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Originally Posted by kmarei
that's the thing though
the SUV in this case is not 4wd, its AWD
normally its always front wheel drive
till it detects slipping in the front wheels
so it starts diverting up to 65% of the power to the rear wheels
if it was full time 4wd it would be no contest
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Not what I meant.
According to a Landrover mechanic I spoke to all AWD SUVs are only two wheel drive, meaning one wheel at the front and one at the rear, only diff lock locks in the drives together. What he meant by this I haven't a clue, like everyone else here I assumed AWD meant all wheels driving all of the time but apparently not.
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Originally Posted by kmarei
my guess is if i can overpower the front wheels and they start to slip
once the power is diverted to the rear the front wheels are already slipping and the back wheels will not have enough traction of the car is being pulled backwards and they too will start to spin
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I don't think this is the case, the diverting of the power at the front will regain grip but to be honest the XC90 will never lose the grip in the first place because in such a situation all wheels will be driving within a few milliseconds.