prizrak
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Yeah locked diffs are bad on pavement. I have EDL's, which basically uses ABS sensors to detect wheel slip and apply brakes to the wheel in order to force the other wheel to get the torque. The actual mechanical diff is open though.That's why I said *if* they have open diffs. Does your A4 really have locking axle diffs? That's useful in very bad road conditions but not good on a paved road. It means the wheels on both axles turn at the same rate which = bad in a turn.
The line between both has been pretty blurry as of late. Most AWD systems have the ability to lock diffs automatically as necessary making them very useful off road/slippery road.
That would be quite interesting to test. I suspect that FWD with Winter tires would do at least as good if not better.Word. But the question remains whether you'd get better along in FWD car with winter tires or in an AWD car with all season tyres. (Surely that depends on specific situations as well)