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snow country performance of TDI

2K views 5 replies 5 participants last post by  chittychittybangbang 
#1 ·
How does the TDI perform in winter driving in the mountains? We are looking at cabins in Big Bear and I am wondering if I need to start looking at Subarus instead:eek
 
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The engine is over the front wheels and is pretty heavy. That should help winter capability. All VW come with traction and stability control too.
Exactly. Strangely enough, stability control isn't standard on Canadian models.

Little known fact: ABS helps car control but it hasn't been shown to significantly reduce the number of accidents. This is because people follow too closely and ABS can't prevent that. Stability control does significantly reduce accidents because it takes what the driver wants to do and does it, overcoming driver skill or lack of.
 
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