There has been a couple of threads lately concerning the RS3 vs BMW's which are of course rear wheel drive.
There has been some debate as to the all weather usability of the rear wheel drive cars and whilst out yesterday in frankly terrible road conditions which consisted of .... sleet & snow, heavy wind, wet saturated roads, standing water etc it got me thinking about my Quattro all wheel drive car and how I was glad I didn't have a rear wheel drive Bimmer or the like.
Travelling on a long B road I was experiencing a lot of slow trucks and the like, with the high perfortmance quattro the car felt planted and never lost traction at any time enabling me to safely overtake slower traffic with ease and never worry about the back end losing grip or snapping out.
There is no way you could be that confident in a high powered rear drive car the same as you feel in an Audi Quattro in road conditions like we had yesterday. Yes you would get by, but I am pretty sure you would have to adjust your driving style to suit the rear drive car and you would not have the same level of confidence overtaking either.
There has been some debate as to the all weather usability of the rear wheel drive cars and whilst out yesterday in frankly terrible road conditions which consisted of .... sleet & snow, heavy wind, wet saturated roads, standing water etc it got me thinking about my Quattro all wheel drive car and how I was glad I didn't have a rear wheel drive Bimmer or the like.
Travelling on a long B road I was experiencing a lot of slow trucks and the like, with the high perfortmance quattro the car felt planted and never lost traction at any time enabling me to safely overtake slower traffic with ease and never worry about the back end losing grip or snapping out.
There is no way you could be that confident in a high powered rear drive car the same as you feel in an Audi Quattro in road conditions like we had yesterday. Yes you would get by, but I am pretty sure you would have to adjust your driving style to suit the rear drive car and you would not have the same level of confidence overtaking either.