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AWD to FWD fuse--top speed???


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I put the FWD fuse in my 95 Legacy LSi wagon yesterday. I have to run 2 mismatched tires for a couple weeks, so I put in the fuse to run the tranny at FWD until I get all 4 matching.

 

I had to take the car on the interstate yesterday. Is there a top speed for the FWD fuse that you need to stop at, or is 75mph okay?

 

I must say, that running the car in FWD reminded me how much I hate driving FWD cars! I love AWD. I was running cruise control, and when the tranny downshifted to go uphill, the handeling was odd feeling when the downshift kicked in the FWD mode. Never felt that before in this car, so didn't know if I should slow it down while in FWD or not...

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Does it say some wear in the owners manual not to go over 35mph and drive it as short a dis as needed? Think I read it's not a good thing to drive it like that. then again...I don't have a 95 owners man handy.:confused:

I REPEAT,

there's no speed limit to the mechanical operation of the drive train with the FWD fuse in.

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Does it say some wear in the owners manual not to go over 35mph and drive it as short a dis as needed? Think I read it's not a good thing to drive it like that. then again...I don't have a 95 owners man handy.:confused:

 

It says alot of things that we dont pay attention too. SOme things are for insurance reasons, others are to protect their buts. The owners manual akso says that it should be used only for towing and flat tires, so the speed refernce may be for the spare also.

 

 

nipper

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Thanks for the replies.

 

 

Yes, it does feel different as a FWD car, for sure. I don't like it at all. :banghead:

 

 

But, it's just short term, so no big deal.

 

Even moreso than the dependability issue, I love Subarus because of AWD. I'd ride my bike everywhere before I would pay money for a FWD car. Anyone who grew up driving RWD cars, I think, can see how crappy a FWD car feels. Now, some will argue that point, but I bet most who do have been raised on FWD cars, so you don't really know what a car is supposed to feel like.

 

With AWD, Suabrus just handle tons better than a FWD car. I'll be glad to pull that fuse in a couple weeks.

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Just to play devil's advocate here, my old saab 9000 fwd handled in the snow better than the Forester. Period, no argument, don't even bother ....

Now, that said, if you were stuck in snow, or facing a slippery hill, that is another matter, and the Forester will climb, whereas the Slaab will just sit and spin.

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Just to play devil's advocate here, my old saab 9000 fwd handled in the snow better than the Forester. Period, no argument, don't even bother ....

Now, that said, if you were stuck in snow, or facing a slippery hill, that is another matter, and the Forester will climb, whereas the Slaab will just sit and spin.

 

Yeah, I know the deal with FWD in snow. That was Detroit's argument for making every stinkin car FWD. But, on dry and wet pavement, RWD wins hands down for handling.

 

I always chuckle at NASCAR. Hey, if your factory turns them out as FWD, you should have to race them as FWD.

 

 

Did you intend to say "Slaab"? :)

 

I grew up in the south, so the benefit of FWD in the snow never meant much to me...

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