Pros and cons of AWD

[guamboyeli]

Ive heard A lot of talk on AWD cars... i have a FWD and I was wondering if I should keep it or change it for an AWD... Whats good about AWD, and Whats bad about them

 

[GPTourer]

I've got both (and a RWD) and I still love my GS-T. If/when I add more cars to my collection there will be other examples of FWD (have always wanted to build a Mirage) RWD (either a Starion, 240SX, or RX-7) and AWD (another Evo, a 1G or maybe a 3000GT)

I don't have to deal with snow so my cars stay on high performance summer tires or high performance all seasons all year round. I like the roll on power and simplicity of my GS-T and the AWD capabilities of my Evo and I owned a '91 GSX.

And yes, I'm cocky. All Evo owners are. You have to be or you can't take delivery of one.

 

[Dsmkauai]

I agree every dsm owner should have both . Fwd, awd, rwd, who gives a crap, bottom line is if your building a car or have a car and can handle it and the power than that's a good thing. If your fwd is keeping up with the awd guys than your doing something right and should be proud of that (me ). If your awd and can't hang with the faster fwd guys than you don't have much room to talk. I got low 1.8 and maybe even a high 1.7 60' with my gvr4 on crappy stock suspension and super hard dry rotted tires. Sure it took alittle more for my fwd to get to the 1.7's but now I'm ready for more power and have everything to launch the car even harder. My gvr4 may be great of the line already, but I know if pushed any harder something is going to break and there's a lot more components to think about upgrading which will cost way more than my gst ever did.

 

[TheGameTG]

If I found 2 talons with the same mods for the same price but the only difference between them is one is awd and one is fwd i go for the awd every time no questions asked

 

[boost97gst]

My .02: Leave it fwd and invest in a quaife and some nice sticky fat tires up front. They ARE capable of launching. Im going lsd this summer if i have time and switching from these dumb a$$ 18' rims to some 16s or maybe 17s with stickier rubber. Just make sure youre tranny is up to the task. If you hook with over 400lbs of torque on tap, shit can break obviously. But atleast, as stated before, there are less things to break.
But, not sayin i wish i didnt get a gsx to start with.... . AWD is a real treat to drive

 

[dsmaddict123]

awd is better for mostly everything except highway pulls,
awd take dig racing.snow,rain. hands down
and also more fun in snow and rain i fishtail all the time in the rain and when it snows drifting is epicnessssss

 

[clipto]

Fwd can help pull through the snow or other weather conditions too. I never had problem driving my fwd and many other 1,000s of humans that own cars not everyone has awd. I do not like lsd's, this thread is overbeat . Agian some like awd some like fwd there 2 different types. Might as well add a rwd dsm to boot.

 

[2gSpyder4g64]

uhmm its kinda funny every one has their opinion, but i think most of them are biased on what they have.
I have both fwd and awd.

Let me tell you my experience, my fwd gives me good mpg, takes me confortablem from A to B, its fun to drive, ive done fwd (1wd haha) burn outs with it, and i dont spend to much in maintenance just regular oil changes and stuff. Overal its a fun car to drive and own.

The awd ive had it for less than over a year, and i have aready spent 5k in maintenace and replacing broken parts ( shit ass Previous owner), as far as mpg's i can use half tank or more in one of those days with alot traffic. You obvuisly cant do burn outs with it, but who cares is also alot of fun to drive.

So you cant go wrong with either, both are greate and a blast to drive, personaly i dont fell much diference for city driving other than bad mpgs on the awd but thats it.
In my opinion and personal experience (city driving , not track use), if you can get an unmolested gsx for a decent price go for it, if not dont worry gst s iare also a awesome, and let me tell you , Several moded fwd had beatn my awd ass. haha
good luck.

 

[rr06rs]

Ever since I test drove my first awd car, I was sold. I haven't owned anything BUT since then, nor will I ever own a fwd car again and even with rwd, there's only a select few that I would consider. The PLAN is for a GTR to be the next car once some used models get down to something of a more affordable relm.