Living in a snow-belt, snow performance is important to me. While I don't doubt that the AWD is the better option, I wondering if someone has experience on slippery roads with both AWD and FWD XLS'. How big a difference is there between the two on bad roads? Either way I'll get 4 snow tires.
FWD vs AWD - anyone have experience with both
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And when your inner hooligan sneaks out and you feel the need to spank someone off the line, AWD is your best friend...
That's for sure, but it would be nice to have APA with a car that's 16 ft long instead of just having to eyeball the space. I'm not sure I would be able to leave the maneuvers to it though and would probably park it myself.
If lane assist beeps or vibrates the driver's seat when you cross a line without signaling, my AWD has lane assist.
The post is about auto-parking only available on FWD. APA - acronyms get confusing eh, that's all we used in the Government - ends up being almost another language, lol.
I thought this quote: "I've had both. The AWD is the way to go. You can't get auto-parking and lane assist but it's not a loss compared with the security of having AWD in poor conditions." referenced both APA auto-parking and LA (lane assist).
It was some light hearted humor.
Silver Coast Metallic 2014 XTS Premium AWD with Shale/Cocoa interior
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That is lane departure warning which only warns you that you are drifting across the line.. Lane keep assist actually turns the wheels slightly to physically keep you in the lane.
Lane departure warning was available on both fwd and awd but lane keep assist was only available on fwd as far as I know.
Wife has the fwd Impala since 2015. Never a problem in Chicago winters, but it's plow and salt mania around here. My awd XTS impressed me on a solid sheet of ice. The unit needed replacement once at around 30k miles. At 53k now, so far so good.
Thanks for the clarity on the lane assist, I didn't realize that. I thought they were the same thing. Love this forum! Iv'e learned so much about my XTS. thanks to all the contributors.
Prior to my current FWD XTS, I had 2 STS's. The first STS was RWD and the 2nd one was AWD. Prior to that, my previous 4 Cadillacs were FWD and I always had great traction. I do live in California so snow is not a huge factor but I do live only about an hour and half away from a great ski resort where I had driven all of the FWD Cadillacs to with no problem. When I got my first RWD STS, I didn't think too much about because I didn't think I needed AWD but as powerful as that car was, the RWD was VERY squirrely in wet or snowy conditions. It really surprised me in just rainy conditions. Many a time that car would fishtail because of the wet road conditions and I even got into a little accident going around a freeway onramp when it was raining. Never had that problem with FWD. When looking for my 2nd STS, I definitely put AWD on the top of the feature list and what a difference it made. That car was very sure footed and I never had any conditions where I fishtailed. Looking for this XTS, I did want a platinum AWD but it came down to 2 cars. One was AWD and the other FWD but I liked the color more on the FWD so I went with that because all of my prior Cadillac FWD experiences had been great and again, I do live in California where the winter conditions are not too bad but I have driven the car to the snow in Lake Tahoe and it drove like a champ.
I guess it all comes down to where you live and how severe the conditions are!
Max
I guess it all comes down to where you live and how severe the conditions are!
Max
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AWD rules even in rainy south Florida no substitute.
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