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I'm thinking about getting a legacy or a octavia vrs estate. Will i really notice better grip from the Subaru in the wet and general driving? I know the Subaru will be a lot better in the snow, but I want a car thats better for 90% of the time, oppose to 10% of the time when there may be snow.
So in every day driving, especially the wet, is it worth having a 4WD subaru? Or will the clever traction control etc on the Skoda be just as effective in the wet?
Thanks
MM
Not sure I ever did notice much difference when I had a Legacy except as you say in specifically bad conditions such as snow or mud. I only ever had it in low box twice in 9 years. When it started to fall apart I swapped it for an Octavia petrol 4x4 estate.
Don't know if the vrs is purely front wheel drive or like the 4X4 has the mostly front wheel drive but will redistribute if necessary system. In all honesty, I can't detect any difference in grip between the 2 in normal driving except that the Octavia drinks a bit less fuel and requires one fairly expensive service a year, instead of one very expensive service plus one absolutely mind bogglingly expensive service each year as the Legacy did. Not sure if the more up to date versions of the Legacy have changed but the S reg subaru had 7.5k service intervals with megabucks services every 30k and 45k and the perfect storm at 90k when everything coincided. In my case the clutch went at that stage as well and the bill came to about what the car was worth in part ex. According to both the independent mechanics who worked on it, it wasn't the easiest to work on either - although I am sure that there are others on STW better qualified than me to comment on that.
4WD V70 turbo....
4WD doesn't improve grip, it does increase traction though. Two different things
what is the difference in cost? Does it cover the price of some steel/2nd hand alloy wheels and some winter tyres for the Skoda? Don't forget running winter tyres saves your summer ones so in the long run costs no more other than a set of wheels.
I can drive past any 4wd car on summer tyres in snow in my little 306 with no traction control and Nokian WRG2 tyres 🙂
i'd like the subaru + winter tyres in winter though 🙂