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A poor driver will blame his car, a smart driver will blame himself.

BlueSander

Not to back the guy up by any mean but the 911 Turbo isn't super in snow (comparing to other AWD). After getting treated by Audi after many winters, driving a 911 Turbo in snow was one of a kind experience. It was no where as I was expected. With Audi, you feel like you always has a bit of distance away from the limit of lossing grip. The Turbo, you are right at the border most of the time (and yes, with winter tires). To me, I was giving more attention not to get the sliding left and right even more than when I was driving the 545i in snow.

Omeletpants

Really? I was in a blizzard for 7 hours driving 25 MPH and saw 20 trucks off the road. After that I said I would never drive a RWD car again. It's not always about the driver

snow day

Lame excuse. I have a 911 turbo and I still bought the S5. And I don't drive either one in the winter (A4 Avant for winter duty).

snow day

Haha, I've always described my S5 as a beast in a tuxedo

mik34

Nah, S5 is too sexy to be male.

tiag335

Funny thing is, during bad snowstorms, I see just as many (if not more) SUVs getting into accidents as 2WD cars. Some people think that AWD/4WD is a magic solution to bad weather conditions, which if course it's not. So yes, most of the time, it comes down to driver error.

Here's a video that illustrates the point perfectly. Note that the only car that does not crash into anything is a *gasp* E90 3-series (likely the only one with winter tires).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCfxHKOijEo

tiag335

I hate to belabor the point, but once again, were you driving with stock wheels/tires?

SantoDomingoS5

I am not giving an opinion but a fact and I am not expecting anyone to agree with me, and yes it had winter tires and the 911 turbo was so powerful at the wheels that is 4wd didn't matter at all, going on light snowy roads at freezing temperatures all dash lights would come live in dashboard, traction control would go on and off like crazy, ABS malfunction warnings as well would go on and off, dashboard looked like a Christmas tree and the car felt like a rear wheel drive and i wasn't even going 30mph, it felt embarrasing while other drivers pass me by, it was then I understood what I was being told by its owner. So knowing what I did found out I find that 32 year old friend of gd10 to be a lame excuse. 4wd in porsches are engineered to provide grip on dry roads and help cornering, not for winter driving. Anyone who has experienced it can relate to what I just told, everyone else should just try it themselves if the get a chance one day or simply stay quiet.

gd10

where do you come up with that I own an A4? I've posted dozens of pictures of my S5?