JMAC, love the rant! Remind me of the response "I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I meant”
I cannot think of any car that was made worse by AWD. When I was idly looking for possible replacements for my 6, AWD was top of the specs requirements, so hence my trawl through Audi, Volvo, VW, Honda, etc. Once you have had AWD (even partial) then everything else pales almost into insignificance. BMW rant on about how real "drivers cars" are RWD, but ice, snow, heavy rain, wet slick hot-mix, sand, indifferent and variable surfaces and soft pea-gravel will sort the AWDs from the rest of the machines that just skated sideways off the road when they caught their drivers unaware.
From a safety point of view, AWD should be like seat belts - obligatory. It's just a pity it would be largely wasted on the majority of kiddy-car-peddlers who can't drive for %$#@ - or on 2nd thoughts, perhaps given their often atrocious driving, maybe that is who AWD manufacturers should be targeting!!
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