Is an all wheel drive or four wheel drive vehicle better in the winter/snow?
They are both the same. The term 4 wheel drive and all wheel drive is deceiving. If vehicles were true all wheel drive and true 4 wheel drive you wouldn`t be able to drive them. What is actually taking place is one tire on each end of the vehicle is a pulling tire. If it stops pulling and starts spinning then the other tire on the same axle will start pulling. At no time can all four tires be pulling un less they have somethiing called a spool installed and your spider gears removed, which is some times done on high performance off road vehicles. Any car you see running down the road or any tuck for that mattergenerallyl only has one tire doing all the work. If that tire looses traction then the other tire on the same axle will take over. In some of the older cars back in the 60`s and 70`s and some oftoday’ss pick up trucks have what is called aprotractionn third member \ rear end. These protraction rears still have some slip built into them so they can turn corners. So one tire is sti
