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however, at one point in time virtually all cars were rwd and driven in the snow so i don't see why now people are so afraid/distasteful of it.



Two things to address here:

1> Though many cars were once RWD, since the 80's most people have driven only FWD, so a very significant percentage of the population has little to no experience driving RWD vehicles.

2> 25+ years ago, when almost all cars on the road were RWD, they also weighed twice as much as they do now. It's one thing to drive a 4500lb RWD-vehicle in the snow, it's quite another to drive a 2500lb RWD-vehicle in the snow.

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