed with the latest update, they are pretty nice inside now. If Chysler would have introduced the 8 spd transmission with the new update, we very likely would have ended up with a charger when we replaced the 300, but since we drive 100 miles a day, we need pretty good gas mileage. So we got the 2011 Kia Optima, it is nice, way nicer than I was expecting from a Kia, and gets great gas mileage. Not much fun to drive as a RWD. :)
 
theboomboomcars said:
It was the base with the 2.7 and RWD. I liked it except the arm rests on the doors were hard plastic so you couldn't actually rest arms on them, and the gas milage wasn't what I was hoping for. We traded our 2004 Intrepid in on it, the Intrepid would get 35-40 on the highway, and the 300 got 25-30. Which is very disappointing since they had the same engine. :)
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So what do you think was the cause of the difference in mileage between the two cars?
 
Having had both....on a dry road RWD handles so much better.. Can't speak much in heavy snow as I'm not around it.

Currently I have an FWD/AWD and always feel safer when it's in AWD mode

Wife complained about having problems a few years ago in her FWD on some ice.. I do have to agree experience is also a factor that needs to counted.
 
Gill Blue said:
the only people that think rear wheel drive cars are bad in snow are the people that don't know how to drive them. learn what your car does and when it does it and you should be able to easily go a 1/4 mile down a straight street while your car points at a 45 degree angle to the road (my record is 3/4 of a mile), or go sideways into an intersection watching the expressions on the people that think you're about to hit them just before you shoot straight down your street.

I miss the days of rear wheel drive.
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haha try driving my rwd g35 up here in winter. I have done it for a few years but i would not reccomend ppl to do so. since getting the subaru last winter i dont think about winter driving
 
As for the guy asking about difference in mileage between the intrepid and the 300, I am guessing weight, and drag coefficient. Older engines seem to be more focused on efficiency, while newer ones are more about power ?

How about this for a math problem: My 1999 Jeep Cherokee would get 32 mpg driven VERY lightly, and my 2001 Jeep Cherokee, exact same set-up/engine/etc, gets 18 driven very lightly. Figure that one out!
 
krichardson said:
So what do you think was the cause of the difference in mileage between the two cars?
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I would say it was the drag coefficient. The Intrepid was designed in a wind tunnel for lowest drag, whereas the 300 was designed to look nice. There is a reason the second generation car is quite a bit sleeker than the first. There was a slight change in tuning of the engine as well the intrepid was rated at 200hp and 180lb-ft of torque, but the 300 was rated at 190hp and 190lb-ft. I think the retuning of the intake allowed the engine to burn more fuel at part throttle.

I do find it interesting that the vehicles I see most often on the side of the road during the winter are the 4wd one. I think the driver has the biggest impact on how safe a vehicle is in the winter. Remember the drive wheels have very little impact on how well a vehicle will stop when it is slippery, the tires make a huge difference.
 
Too much snow for me. We haven't had a decent snow for years here in Knoxville, thats actually the way I like it. They don't always plow and sand the back roads where I live. I end up living in my office at work if weather gets really bad. I can't get up the hill the hospital sits on with my little Toyota if it ices over.
 
Snow plus rwd equals neighborhood drifting. One of my fav pastimes!



Go S. Vettel #1 rb8
 
I didn't read a lot of the posts but I'd assume that most said to invest in a good set of winter tires.

I've driven RWD through many winters and won't have it any other way. It's amazing, you have more control as long as you know what you're doing and don't drive like a reckless teen. Invest in a good set of winter tires for sure. If you have traction control then you won't even have a problem.


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