CMS-GT4":243i95p1 said:
I watched that video, and I'll accept with a proper technique as he points out you can make it stop. I am still going to argue that a proper tire is more important than awd, but coupled with awd you have the most advantage.
Agreed. AWD may help, but it can still only help you as much as your tires allow.
In that video, a) that's a RWD vehicle, not a FWD, a FWD vehicle won't have the rear tires pushing b) not a panic situation, c) presumably that's a manual, d) that's a locked tcase, not a part time tcase or viscous AWD system, e) that's a skilled driver.
At the end of the day I find it far easier to just tell normal people AWD/4WD does not help them stop, because for them it won't. Very few people are going to actually pay attention enough or go get enough practice to actually manage to stop better, even if they did have the equipment to do so. If you tell them AWD/4WD can *potentially* help you stop better, they ignore the potentially part and leave janky tires on their trucks and Subarus and stuff them into ditches when they panic and lock up the brakes.